GM South Africa Feb 08 Sales

[patrickbec]

GMSA sold a total of 2,458 cars and SUVs.

Model Feb 08 (Jan 08)
CADILLAC BLS 55 (30)
CADILLAC SRX 5 (1)
CADILLAC STS 3 (3)
CHEV Aveo 425 (356)
CHEV Captiva 197 (192)
CHEV Lumina 32 (27)
CHEV Optra 33 (153)
CHEV Spark 285 (249)
HUMMER H3 58 (61)
OPEL Astra/GTC 203 (204)
OPEL Corsa 1,074 (908)
OPEL Meriva 19 (12)
OPEL Tigra 8 (8)
OPEL Zafira 44 (42)
SAAB 9-3 15 (1)
SAAB 9-5 2 (1)

[powervette]

whoa! look how the bland European-styled BLS outsells the almighty 9-3. I am surprised. Here are January-December premium-brand Polish car sales for comparison. Note that in South Africa there were more BLS sold in one month than all Caddies in Poland during the whole year.


+ unofficially imported:
Ferrari 20
Lamborghini 7
Aston Martin 10
Masserati 18
Bentley 21
Bugatti 1
Rolls Royce 6
Lotus 1
Morgan 1
AC Cobra 1

[t-rex]

Originally Posted by patrickbec

GMSA sold a total of 2,458 cars and SUVs.

Model Feb 08 (Jan 08)
CADILLAC BLS 55 (30)
CADILLAC SRX 5 (1)
CADILLAC STS 3 (3)
CHEV Aveo 425 (356)
CHEV Captiva 197 (192)
CHEV Lumina 32 (27)
CHEV Optra 33 (153)
CHEV Spark 285 (249)
HUMMER H3 58 (61)
OPEL Astra/GTC 203 (204)
OPEL Corsa 1,074 (908)
OPEL Meriva 19 (12)
OPEL Tigra 8 (8)
OPEL Zafira 44 (42)
SAAB 9-3 15 (1)
SAAB 9-5 2 (1)

GMSA also sold 3 754 light commercial vehicles in January.

OPEL Corsa Utility — 1 863
OPEL Vivaro — 11
OPEL Combo — 14
CHEV Lumina Ute — 12
ISUZU KB series — 1 854

GMSA beat out almighty VW Group to take #2 in sales! For those outside South Africa, this is an incredible feat! GM hasn't been in the #2 spot since probably the early 1970s.

GM still lag behind in exports though. Only 555 units in January, far behind other major exporters like VW, BMW, Mercedes and Toyota.

[Smaart Aas Saabr]

Major boost in sales of Saab 9-3! That is a 1 500 % increase!

[Aych Es Vee]

not much Holdens, ie, Luminas, get sold there at all!