Below is a breakdown of GM’s best selling vehicles for the first quarter -2012 The interesting thing here is .. well.. the Chevy Cruze we all know.. at 180,000 units sold.. (our Commodore did 10,000 odd..!)... but 2nd.. a vehicle we have never heard of here YET... the Shanghai General Motors Wuling joint companies..."Wuling Sunshine" . .and its 5 or so body styles..
Introducing Wuling.. may as well get familiar with them now.. as your kids are surely going to.... Just think.. in 50 years time.. Club Plated "Wulings" Another interesting side note for Australia.. is that.. GM's Fishermans Bend design facilities have also had an input into these vehicles.. due to their excellent world reputation... Markets included in the first quarter were Algeria, Argentina,
Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, and Vietnam.
Model Breakdown
Chevy Cruze - 180,000* Wuling Sunshine - 152,666
Chevy Silverado/ Cheyenne - 106,250
Wuling Rongguang/ Xingwang - 104,183
Chevy Aveo/ Sonic - 87,874
V/O Astra H,J - 81,636
V/O Corsa - 77,847
Buick Excelle - 76,378
Chevy Spark I,II/ Beat/ Matiz - 75,439
Chevy Malibu - 70,955
Wuling Hongguang - 69,445
Chevy Sail - 65,252
Chevy Equinox - 56,360
Chevy Impala - 52,525
GMC Sierra - 46,103
Chevy Celta/ Prisma - 45,251
Chevy Corsa I,II - 44,932
Buick Excelle GT/ Verano - 40,365
Buick LaCrosse - 38,032
Chevy Avalanche/ Tahoe/ Suburban - 35,186
Chevy S10/ Colorado/ D-Max/ T-Series - 32,473
Wuling PN Series - 28,772
Buick Regal - 27,582
V/O Insignia - 26,676
GMC Terrain - 25,080
Chevy Camaro - 23,491
Chevy Traverse - 23,009
Chevy Captiva(Both) - 22,682
Baojun 630 - 22,035
V/O Zafira - 21,782
Chevy Agile - 21,231
V/O Meriva - 20,362
Cadillac SRX - 19,935
GMC Acadia - 18,426
Chevy Tornado/ Montana/ Corsa Utility - 17,621
Chevy Express - 16,734
Chevy Cobalt - 15,636
GMC Yukon - 14,206
Chevy Niva - 14,190
Cadillac CTS - 13,090
Buick Enclave - 12,342
Chevy Orlando - 11,978
Buick Excelle XT - 11,256
Holden Commodore - 10,699 Buick GL8 II - 8,887
Holden Cruze - 8,863 Daewoo Nexia - 8,721
Chevy Lacetti/ Nubira/ Optra - 7,550
V/O Agila - 6,896
Daewoo Matiz - 6,173
GMC Savana - 6,050
Buick GL8 I - 6,048
Chevy Epica - 5,988
Cadillac Escalade - 5,809
Chevy Tavera - 5,783
Chevy Meriva - 5,693
Holden Captiva(Both) - 4,903 Chevy Volt - 4,080
V/O Vivaro - 3,891
GMC Canyon - 3,601
Chevy Barina - 3,555
Chevy Corvette - 3,039
V/O Combo - 2,761
V/O Antara - 2,595
Daewoo Alpheon - 2,017
Chevy Lanos - 1,910
V/O Ampera - 1,835
Holden Colorado - 1,643
Cadillac SLS - 1,563
Daewoo Damas - 1,556
Chevy Caprice - 1,396
Chevy Zafira - 1,322
Buick Lucerne - 1,217
V/O Movano - 1,020
Chevy N Trucks(Old) - 930
Chevy N(New), F Trucks/ CYZ/ RVF/ EXZ - 827
Daewoo Labo - 557
Chevy Astra - 546
Holden Barina Spark - 519 Holden Caprice - 488 Chevy Blazer - 459
Chevy Lumina/ Omega - 290
Daewoo Lacetti - 286
Chevy Vectra - 254
Cadillac DTS - 239
Buick Park Avenue - 149
Chevy N300 - 135
Chevy HHR - 113
Holden Combo - 96 Chevy N,F,L-Series Bus - 92
Cadillac STS - 88
Jiefang Xiao/ CA 1031 - 22
Holden Epica - 13 Cadillac BLS - 2
Chevy TrailBlazer - 2
Chevy CMV/ Super Carry - 1
Chevy Kodiak 6/7/8 - 1
Opel GT - 1