Great Wall Motor’s Jan.-Apr. sales in 2019 climb 8.65% from a year ago

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Great Wall Motor has sold 367,680 vehicles in total for the first four months of the year, up by 8.65% compared with the year-ago period, the automaker announced on May 9.

Meanwhile, the company saw its sales in April edge up 2.5% year on year to 83,838 units. Of that, the sales of Haval, WEY, ORA and Wingle pickup brands reached 58,444 units, 7,293 units, 4,614 units and 13,099 units respectively.

The Haval SUV brand obtained a growth of 6.16% in April sales. As the hottest-selling SUV model in China, the Haval H6 had a sales volume of 28,045 units with a year-on-year drop of 17.55%. The monthly sales of the Haval M6 surpassed 10,000 units again, surging 147.56% from the previous year thanks to its outstanding cost performance.

Besides, the year-to-date sales of the Haval H4 represented a substantial increase of 37.86% despite the downturn happening to its April sales. 

Last month, the premium SUV brand WEY came across a year-on-year slump up to 44.49%. The sales of the WEY VV6 amounted to 4,106 units, shrinking the decreases over the VV5 (-84.81%) and the VV7 (-68.61%) to some extent. The automaker said the brand’s sales performance is expected to be further boosted after the WEY VV5 1.5T hits the market on May 15. 

In April, the new energy vehicle (NEV) brand ORA sold 4,614 vehicles, making its Jan.-Apr. sales aggregate 18,710 units. The company showcased the ORA Goddess (“Nvshen”, in pinyin), a mini-sized BEV model targeting urban ladies, at the Auto Shanghai 2019.

The Wingle pickup was still the bellwether in China’s pickup market. A total of 49,595 pickups have been sold through April, a year-on-year growth of 10.95%.