GM China sales advance 7% in Nov. on strong Cadillac, Baojun volume

SHANGHAI -- General Motors' deliveries in China increased 7 percent from a year earlier to 371,740 vehicles last month, as strong demand for the Cadillac and Baojun brands offset weak sales of midmarket models.
Cadillac deliveries soared 70 percent to 13,476 vehicles in November -- the fifth straight month in which the luxury brand's year-on-year sales increase topped 50 percent. The XT5 crossover, Cadillac's top-seller in China, generated sales of 5,200 vehicles.
Meanwhile, sales of the entry-level Baojun brand jumped 28 percent to 74,779 vehicles. Demand for the newly introduced 310 hatchback topped 13,900.
But sales of GM's midmarket Buick and Chevrolet brands were sluggish.
Buick sales rose only 2 percent to 109,495 vehicles, as robust sales of the Envision crossover -- which jumped 29 percent to 24,000 vehicles -- were offset by weak demand for other models.
Chevrolet sales rose 2 percent to 52,400 vehicles, propped up by strong demand for the Cavalier sedan.
November sales of Wuling, China's largest microvan brand, totaled 121,566 vehicles, virtually unchanged from a year earlier.
Given sluggish sales of Buick, Chevrolet and Wuling vehicles, it appears likely that GM lost market share in November.
For the first 11 months, GM sold 3.4 million light vehicles in China, up 9 percent from the same period last year. By contrast, industry sales of light vehicles rose 15 percent in the first 10 months.