BEIJING (Reuters) - General Motors Co’s (N:GM) vehicle sales in China rose 12 percent in August from a year earlier to 328,425 units, following a 6.3 percent increase in July, the Detroit-based automaker said on Tuesday.
GM’s January-August sales totaled 2.38 million vehicles, a 0.3 percent gain from the same period a year ago.
GM’s sales figures come on the heels of relatively strong sales numbers reported on Monday by Honda Motor Co (T:7267) and Toyota Motor Corp. (T:7203)
Honda said its sales in August grew 20.6 percent to 128,671 vehicles, while Toyota’s sales volume of 108,500 vehicles were up 13.2 percent ahead year-on-year.