Great Wall Motor sees new car sales for H1 2019 edge up 4.7% YoY

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor said on July 9 it sold a total of 493,538 new vehicles for the first half of 2019, gaining a year-on-year increase of 4.7%. For the month of June, 63,299 vehicles were sold by the carmaker.

Amongst the vehicle sold from January to June, 352,872 units, 46,884 units and 27,013 units were offered by Haval, WEY and ORA brands respectively.

Last month, Great Wall Motor exported 6,711 new cars in total, an impressive year-on-year surge of 83.3%. Year-to-date export volume amounted to 30,305 units, jumping 29.4% from the previous year.

In June, Great Wall Motor's vehicle plant in Tula, Russia, the Chinese automaker's first wholly-owned full-process manufacturing plant outside its home market, was formally put into production on June 5, 2019.

At the same time, the Chinese automaker's first model being sold worldwide, the Haval F7, rolled off production lines and is now available in markets outside of China. This signifies that Great Wall Motor has entered a new stage with its global strategy but more importantly sets Chinese auto brands on a new journey to world markets, the automaker said.

The SUV brand Haval sold 45,256 units last month, a month-on-moth growth of 5% and a year-on-year increase of 7.4%. Meanwhile, its cumulative sales for the first two quarters also rose 8.5% from the year-ago period.

The mainstay model Haval H6 got a sales volume of 27,052 units in June with a 3% growth compared with the same period a year ago, the 73^rd month in a row crowned the best-selling SUV model in China. The Haval M6, with 41,825 vehicles sold during the first six months, boasted a remarkable year-on-year surge of 126%.

(Photo source: Great Wall Motor's WeChat account)

Premium SUV brand WEY saw its June sales grow 8.7% over the previous month to 6,755 units. It's year-to-date sales were 46,884 units, among which 28,248 units were from the WEY VV6.

(Photo source: Great Wall Motor's WeChat account)

The young NEV brand ORA sold 3,762 vehicles in June and recorded a sales volume of 27,013 units for the first half of 2019.