Changan Auto April sales up 51% to 117,846 units

Major Chinese auto group Chongqing Changan Auto Co said on Wednesday its April sales jumped 51 percent from a year earlier.

Changan Auto, a Chinese partner of Ford Motor, sold 117,846 vehicles in April. It churned out 117,729 vehicles in the month, up 23 percent from a year earlier, according to a company filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Jiangling Motors Corp Ltd, a manufacturer of minivans and light trucks, said its April sales edged up 0.5 percent from a year earlier to 10,140 vehicles.

Jiangling Motors output in April, however, fell 17 percent on the year to 10,469 vehicles, the company said in an exchange filing.

China overtook the United States as the world's largest auto market this year and year-on-year sales growth in March rebounded to more than 10 percent as government stimulus measures helped fuel a recovery in demand.