Globally, Saab is keeping up the six percent increase compared to 2005 registrations. In Europe, Saab's performance is even better: with 70,565 cars sold, it enjoys an 18.2 percent increase over the same period in 2005. Saab continues to be the leading brand in Europe for vehicles running on Ethanol-85. Saab experienced record sales for the first three quarters of this year in Spain, Belgium and Canada. In Spain, its success is a result of a long-term plan focused on network development, fleet sales and improving its presence in the very important Madrid metro area. For the month of September, Saab sold 9,434 cars in Europe, reaching a market share of 0.5 percent.


Chevrolet achieves a third quarter market share of 1.7 percent

With 87,300* vehicles sold in the third quarter, Chevrolet reached a record quarterly sales volume and a record market share of 1.73 percent in total Europe. From January to September 2006, Chevrolet sold a total of 247,871 vehicles, increasing its European sales volume by 10.8 percent compared to the same period last year. Its market share for this period reached 1.5 percent. In a declining September market, Chevrolet Italia was able to increase its January to September sales from 25,558 to 27,695 units, reaching a market share of 1.4 percent. The growth rate of Chevrolet Germany in this period was eight percent, with sales reaching 16,527 units. The largest volume increase took place in Russia, where Chevrolet sales grew from 47,586 to 77,292 units. Chevrolet had another strong month in September, selling 32,004 vehicles in Europe, compared to 30,158 in September 2005. The 6.1-percent growth was mainly driven by the Eastern European countries, where Hungary reached the highest market share in comparison to all EU countries with 7.41 percent of the passenger car market. The European market share for September was at 1.6 percent. With 11,170 units sold in September, Russia was again Chevrolet's number one market in Europe.

* Chevrolet figures include vehicles produced by GM Avtovaz for the Russian market and vehicles of US production.


Cadillac's European January to September sales grow by 30 percent

Cadillac continued to grow in Europe where 2,645 cars were sold in the first nine months of 2006, a plus of 30 percent compared to the same period last year. Also Corvette performed well in its niche market: from January to September it sold 1,046 cars. HUMMER tripled sales of the H2 and H3 to 1,230 vehicles, from 394 vehicles in 2005.

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