Dongfeng Motor Corp's vehicle sales in May rise 37%

Shanghai, June 21 (Gasgoo.com) Dongfeng Motor Corp, one of China's major automakers, recently announced that the company's new vehicle sales in May increased 37.23% from a year earlier to 207,764 units, media reported, citing the company's latest statistics.

The first five months of the year, Dongfeng Motor Corp saw its sales grow 63.82% year on year to 1.07 million vehicles, ranking third in terms of sales by China's automakers in the period, when the largest Chinese automaker SAIC Motor Corp, a partner of General Motors, sold 1.2 million vehicles, up 54.8%.

Its subsidiary Dongfeng Motor Co. Ltd, a joint venture with Nissan Motor, sold 537,000 vehicles in the first five months, up 66%, including 270,000 units sold by Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Co., 142,000 units sold by Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co. and 123,000 units sold by Dongfeng Automobile Co. Ltd.

Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroen Automobile Co. Ltd, a joint venture with PSA Peugeot, saw its sales from January to May grow 57% to 150,108 vehicles, including 92,703 Citroen-brand vehicles (up 75.8%) and 57,405 Peugeot-brand vehicles (up 35.02%).

Joint venture Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. Ltd sold 19,239 vehicles in May, up 35.11% year on year and its sales in the first five months rose 41.88% to 104,085 units.

Dongfeng Yueda Kia Automobile Co. Ltd, a JV with South Korea's Kia Motors, sold 135,800 vehicles in the first five months, up 94% from a year earlier.