Sales of premium Cadillac and Chevrolet grow in Russia

By the results of the first quarter, the American automobile concern General Motors increased sales of its Cadillac and Chevrolet brands by 38% in Russia and the CIS. Thus, during the reporting period, 192 premium Chevrolet SUVs were sold - more by 78% than in the last year. Sales of Cadillac cars grew by 16% and they were 228 units, reported the press service of GM Russia.

As the general director of GM Russia Ector Villarreal noted, Chevrolet Tahoe and Cadillac Escalade became the sales leaders of their brands. More than a third of sales of Chevrolet were big SUVs. Almost two-thirds of Cadillac sales are luxury SUV models.

As AUTOSTAT reported earlier, in the first half of 2019, Russian dealers of Cadillac will start the sales of the updated Cadillac CT6 sedan. Restyled mid-size crossover Cadillac XT5 is ready for the order in the fourth quarter of the next year. At the same time, dealers will begin to take orders for a new large-size SUV Cadillac XT6. In addition, the Russian premiere of the new compact crossover Cadillac XT4 is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019.