China Boom: GM up 36.7% in China

[Variance]

China Boom: GM up 36.7% in China

General Motors Corp. (NYSE:GM - news), the world's largest auto maker, said on Monday its vehicle sales in China rose 36.7 percent in the first nine months from a year earlier, and expected sales for all of 2006 to jump 30 percent.

GM sold 645,680 vehicles via its two local ventures in the January-September period, it said in a statement.

"For the year as a whole, GM and our joint ventures are on track to again outpace the market," it said. "We anticipate annual sales growth of about 30 percent."

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[Chicagoland]

A good place for Buick man to move and sell Buicks.

[aaaantoine]

I don't know that China is big enough for a car market proportionate to the US market.

I bet small cars are popular there.

[bowtie_dude]

Budding markets like China and Russia should keep GM on top globally.

[Robert Hall]

I wonder if they will sell the Camaro in China?