China with its massive emerging middle class is shaping up to be one of the important markets for General Motors. In fact, for one of the Detroit firm�s brands, China is actually its biggest market by far. We�re talking of course about Buick that has just surpassed the 3 million mark in Chinese sales since GM�s joint venture began offering the brand in the country in 1999.
Last year, Buick�s sales in China rose 23.0% to a new high of 550,010 vehicles. That�s compared to 155,289 deliveries (+51.9%) in the USA in 2010. Buick has more than 400 stores across China with the brand�s lineup comprising of several familiar models including the Regal, Enclave and La Crosse, as well as market-specific cars such as the Opel Astra-based Excelle XT, the new GL8 MPV, and the Holden Caprice-derived Park Avenue.
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