Shanghai (ZXZC)- On December 2nd, SAIC Maxus released the latest sales data. In November the sales were 8,121 new vehicles, an increase of 57% year on year, refreshing the monthly sales record again. During January to November, the cumulative sales were 61,677 vehicles, up 46% year on year.

 Through an expansive product layout, which covers light passenger cars, MPV, SUV, pickup trucks, limo and new energy vehicles, SAIC MAXUS further expands the overseas market coverage and makes perfect performance this year.

In terms of specific models, Datong G10 secures the position in this market segment and achieves the sales of 2,735 units in November, an increase of 26%. In the SUV market, Datong D90 has delivered a total of 3,278 vehicles in November, surging 121% from a year earlier. In addition, light passenger car V80 and pickup model T60 sold 2,644 units and 1,039 units respectively.

 The overseas market of SAIC Maxus also maintains a strong growth. During the first 11 months of this year, the overseas sales have reached 7,446 units, up 20% year on year. SAIC Maxus has become one of the top Chinese automobile brands in sales and market shares of Australia and New Zealand.

Lan Qingsong, vice president of SAIC MAXUS, says the target for 2018 is to exceed 100 thousand units. At that time, the annual growth rate of SAIC Maxus will reach more than 45%.

What’s more, Maxus’s future products will be fully electric vehicles. Electrification is the development trend of automobile market, which SAIC Maxus actively promotes. Last month, at the Auto Guangzhou 2017, SAIC MAXUS launched its first fuel cell wide light passenger car FCV80. Lan Qingsong said, "In pure electric vehicles (EV), hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCV) and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV), SAIC MAXUS has made great efforts in research and development. In the future, all products will be electric."