GM Daewoo Reports February Sales of 47,200 Vehicles

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2010-03-02 14:08

Seoul--(뉴스와이어)--GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM Daewoo) announced today that it sold 8,148 vehicles in Korea and exported 39,052 vehicles in February. Total sales for the month were 47,200 units, which was an increase of 5.9 percent from the same month last year, when GM Daewoo sold domestically and shipped 44,578 vehicles.

GM Daewoo’s domestic vehicle sales in February jumped 36.8 percent year on year to 8,148 vehicles. Sales were buoyed by steady market demand for GM Daewoo’s Lacetti Premiere lower-medium sedan and Matiz Creative mini-car, which kept up their strong momentum with sales in February of 3,128 units and 3,056 units respectively.

Exports of complete vehicles by the automaker were up 1.1 percent in February from 38,624 vehicles exported in February 2009. In February, GM Daewoo also exported 89,483 complete knockdown (CKD) kits of parts and components to be assembled into vehicles.

“Despite the fewer number of shopping days in February, GM Daewoo increased its meaningful sales domestically and globally.” said Rick LaBelle, GM Daewoo Vice President of Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing. “Our competitive customer-oriented products such as the newly launched Matiz Creative lineup with a new LPGi (Liquefied Petroleum Gas injection) model and a manual transmission are expected to help us continue to grow our sales.”

For the first two months as a whole, GM Daewoo’s domestic vehicle sales rose 33.7 percent to 17,210 units from 12,868 units in the same period last year. GM Daewoo’s vehicle exports in the first two months climbed 11.1 percent to 86,271 units from 77,664 units in the same period last year.

GM Daewoo Auto & Technology was established on October 17, 2002. It has five manufacturing facilities in Korea as well as an assembly facility in Vietnam. In addition, GM Daewoo provides market and brand-specific vehicle kits for assembly at GM facilities in China, Thailand, India, Colombia and Venezuela. In 2009, GM Daewoo sold in Korea and exported more than 1.5 million units, including CKD products. GM Daewoo now produces vehicles and kits that are offered in more than 150 markets on six continents. More information on GM Daewoo and its products can be found on the company’s website at http://media.gmdaewoo.co.kr/.

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