Gasgoo.com (Shanghai November 20) - Great Wall Motors sold a total of 492,900 vehicles over the first ten months of the year, auto.sina.com.cn reported today, citing figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. That amount is 28.8 percent higher than what the Hebei-based manufacturer managed to sell from January to October of last year, and makes Great Wall China's top performing own brand manufacturer.
The manufacturer sold a total of 57,700 vehicles in October. Its year-on-year growth rate for the month reached 37 percent, far above the industry average of 25.47 percent.
Great Wall's Haval series continued to lead the Chinese domestic SUV market, with total of 220,000 units sold over the first ten months of the year. Just looking at October's sales results, three of the month's ten best selling SUVs were from the line: the Haval H6 (pictured above), Haval M4 (pictured below) and Haval H5. October also marks the second month where the compact M4 ranked among the country's best selling SUVs, proof that the manufacturer's attempts to expand into other SUV segments has been successful.
Meanwhile, the Voleex C30 and C50 sedans continued to perform strongly, with supply unable to keep up with demand. Over 300,000 C30s have been sold since the beginning of the year, making it one of China's most successful own brand models. Great Wall also continues to lead the pickup truck market with a total of 111,300 Wingle series pickups sold from January to October.
Furthermore, Great Wall has exported a total of 81,000 vehicles to overseas markets over the ten month time period. The figure, which is 22.7 percent higher than that from a year ago, signifies that the manufacturer is en route to fulfill its 2012 export quota of 100,000 vehicles.
