(April 8, 2015) SHANGHAI — Vehicle sales by General Motors and its joint ventures in China increased 8.0 percent on an annual basis last month to a March record 338,350 units. Domestic sales by SAIC-GM-Wuling and Cadillac reached an all-time monthly high, while Shanghai GM and Chevrolet had record March domestic sales.

Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were up 3.9 percent year on year to 145,607 units, and SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales were up 16.9 percent to 192,287 units.

Buick sales in the domestic market decreased 0.2 percent on an annual basis in March to 78,659 units. Sales were led by the newly launched Excelle GT, which had sales of 18,609 units. They were followed by the original Excelle, which sold 15,694 units. Sales of Buick’s lineup of SUVs were up 147.8 percent to 16,700 units.



Chevrolet sales in China increased 3.1 percent on an annual basis to 57,751 units. Its most popular nameplate in March remained the Cruze, which sold 20,892 units. It was followed by the Sail, which had sales growth of 15.1 percent to 20,580 units, and the Malibu, whose sales rose 17.1 percent to 9,622 units.

Cadillac sales in China came in at 9,197 units. Demand for the luxury brand increased 75.6 percent on an annual basis, as sales of the ATS-L and ATS totaled 3,593 units. They were followed by the XTS, whose sales increased 36.4 percent to 3,355 units, and the SRX, which sold 2,148 units.

Baojun sales in March jumped 599.8 percent on an annual basis to 33,659 units, led by sales of 30,008 units of the Baojun 730 MPV. Wuling sales across China decreased 0.7 percent from March 2014 to 158,628 units due to continued weakness in the mini-commercial vehicle segment. Wuling sales were led by the Hong Guang MPV family, whose sales increased 52.5 percent to 97,353 units. The Wuling portfolio continues to migrate from mini-commercial vehicles to MPVs.