If there are any lingering doubts why General Motors held onto Buick while killing Pontiac, Hummer andSaturn, one only has to look at the sales numbers from 2013 for the real answer. Thanks largely to strong sales in China, Buick set a global sales record last year by selling more than one million vehicles.
The lion's share of Buick sales came from China, which sold more than 809,000 units – about four times more Buicks than were sold in North America as a whole. In the US, the Buick Encore proved to be a big hit as the automaker spent the summer trying to keep up with demand of the subcompact crossover. Likewise, China-only models like the GL8 minivan and Excelle sedan (same as the US-spec Verano) were strong sellers in that market.
Helping crest the million-sales mark, Buick more than doubled its sales in Mexico with 2,319 units.
By Jeffrey N. Ross
Courtesy of http://www.autoblog.com/2014/01/08/buick-best-sales-year-ever/
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