China's 2010 auto sales top 18 MN units

BEIJING: Auto sales in China, the world's top car market, rose more than 32 percent in 2010 to 18.06 million units, Dow Jones Newswires quoted the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers as saying.

December sales rose 17.9 percent from a year earlier to 1.67 million units, the association said in a statement.

China overtook the United States in 2009 to become the world's largest car market. GM, Ford and Volkswagen all posted record sales in the country last year.