GAC Aion, GAC Group's electric vehicle brand, sold 3,239 units in February, down 56 percent from 7,356 units in January, according to data released by the group on March 8.

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GAC sold 105,000 vehicles in February, up 2.8% from February 2019 and down 52% from 217,000 in January.

The data previously released by car companies including Nio, Xpeng Motors, Li Auto, and BYD showed that their February sales declined significantly compared to January.

This is mainly due to the fact that the Chinese auto market is traditionally off-season from January to February, and the Chinese New Year holiday during this period can also cause large fluctuations in deliveries.

Last year, the Chinese New Year holiday ran from Jan. 24 to Jan. 31, and this year, it ran from Feb. 11 to Feb. 17.

GAC Honda sold 41,064 units in February, down 48% from 78,000 units in January, the data showed.

GAC Toyota sold 41,500 vehicles in February, down 55 percent from 90,000 units in January. Hybrids boosted their share of GAC Toyota's February sales to 15.08 percent, up 2.33 percent from January.

GAC Fiat Chrysler sales increased 691 percent in February and GAC Mitsubishi sales increased 757.7 percent in February due to the impact of COVID-19 in China last February.

Trumpchi sales in February were 13,711 units, down 60% from 34,400 units in January.

GAC's new energy passenger car sales in February were 3,929 units, down 56 percent from 8,885 units in January.

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