Great Wall Motor hits 10-million-unit production milestone for complete vehicles

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- The 10 millionth complete vehicle of Great Wall Motor (GWM) rolled off the production line at the automaker's Xushui plant on Jan. 19, making GWM the first SUV-/pickup-focused Chinese automaker achieving such a remarkable output volume.

GWM's 10 millionth vehicles coming off assembly line

The significant vehicle is a third-generation Haval H6 SUV. It has been collected and exhibited by Beijing Auto Museum. The first-generation hit the market in 2011 and became the best-selling SUV model by monthly sales for the first time in September 2012. As of Jan. 2021, the Haval H6 had been crowned the No.1 SUV model in China for 80 months in total.

GWM has four auto brands, namely Haval, WEY, ORA and Great Wall Pickup. The company said Haval has been ranking first among Chinese SUV brands for 11 consecutive years with over 6.5 million vehicles sold worldwide. Embodying GWM’s ambition to move upscale, WEY is the first Chinese premium SUV marque that hits the 400,000-unit sales milestone. The BEV-focused ORA is among the first-tier domestic NEV brands. Besides, GWM’s pickups accounted for nearly 50% of China's pickup sales last year and have accumulated nearly 1.9 million users across the world.

With Baoding as its headquarters, GWM has successively built international R&D centers in ten cities of seven countries including Japan, the U.S., Germany, India, Austria and South Korea. Under the guidance of the goal of transforming to a global mobility technology company, GWM’s has also formed a “12+5” global production layout, namely 12 complete vehicle manufacturing bases and 5 knock down kits factories. Moreover, it has to-date deployed 500 plus sales outlets in more than 60 countries, such as Russia, Australia, South Africa, Chile, Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Malaysia.