GM Korea sells 50,189 vehicles in October, up 26.6% year over year

[Financial News] GM Korea (GM Korea Company) said on the 2nd that it sold 50,189 vehicles in global markets last month, up 26.6% from the same month a year earlier. This was the second time this year it had recorded monthly sales of at least 50,000 units, following March, and the eighth time it had sold at least 40,000 units in a month, following September.
On a finished-vehicle basis, exports totaled 49,390 units and domestic sales totaled 799. In the domestic market, the Trax crossover was the best-selling model, with 556 units, followed by the Trailblazer with 211 and the Sierra with 12. Domestic sales, however, fell 33.1% from the same month last year (1,194 units). Compared with the previous month (727 units), they rose 9.9%.
GM Korea recorded overseas sales of 49,390 units in October, up 28.5% from the same month last year. That was also a 22.3% increase from the previous month (40,374 units). The Chevrolet Trax crossover, including derivative models, led sales, with 30,519 units sold, up 25.7% from the same month last year. The Chevrolet Trailblazer, including derivative models, also rose 33.2% year over year to 18,871 units.
Compared with the previous month, Trailblazer sales rose 45.9% from 12,935 units, while Trax crossover sales increased 11.2% from 27,439 units.
Cumulative sales from January through October this year totaled 431,974 units, up 18.0% from the same period last year. Exports rose 20.0% to 423,680 units, while domestic sales fell 36.1% to 8,294. By export model, the Trax crossover, including derivative models, rose 16.3% to 275,053 units, and the Trailblazer, including derivative models, increased 27.5% to 148,627 units.
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