General Motors (GM) sold 165,842 vehicles in Europe in November, 7,597 vehicles more than in November 2005, reaching a market share of 9.3%.
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In the first 11 months of 2006, GM Europe sold 1,846,411 vehicles, an increase of 17,102 units. In Russia, GM achieved two records in November: best ever Opel share and volume as well as best ever share for the GM group. GM sold a record 117,745 vehicles in the first 11 months of the year in Russia, a sales increase of 49,287 units (+72%).
“GM Europe’s sales in November achieved several milestones: With 82,915 cars sold, Saab already exceeded its all-time record for European annual sales while Chevrolet broke through the 300,000 unit mark to set another record,” said Jonathan Browning, GM Europe’s vice president sales, marketing and aftersales.
Opel/Vauxhall sold 127,994 vehicles in November, an increase of 1,123 units or 1% from November 2005, reaching a market share of 7.2%. A total of 29,800 Corsas were sold in November, an increase of 8,000 units or 36.4%, reflecting demand for the fully redesigned model launched recently.
With registrations of 1,447,244 in the first 11 months of 2006, Opel/Vauxhall captured a market share of 7.2%. In Eastern Europe, Opel more than doubled its sales from January to November compared to 2005. Zafira sales in the same period increased by 27.5%, or 45,600 units, to a total of 207,782 cars.
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By GlobalDataVauxhall held second place in the UK sales charts with a 12.8% share and 32,297 registrations for November as retail buyers made up for the marque’s strategic withdrawal from the less-profitable fleet market: With 9% market share, Vauxhall reached its highest retail share since 1998, an increase of 2.9% from November 2005.
Saab has seen record sales for Europe, selling 82,915 cars from January to November 2006, surpassing its former European sales record of 80,981 units in full-year 2000.
Compared to the same period in 2005, Saab increased its sales by 11.4%, or 8,489 cars. In the month of November, Saab sold 6,163 cars in Europe, reaching a market share of 0.35%.
Globally, Saab sold a total of 121,312 cars from January to November 2006, which means that the brand is on track for its best-ever year, keeping up the 6% increase compared to 2005 registrations. Saab achieved record sales in the year-to-date period in Spain, Belgium and Canada.
With 31,296 vehicles sold in November, mainly GM-Daewoo-sourced Chevrolet (a few come from Russia and the US) increased sales compared to November of last year by 32%, an increase of 7,603 units, capturing a market share of 1.8% in total Europe. November sales in Russia increased by 82% to 11,012 units, confirming the country as the largest market for Chevrolet in Europe. From January to November 2006, Chevrolet sold a total of 310,389 vehicles, increasing its European sales volume by almost 15% compared to the year-earlier period. Its market share for this period reached 1.5%. The largest volume increase year-to-date took place in Chevrolet’s biggest European market, Russia, where sales grew by 68%, from 59,314 to 99,705 units.
Some Western European markets had remarkable sales increases in November as well: Germany (+27%), Netherlands (+80%), Spain (+62%), Switzerland (+84%), Denmark (+74%), Greece (+27%) while Norway tripled sales in November as compared to November 2005. In the first 11 months, several markets in Central and Eastern Europe achieved double-digit percentage growth: Bosnia-Herzegowina (+132%), Latvia (+64%), Romania (+52%), Estonia (+51%), Bulgaria (+36%) and Macedonia (+14%).
Cadillac continued to grow in Europe as 2,956 cars were sold in the first 11 months of 2006, up 20% year on year. Hummer tripled sales of the H2 and H3 to 1,712 vehicles, up from 548 in 2005.
H3 volume should soon get a boost now right-hand drive production has started in South Africa.
