GM's April China sales up 50% to 151,084 units

General Motors Corp. said Tuesday its sales in China rose 50% in April from a year earlier to 151,084 units, setting a monthly record for the company in China.

Sales at its passenger vehicle joint venture Shanghai General Motors Corp. rose 34.7% from the same month last year to 55,245 units, the company said in a statement. Sales were driven by demand for its Buick brand, which rose 63.6% to 38,071 vehicles.

Sales at GM's mini-commercial vehicle joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co. rose 60.6% from a year earlier to 95,544 units. The joint venture sold 50,491 units of the Wuling Sunshine minivan.