Chevrolet Grows Sales and Share in 13 European Markets

ZÜRICH, SWITZERLAND – July 9, 2010: Chevrolet Europe sold 232,417 cars from January to June, an increase of 16,401 cars, or 8.0 percent, compared to the year earlier period (2009: 216,016 cars). Chevrolet's European market share was up by 0.14 point at 2.4 percent, based on share gains in 13 European countries.

"More and more European customers are getting to know our new line-up: great-looking mini, small and compact Chevrolet cars at exceptionally fair prices," said Wayne Brannon, head of Chevrolet's European operations. "In 2011, we will be launching seven new models and moving from covering about a third of European car segments to more than half in the very near future," Brannon added.

Chevrolet enjoyed particularly strong sales growth in many Southern European countries, Spain, France, Portugal, Greece and Turkey. Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium also registered triple or double-digit sales growth. (See table on page 2)

In Russia, where the market is slowly recovering, Chevrolet held its position as the number one non-domestic brand, with a stable market share of 6.5 percent.

With its new entry in the mini-segment, the Chevrolet Spark city car, Chevrolet was able to grow its share of the slightly declining segment from 5.7 to 7.0 percent in Europe and become the 4th best-selling brand in this segment, with sales of 50,127 cars.

Within the compact car notch-back segment, the Chevrolet Cruze, which was AUTOBEST Car of the Year 2010 and has a 5-star EuroNCAP safety rating, continues to be the market leader in many countries, with segment shares of up to 36%, like in Spain, where 4,375 Cruze were sold from January-June this year.