Great Wall Motor posts 10.61% year-on-year growth in Q1 sales

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Great Wall Motor announced on April 8 that its March sales jumped 16.82% over the year-ago period to 103,090 units. Meanwhile, for the first quarter of 2019, the company has sold 283,842 vehicles, a year-on-year growth of 10.61%.

The Haval SUV brand saw its Jan.-Mar. sales evidently rise 17.82% to 70,570 units, among which the sales of the Haval H6 has already surpassed 100,000 units. Thanks to a strong cost-performance, the Haval M6, with 10,192 vehicles delivered in March, obtained a tremendous year-on-year growth of 135%. Besides, the sales of the Haval F7 reached 14,512 units last month, exceeding 10,000 units for four straight months.

WEY's year-to-date (YTD) sales totaled 26,619 units, among which 10,247 units were sold in March. The VV6 was its hottest-selling model with a Mar. sales volume of 5,461 units.

As a new comer in NEV industry, ORA is rather popular among urban consumers. For the first three month, the NEV brand sold 14,096 vehicles in total. As to March performance, the sales of the ORA iQ and ORA R1 reached 3,029 units and 4,002 units respectively. The ORA R1 Goddess, which is particularly designed for ladies, went on sales at the end of March.

The company's export volume in March amounted to 5,919 units, soaring 28.48% from the previous year. By the end of March, Great Wall Motor has exported 12,615 vehicles in 2019, a year-on-year jump of 20.28%.