Dongfeng May sales up 6.44% to 108,937 units

Shanghai, June 15 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Motor Group Co, China's third-largest automaker, said its vehicle sales in May came to 108,937 units, up 6.44% from a year earlier, lagging a 34.02% gain of overall market, it said last weekend, Reuters reported.

Of the 108,937 vehicles sold by the company in May, sales of passenger cars jumped 33.86% to 79,620 units, under performing a 46.83% gain in the country's car market. Sales of commercial vehicles fell 31.61% to 29,317 units.

Dongfeng Motor Group operates car manufacturing ventures with PSA Peugeot-Citroen and Honda Motor. It also makes cars and commercial vehicles with Nissan Motor.

The sales of Dongfeng Motor and its subsidiaries in May and the first five months this year are listed as follows:

May                                   Sales            pct change (y/y)                                                                    

Passenger cars             79,620          33.86
Commercial vehicles    29,317         -31.61
All vehicles                      108,937        6.44
Dongfeng Nissan JV     72,401          n/a
Dongfeng PSA JV           21,611          36.62
Dongfeng Honda JV      14,240         -1.67

Jan-May                            Sales           pct change (y/y)                 

Passenger cars             363,272        20.31
Commercial vehicles   131,019       -28.78
All vehicles                      494,291        1.72
Dongfeng Nissan JV     322,739       -0.41
Dongfeng PSA JV           95,561         9.68
Dongfeng Honda JV      73,359         4.80