GM Reports Record Global Sales for 2015

General Motors Co. reports worldwide sales of 9.84 million vehicles in 2015. The increase of only 21,000 units was enough to notch the company’s third consecutive year-on-year record high.

GM says gains in North America (+6% to 3.61 million) and China (+5% to 3.61 million) offset declines in Europe (-6% to 1.18 million), South America (-26% to 645,200 and elsewhere (-5% to 794,600).

Global demand for the company’s Chevrolet brand fell 7% to 4.42 million units last year. Sales also dropped for Wuling (-8% to 1.46 million vehicles) and Holden (-2% to 117,000).

But full-year deliveries in 2015 climbed for Buick (+9% to 1.23 million), Opel/Vauxhall (+3% to 1.13 million), GMC (+11% to 679,500), Baojun (+173% to 463,500) and Cadillac (+8% to 277,800).­