GM July China sales up 6.3% y-o-y, pick up pace from June

[BEIJING] General Motors Co's vehicle sales in China grew 6.3 per cent in July from a year earlier to 287,581 vehicles, following a 4.3 per cent increase in June, the Detroit automaker reported on Thursday.

GM's January-July sales totaled 2.05 million vehicles, a 1.3 per cent decline from the same period a year ago.

Its sales results come on the heels of relatively strong sales numbers reported on Wednesday by Honda Motor Co and Toyota Motor Corp.

Honda said its sales in July rose 11.6 per cent from a year earlier to 113,803 vehicles, while Toyota's sales volume of 108,900 vehicles were 11.4 per cent ahead on-year.

REUTERS