(March 6, 2015) SHANGHAI — General Motors and its joint ventures sold 261,072 vehicles in China during February, setting a new record for the month. Sales increased 1.3 percent from the same month last year.

In February, Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were up 2.4 percent year on year to 112,568 units and SAIC-GM-Wuling’s domestic sales were up 3.9 percent to 148,227 units.

Buick sales in the domestic market dropped 0.1 percent on an annual basis in February to 59,088 units. Its best-selling model remained the original Excelle family, which had sales of 18,247 units. It was followed by the Regal, whose sales grew 41.5 percent to 9,573 units. Sales of its lineup of SUVs were up 164.7 percent to 11,087 units.

Chevrolet sales in China increased 2.5 percent on an annual basis to 47,521 units. Its most popular nameplate in February was the Cruze, which had sales of 18,520 units. It was followed by the Sail family, which had sales growth of 9.1 percent to 14,371 units, and the Malibu, whose sales rose 11.2 percent to 9,119 units.



Cadillac sales in China were a February record 5,959 units. Demand for the luxury brand increased 36.1 percent on an annual basis, as sales of the ATS and ATS-L totaled 2,141 units. It was followed by the SRX, whose sales increased 7.9 percent to 2,140 units.

Baojun sales in February jumped 391.6 percent on an annual basis to 27,542 units, led by sales of 24,502 units of the Baojun 730. Wuling sales across China were down 11.9 percent from February 2014 to 120,685 units, as the shift in market demand from mini-commercial vehicles to passenger vehicles such as the Baojun 730 MPV continues. Wuling’s Hong Guang family had sales of 70,505 units.