GM Executive: May Sales In Asia Pacific Reach Record, Up 44% On Year
June 01 2009 - 9:06AM
Dow Jones News
General Motors Corp.'s (GM) sales in the Asia Pacific region
rose 44% from a year earlier to a record high, Asia Pacific
President Nick Reilly said Monday.
He did not give the number of units sold.
The U.S. auto maker's share of the region's market in May rose
1.9 percentage points from a year earlier to 9.1%, Reilly said. For
the first five months this year, GM achieved a market share of 8.4%
in the Asia Pacific region, an increase of 1.4 percentage points
from a year earlier, he said.
In China, sales of Chevrolet and Wuling vehicles reached record
highs, Reilly said without giving figures. GM makes mini commercial
vehicles in China with its local partners Wuling Automobile Co. and
SAIC Motor Corp. (600104.SH) Sales have been particularly strong in
China, though have been softening in India and Thailand, Reilly
said. The Asia Pacific region includes China, Japan, Korea, India,
Thailand and Australia, among other countries.
-By Patricia Jiayi Ho, Dow Jones Newswires, (8610)6588-5848,
patricia.ho@dowjones.com