Beiqi Foton Jan.-Apr. sales hit 250,730 units, up 41%

Shanghai, May 17 (Gasgoo.com) Beiqi Foton Motor Co., China's biggest maker of commercial vehicles, sold nearly 800,000 vehicles in April 2010. Sales in the first four months were 250,730 units, up 41.1% from a year earlier, according to the company's sales report.

The report shows that medium-duty trucks and the large- and medium- size buses posted the largest growths in April sales, of which sales of the latter (including the non-complete vehicles) were 224 units, and surged together by 165.1% to 1,434 units year on year. 

Medium-duty trucks (including the non-complete vehicles), the company's major profitable products, also delivered a significant increase in sales, with 12,195 units sold in April, and rose by 142.7% to 40,000 units y/y.

Light trucks (including mini trucks), the company's mainstream products, boosted sales to 63,014 units in April and grew by 29.6% to 200,000 units y/y.

Moreover, the company sold 2,060 light buses in April, and 8,626 units (up 31.3%) y/y, and sold 6,047 units of the other models like SUV, MP-X and Midi EV (up 107.9%) y/y.

Among all commercial vehicle manufacturers, Foton Motor ranked the first in sales either in April or in the first four months, according to statistics released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.