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Ford, GM, Honda see mixed China sales performance

The Associated Press Published Tuesday, June 7, 2011 7:14AM EDT Last Updated Saturday, May 19, 2012 4:59AM EDT

Visitors look at a Ford Vertrek Concept car at the Shanghai International Auto Show Thursday, April 21, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (AP / Eugene Hoshiko)

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SHANGHAI, China - Foreign automakers are seeing mixed sales trends in China as the world's biggest market for new vehicles cools after years of torrid growth.

General Motors Co. said Tuesday that its total sales in China fell 3 per cent in May from a year earlier to 190,674 vehicles, though its sales in the first five months of the year edged up nearly 5 per cent to 1.08 million.

Ford Motors saw its sales in China climb 14 per cent from a year earlier to 45,162 vehicles in May, while Honda reported its sales fell about 32 per cent to 27,204 vehicles.