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GM’s sales in GM’s and the world’s largest auto market China were up 9.4 percent in May, the company says. In April, sales had been up 15.3 percent.
| GM China May 2013 | ||||
| May’13 | YoY | 5 months | YoY | |
| GM China | 252,942 | 9.4% | 1,331,185 | 10.6% |
| Shanghai GM | 117,381 | 18.4% | 620,968 | 17.1% |
| Buick | 63,007 | 22.7% | 338,897 | 18.4% |
| Chevrolet | 50,531 | 4.1% | 266,657 | 6.0% |
| Cadillac | 3,843 | 74.3% | 15,414 | 27.3% |
| SAIC-GM-Wuling | 130,462 | 2.1% | 682,354 | 5.8% |
| Wuling | 121,756 | 1.7% | 643,311 | |
| Baojun | 8,706 | 73.7% | 39,043 | |
| FAW-GM | 4,727 | 25.9% | 26,380 | 2.2% |
| Black: GM data. Blue: Calculated from historical GM data |
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Buick sales were very strong, mostly on sales of the Excelle. The new XT and GT versions were up nearly 37 percent.
GM’s good showing in China indicates a healthy rise of auto sales in the Middle Kingdom.
Meanwhile, Ford reports a 45 percent gain in its May China sales.
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zai nali qian zi?
Apropos of the photo, in “Firefly”-speak, GM sales are “shiny.”
That reminds me . . . I saw a chromed Mercedes in Houston last week. First time! F’in road hazard.
The “chrome” is actually trick paint.
http://www.alsacorp.com/products/mirrachrome/mirrachrome.htm
Oh look, it’s the Verano hatchback that should have been offered here.
So that it could sell as well as the Saturn Astra?
or Mazda3 Sport, or Ford Focus hatch, or Toyota Matrix, or any of the other compact hatches that sell at least as well as their sedan brethren.
(I don’t know what the situation is like in the U.S. but in Canada compact hatches are hot sellers. Compact cars not offering a hatch sell in far fewer numbers. Despite this, GM seems determined not to compete in this class.)
that’s called allure. they want us to want cars made in China. all part of the plan dude.
I thought Allure was Canadian for LaCrosse, eh?
I’ve asked this before but ever really got an answer.
Are there many “Buick enthusiasts” in China? Like do they know about the 3800, the Grand National, the Roadmaster, and the Y-job?
Would a Chinese Buick buyer of today appreciate a ’59 Invtica or ’73 Riviera?
Or, do the Chinese not really know/care that much about the history of the brand?
Some articles suggest that China loves Buicks because the last emperor bought some Buicks in the 1920s. I believe at least one of Emperor Puyi’s cars went to one of Mao’s lieutenants, so that probably didn’t hurt either. If I remember correctly, Sun Yat-Sen also had a Buick.
Whether that means they care about the history of the brand, I don’t know. Depends on how you define it, maybe.
From what I have read, the Chinese relate to the brand based on Buicks made for China from the time of the model T, not on vehicles available to Americans.
the Emperor has no clothes but the Buick’s rear glass is tinted.
“a ’59 Invtica”
Sacred relic.
How are Ford’s sales “stronger” in China (much less “much stronger”) – when GM has sold FOUR times as many vehicles YTD as Ford?
Yes, Ford has seen a higher % increase but that’s b/c they are starting at a much lower sales point for last year, and if %-gains was so impt. – then Cadillac should have been pointed put for having gains of over 70% compared to the same time last year.
But then again, this is BS writing about GM.
Bertel, the article is incomplete without reporting Ford’s unit sales. If they’re starting from a much smaller base (as I believe they are) their increase in unit sales may be no greater, or even less, than GM’s.
A small player’s unit sales will often fluctuate more than a larger player’s in % terms, and still be much smaller in unit terms.