GM posts decrease in China's April sales

DETROIT — General Motors and its joint ventures sold 258,484 vehicles last month in China, down 0.4 percent year over year.

Domestic sales by SAIC-GM-Wuling were up 10.2 percent year on year to 139,041 units. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales were down 6.7 percent to 119,032 units.

Starting with April, GM is reporting retail deliveries rather than wholesales in China.

Buick sales in the domestic market decreased 8.5 percent on an annual basis in April to 63,307 units. Shanghai GM’s most-popular brand was led by the Excelle XT and GT, which had sales of 14,421 units. Sales of the original Excelle were strong at 11,547 units. Demand for Buick’s trio of SUVs (Envision, Enclave and Encore) was also high, rising 134.3 percent to 15,322 units.

Chevrolet sales in China decreased 5.6 percent on an annual basis to 49,528 units. Its most-popular nameplate in April was the Cruze, which sold 19,836 units. It was followed by the Sail, which had sales of 12,974 units, and the Malibu, whose sales totaled 8,731 units.