Second month above 50,000 units this year

Trax Crossover exports climb 25.7%

Domestic sales fall 33.1% to 799 units

The Chevrolet Trax Crossover [General Motors Korea]
The Chevrolet Trax Crossover [General Motors Korea]

General Motors Korea sold a total of 50,189 vehicles in October, the company announced Monday, a 26.6 percent increase from the same month a year earlier.

The result marks the second time this year that GM Korea has surpassed the 50,000-unit monthly threshold, following March. It is also the eighth month this year that monthly sales have exceeded 40,000 units, continuing a streak from September.

Exports drove the results. Overseas sales reached 49,390 units in October, up 28.5 percent year-on-year and 22.3 percent higher than the 40,374 units recorded in September.

By model, the Chevrolet Trax Crossover — including derivative models — accounted for 30,519 units exported, a 25.7 percent increase from a year earlier. The Chevrolet Trailblazer, also including derivatives, sold 18,871 units abroad, up 33.2 percent.

Domestic sales came in at 799 units, down 33.1 percent from 1,194 units in October last year. The Trax Crossover posted 556 domestic units, a 42.0 percent decline, while the Trailblazer sold 211 units, up 16.6 percent. Compared with September, domestic sales rose 9.9 percent.

Cumulative sales from January through October reached 431,974 units, up 18.0 percent from the same period last year. Overseas sales climbed 20.0 percent to 423,680 units, while domestic sales fell 36.1 percent to 8,294 units.


eyre@heraldcorp.com