GM Sales Jump in Middle East

JEDDAH, 11 April 2005 — General Motors Middle East sales witnessed outstanding growth in the first quarter of 2005, with unit sales of almost 22,000, an increase of 35 percent over figures recorded in the equivalent period in 2004. This follows a record year in 2004, when General Motors recorded total sales of 88,852 units in the region, a 55 percent increase on the previous year’s performance, according to a press note received here yesterday.