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Buick Set New Sales Record During November In China

Breaking the habit that General Motors adopted in 2018 to report its sales on a quarterly basis in North America and China, SAIC-GM has just announced Buick‘s sales performance in the Asian country during the month of November. According to official statistics from the joint venture, the Tri-Shield brand sold 110,298 units in the Chinese market last month – setting a new monthly sales record.

With this outstanding sales volume, which represents an increase of 54.6 percent compared to November 2019, Buick set a new monthly sales record since January 2018 and has posted eight consecutive months of year-on-year sales increases in China. SAIC-GM also confirmed that between January and November, the American brand sold 797,737 vehicles in its main volume market, becoming one of the few manufacturers that achieved positive figures this year in the country.

In November, Buick’s strong sales growth in China was supported by an excellent performance from the entirely refreshed local portfolio of sedans, crossovers and MPVs. Notably, individual figures for the brand’s models over the past month show that Buick’s range of sedans accounts for more than 54 percent of total sales, confirming the high popularity that body style still maintains in the largest auto market in the world.

Buick Excelle GT

Undoubtedly, the main protagonist of November was the Buick Excelle GT that sold a record 40,440 units during the month and established itself as the brand’s best-selling nameplate in China. Without disclosing specific figures, SAIC-GM says the compact car delivered more than twice as many units from the same month last year, while also establishing the best result of the last 35 months.

Buick Envision S

Surprisingly, second place in sales within the brand during November was occupied by the Buick Envision family of utility vehicles with a total of 21,807 units. This includes 13,529 units of the refreshed Envision and 8,278 units of the second-generation Envision S, which achieved its best sales figure since its launch in late July with an impressive 145 percent increase over the previous month. Its performance was key in moving the Buick GL8 full-size MPV range to third place for the first time, with 18,196 deliveries.

Buick GL8 MPV Family

The following positions among Buick’s best-selling models during the past month in China are the Buick Regal with 13,219 units, the Buick LaCrosse with 5,575 units, the Chinese-market Buick Enclave with 2,976 units, the new Velite range with 2,089 units and the Buick GL6 with 1,932 units. Notably, the joint venture did not provide individual November figures for the Encore family, the base Excelle and the Verano.

Best-selling Buick models in China during November 2020
Top Model November 2020 YTD 2020
1 Excelle GT 40,440 N/A
2 Envision 21,807 N/A
3 GL8 18,196 136,891
4 Regal 13,219 N/A
5 LaCrosse 5,575 N/A
6 Enclave 2,976 N/A
7 Velite 2,089 13,238
8 GL6 1,932 N/A

Additionally, SAIC-GM only limited itself to reporting that the Buick Encore family (made up of the second-generation Encore and the Encore GX) sold 32,618 units in the first eleven months of the year, an year-over-year increase of 65.7 percent.

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Deivis is an engineer with a passion for cars and the global auto business. He is constantly investigating about GM's future products.

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  1. Why not they’re all built there except 1 what a disgrace An American car brand built in communist china

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    1. GM is a global brand, with facilities in many countries. If you want a strong GM this has to be the case.

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      1. Aisin-Gioro Puyi was the last emperor of China; When he decided that he wanted a car, he chose the Buick, and the wheels were painted royal yellow. Buick has been popular in China ever since!

        I want to add Buick is my favorite American car; we have had them in the family, and I drive a Buick Regal GS and love it!

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    2. To be successful in China, avoid massive tariffs, GM must build domestically with a partner. GM could stand on principle but it would kill sales.
      GM is a global company tha tg happens to be headquartered in Detroit. I’d have liked seeing the government retain GM stock like Germany with BMW, France with PSA, but that isn’t a popular position here in there US.
      Excelle GT has a nice face and definitely looks GM. Unlike Hyundai, Ford and others I can always spot a GM sedan miles away.

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  2. Buick sets new sales record during November in China and this is why if there is sufficient interest in possibly a new sports coupe, it will depend on the interest level by buyers in China; one could imagine Buick’s Avista concept car going into production if the Chinese were excited by the vehicle.

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  3. But yet the patriots keep insisting that GM abandoned China…

    Buick should head to Europe as a next step.

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    1. I guess many people don’t want to see Buick succeed…..

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  4. We wouldn’t be having this conversation had we all followed the “Buy American” idea. The global economy is the worst thing that ever happened to this country. As Perot said, “there goes that sucking sound.” Jobs gone, never to come back.

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    1. the chinese are just folowing “if you sell it here, build it here”. they had all of the manufacturers by the nuts and they got a hell of a deal.

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  5. Eu sou brasileiro e gosto de mais da GM e torço para ser a maior como foi por 75 anos, a GM precisa ouvir mais os seus clientes e admiradores, o povo americano tem que parar com o bairrismo, com o complexo de inferioridade para achar que a GM tem que ser pequena na China, acho que ela tem que estar em todos continentes e liderando.

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  6. if it wasn’t for the Chinese market then Buick would be with Pontiac and Oldsmobile; gone. Don’t forget that there are Buick jobs in the US still because of China.

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