SAIC-GM

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (more commonly known as SAIC-GM; Chinese: 上汽通用汽车; formerly known as "Shanghai General Motors Company Ltd", "Shanghai GM"; Chinese: 上海通用汽车) is a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor that manufactures and sells Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac brand automobiles in Mainland China.

History

SAIC-GM was founded on June 12, 1997, with 50% investment each from each partner. SAIC-GM began assembling the venture's first vehicle, the Buick Regal, in Shanghai, China in April 1999.^[1][2][3][4] This later followed with the Chinese-built Buick GL8 minivan which was a Chinese exclusive vehicle and was not offered in the United States and Canada.

In 2003, China became the second largest single market for General Motors, selling 201,188 vehicles, an 81.6% percent increase over the previous year. In that year SAIC-GM achieved a 13% market share in mainland China, second only to Volkswagen Group China among foreign carmakers. Sales dropped in 2004 when the company retired the Buick Sail and the release of its replacement, the Chevrolet Sail, was delayed to February 2005, knocking General Motors Shanghai to seventh place in mainland China market share. SAIC-GM market share climbed back to nearly 9.8 percent, placing SAIC-GM among the top three passenger car manufacturers in mainland China.

In June 2004, the Cadillac brand was introduced to China then in January 2005, the Chevrolet brand was launched.

In May 2005 SAIC-GM completed construction of a new assembly plant, the South Plant, at its facility in eastern Shanghai's Pudong district, more than doubling its annual production capacity to 320,000 vehicles.^[5]

SAIC-GM was the top passenger vehicle producer in China in 2006, with sales of 413,400 vehicles. In 2011, SAIC-GM sold 1,200,355 vehicles in the Chinese market.^[6] SAIC-GM is the largest joint venture GM has in China.^[7]

In September 2006, General Motors launched the "Chevrolet Corsa Plus" in Chile, a version of the 4-door Opel Corsa with a 1.6L engine, making it the first export market to receive a vehicle manufactured by SAIC-GM.

In February 2010, SAIC acquired an additional 1 percent stake in the joint venture for US$85 million and assistance in securing a US$400 million line of credit to boost SAIC's total share of SAIC-GM to 51%.

In April 2012, GM regained 50% control of the joint venture.^[7][8]

Current models

Buick

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  Buick Electra E4
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  Buick Electra E5
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  Buick Enclave II
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  Buick Encore Plus
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  Buick Envista
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  Buick Envision S
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  Buick GL8 Century
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  Buick GL8 ES facelift
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  Buick GL8 Land Business Edition (facelift)
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  Buick Lacrosse III (facelift)
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  Buick Regal (China, III 2023 facelift)
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  Buick Regal GS (China, III facelift)
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  Buick Velite 6 PHEV
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  Buick Velite 6
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  Buick Verano sedan

Cadillac

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  Cadillac CT4
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  Cadillac CT5
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  Cadillac CT6
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  Cadillac GT4
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  Cadillac Lyriq
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  Cadillac Optiq
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  Cadillac XT4
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  Cadillac XT5
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  Cadillac XT6

Chevrolet

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  Chevrolet Menlo EV
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  Chevrolet Onix
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  Chevrolet Monza
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  Chevrolet Malibu XL
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  Chevrolet Camaro VI(ZL1)
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  Chevrolet Tracker
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  Chevrolet TrailBlazer
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  Chevrolet Blazer
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  Chevrolet Equinox

Former models

Buick

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  Buick Enclave (facelift)
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  Buick Excelle XT
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  Buick Excelle GT II
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  Buick Excelle GX
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  Buick Encore II
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  Buick Envision
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  Buick Excelle
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  Buick GL6
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  Buick "New Century" GL
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  Buick Park Avenue
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  Buick Roadmaster
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  Buick Royaum
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  Buick Velite 5
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  Buick Velite 7
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  Buick Verano hatch
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  Buick Verano hatch GS

Cadillac

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  Cadillac ATS
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  Cadillac ATS-L
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  Cadillac CTS I
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  Cadillac CTS III
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  Cadillac Escalade III
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  Cadillac Escalade IV
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  Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
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  Cadillac Fleetwood
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  Cadillac SLS
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  Cadillac SRX I
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  Cadillac SRX II
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  Cadillac XLR
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  Cadillac XTS I
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  Cadillac XTS II

Chevrolet

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  Chevrolet Aveo
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  Chevrolet Caprice
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  Chevrolet Captiva I
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  Chevrolet Captiva II
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  Chevrolet Cavalier
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  Chevrolet Corsica
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  Chevrolet Corvette C4(ZR1)
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  Chevrolet Corvette C6(ZR1)
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  Chevrolet Corvette C7(ZR1)
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  Chevrolet Cruze I
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  Chevrolet Cruze II
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  Chevrolet Epica V200
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  Chevrolet Epica V250
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  Chevrolet Lova
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  Chevrolet Lova RV
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  Chevrolet Lumina APV
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  Chevrolet Malibu pre-facelift
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  Chevrolet Malibu first facelift
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  Chevrolet Malibu second facelift
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  Chevrolet Orlando
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  Chevrolet Sail I
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  Chevrolet Sail II
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  Chevrolet Sail III
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  Chevrolet Spark
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  Chevrolet Trax (facelift)

Sales

See also

• SAIC-GM-Wuling

Notes

References

External links

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• Official website