General Motors had some good news to report today in regards with its worldwide sales. The Detroit-based group seems to have fully recovered from its bankruptcy and successive bailout posting global sales of over 4.85 million vehicles in the first half of 2013, which represents an increase of nearly 4 percent over the same period in 2012.
In North America, GM sales were up nearly 8 percent, while the company’s combined international operations reported nearly 7 percent increase. It’s worth noting that in China, GM achieved a sales record with a 10.6 percent increase to 1,567,392 units.
GM’s biggest brand, Chevrolet, reported its 11th straight quarter of increased sales delivering a record 2.5 million vehicles around the world in the first six months of this year, up 1.4 percent over 2012.
“Chevrolet is in the midst of the most aggressive new product roll-out in the brand’s history,” said Alan Batey, senior vice president of Global Chevrolet. “The continued sales growth around the world is a result of a focused effort to strengthen Chevrolet’s presence in developing markets as well as its relationship with consumers by offering the right products, technologies, and world-class customer service.”
Chevrolet stated that in the U.S., combined sales of its small car lineup that include the Sonic, Spark, Cruze and Volt, were up close to 25 percent in the first half of the year (January through June 2013), while full-size truck sales also increased 23 percent. The brand’s sales in China jumped 6.1 percent to over 322,000 units in the same period.
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