General Motors delivered 9,714,652 vehicles around the world in the 2013, up 4% compared with 2012.
Among GM’s top five global markets by volume, China and the United Kingdom posted the largest annual sales increases with each up 11%. China sales set a new full-year record. Sales in the United States increased 7%.
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“A healthy auto market in the United States and China, and very successful product launches at all of our brands worldwide drove GM’s growth in 2013 and helped us navigate difficult conditions in Europe and parts of South America and Asia,” said Dan Ammann, GM executive vice president and chief financial officer.
Chevrolet sold a record 4,984,126 vehicles in 2013, an increase of 19,304 from the previous record set in 2012.
Cadillac’s global sales were up 28%. The brand ended 2013 as the fastest-growing full-line luxury brand in the United States, with sales up 22% following the introductions of the XTS and ATS. In China, sales grew 67% to a record 50,005 vehicles. Cadillac broke ground on a new assembly plant in China last year and plans to add one new model per year in the country through 2016.
Buick’s global sales were up 15% as it introduced redesigns of the LaCrosse and Regal [aka Vauxhall/Opel Insignia] in all of its major markets and added new models in North America, including the Encore crossover. Dealers delivered 1,032,331 vehicles for the best year in the brand’s 110-year history. The previous record of 1,003,345 vehicles sold was set in 1984 before the brand entered the China market.
Opel/Vauxhall sold more than 1m vehicles globally and delivered a slight increase in European market share to the mid-5% range, its first in 14 years, following the successful launches of the Mokka and ADAM. But Opel was withdrawn from Australia during 2013.
