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Great Wall Motor’s Jan. sales surge 73.2% YoY, while down by 7.39% MoM

Monika From Gasgoo| February 07 , 2021 18:07 BJT

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Great Wall Motor (GWM), the Chinese largest SUV and pickup manufacturer, saw its monthly auto sales rocket 73.2% over the previous year to 139,012 units in January 2021. However, the Jan. sales were down by 7.39% compared to the previous month.

Great Wall Motor’s Jan. sales surge 73.2% YoY, while down by 7.39% MoM

The company announced an overseas sales volume of 10,972 units for the month of January. During the same period, its new energy vehicle (NEV) sales amounted to 10,300 units.

As of Jan. 2021, GWM has posted double-digit growth in monthly sales for the ninth month in a row.

Great Wall Motor’s Jan. sales surge 73.2% YoY, while down by 7.39% MoM

ORA White Cat; photo credit: ORA

With 10,260 vehicles sold last month, ORA boasted a precipitous year-on-year rise of 689.23%, the highest one among four brands. The tremendous surge was mainly thanks to the roll-out of the ORA White Cat and Good Cat, which hit the market in July and November 2020 respectively. Nonetheless, the BEV-focused brand faced a decrease of 19.5% from the previous month.

Great Wall Motor’s Jan. sales surge 73.2% YoY, while down by 7.39% MoM

The third-generation Haval H6; photo credit: Haval

Haval was the other one that logged month-on-month decline, while its sales soared 60.89% from the prior-year period. The sales of the Haval H6 zoomed up 76% year on year to 46,368 units. By the end of January 2021, the model had been crowned the best-selling SUV model in China for 92 months in total.

Great Wall Motor’s Jan. sales surge 73.2% YoY, while down by 7.39% MoM

WEY VV5; photo credit: WEY

WEY, the embodiment of GWM's ambition to go upscale, sold 12,018 new vehicles in January, a remarkable year-on-year leap of 87.93%. The brand said its all-new flagship SUV is named “Moca”, whose relation to the GWM's “Coffee Intelligence” platform is apparent. The new mid-sized SUV is said to be available for presale at this year's Auto China.

Great Wall Motor’s Jan. sales surge 73.2% YoY, while down by 7.39% MoM

GWM POER pickup; photo credit: GWM

In January, GWM's pickup sales amounted to 22,260 units, shooting up 65.86% from a year earlier, while edging up 2.88% from a month earlier.

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