General Motors Latin America, Africa and Middle East (GM LAAM) region posted an all-time sales record in 2008, selling over 1.276 million vehicles, up 40,000 units over 2007, representing a 3.2 percent growth rate. In addition, LAAM’s market share increased to 17.1 percent for the year.

General Motors Corp. announced today that it set a new company record for vehicle sales in Asia Pacific in 2008. Its sales in the region rose 2.7 percent from the previous year to 1,475,093 units. A further 766,400 vehicles and 599,080 complete knockdown (CKD) vehicle sets were exported from the region to other parts of the world.

General Motors (GM) sales in Europe reached a volume of 2.04 million vehicles in 2008, with a market share of 9.3 percent. Despite the challenging economic conditions, GM managed to sell over 2 million vehicles for the third consecutive year in the region.

General Motors dealers in the United States delivered 221,983 vehicles in December, down 31 percent compared with a year ago. However, total deliveries were 67,000 vehicles more than November's result, up more than 43 percent month over month.

The beat goes on. For the 32nd year in a row, Ford’s award-winning F-Series is America’s best-selling truck with 2008 sales of 515,513. F-series outsold its nearest truck rival by more than 50,000 units.

Car sales fell more than 11 per cent in December but Australians still purchased more than 1 million new vehicles during 2008.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic market sales, and export results for the month of November 2008.

China's vehicle sales in November plunged 14.56 percent from a year earlier to 685,100 units, the China Association of Automobile (CAAM) announced Thursday.

Nissan Motor Co.,Ltd., today announced its sales, production and export results for October 2008.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic market sales, and export results for the month of October 2008, including all-time records for any month for worldwide auto production.

Record-setting sales performance in GM's Latin America, Africa and Middle East and Asia Pacific regions during the third quarter of 2008 helped General Motors sell more than 2.1 million vehicles globally during the third quarter 2008.

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today announced production, sales and export figures for September and the first half of fiscal 2008.