GM global sales up 4% on US, China demand

General Motors (GM.NYSE) said Tuesday that global auto sales grew 4% in 2013 thanks to demand in the US and China, Reuters reported. GM sales increased by 417,000 vehicles from last year, hitting 9,714,652 as demand surged 11% in China and 7% in the US. “A healthy auto market in the United States and China, and very successful product launches at all of our brands worldwide drove GM’s growth in 2013 and helped us navigate difficult conditions in Europe and parts of South America and Asia,” GM Chief Financial Officer Dan Ammann, who’ll take over as president this week, said in a statement.