SHANGHAI, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Top Chinese automaker SAIC Motor Corp <600104.SS> expects net profit for the first nine months of the year to grow by at least 140 percent from a year earlier, the company said on Tuesday.
SAIC made 3.97 billion yuan ($595.5 million) in net profit for the first nine months of 2009, it said in a brief statement to the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
The carmaker said full details of its January-to-September financial performance will be released when it announces its third quarter results.
SAIC, which runs vehicle manufacturing ventures with General
Motors [GM.UL] and Volkswagen
(Reporting by Soo Ai Peng; Editing by Ken Wills) ($1=6.667 Yuan)