Great Wall Motor succeeds in fulfilling 2020’s sales target

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Great Wall Motor (GWM) said its annual sales in 2020 climbed 4.84% from a year ago to 1,111,598 units, surpassing its 1.02 million-unit sales target.

The upturn resulted from the double-digit increase in the full-year sales of Great Wall Pickup and ORA.

POER; photo credit: GWM

With 225,002 units sold in total, Great Wall Pickup scored a remarkable year-on-year growth of 51.18% in yearly sales and took nearly 50% of share in Chinese pickup market. The POER pickup was crowned the best-selling pickup model in China with an annual sales volume of 114,878 units.

The sales of GWM's pickups reached 21,636 units in December, jumping 39.61% from a year earlier and topping 20,000 units for the eighth month in a row.

ORA Black Cat; photo credit: GWM

By the end of Dec. 2020, the BEV-focused brand ORA posted year-on-year sales growth for ten consecutive months. Notably, its monthly sales exceeded 10,000 units in both November and December. The sales of the hotter-selling ORA Black Cat amounted to 10,010 units last month. Thanks to the successive increase, ORA gained a 44.76% blooming growth with 56,261 units sold in 2020.

Third-generation Haval H6; photo credit: GWM

Haval saw its 2020 sales drop 2.5% over a year earlier to 750,228 units, while it was honored the No.1 Chinese SUV brand for 11 straight months.

With a sales volume of around 376,864 units, the Haval H6 was still China's hottest-selling SUV model of the year. For the year-end sprint, the company sold 55,632 H6 SUVs in December, up by 33.4%.

Besides, the full-year sales of the Haval H9, the Haval F7 and the Haval M6 amounted to 22,035 units, 116,453 units and 154,470 units (+30% YoY). The Haval M6 PLUS is set to hit the market this month.

Tank 300; photo credit: GWM

WEY's sales in 2020 slid 21.53% to 78,500 units. Last year, it became the first premium SUV brand in China whose cumulative sales surpassed 400,000 units.