Shanghai (ZXZC)- Great Wall Motor delivered a total of 88,247 vehicles in March, growing 3.3% year on year, according to the data the company released on April 8. Meanwhile, for the first three months of this year, the automaker achieved cumulative sales of 256,623 units, edging up 0.97% over the previous year, which has finished 22.16% of the 2018 sales goal of 1.16 million units. 

In March, the SUV deliveries totaled 74,025 units with a year-on-year increase of 1.07%. Besides, the cumulative sales of SUVs were up 0.82% from a year earlier to 223,471 units in the first quarter. Among that, Haval SUV sales totaled 59,895 units in March, surging 42% month on month, while declining 18.22% year on year. Moreover, a total of 180,523 Haval SUVs were handed over in the first quarter. Thanks to the evident growth of WEY brand, the SUV sales of March jumped 49.53% month on month. To be specific, the March deliveries of VV7 leapt 68% over the previous month to 7,036 units. The sales of VV5 still outnumbered VV7 with 7,094 units delivered in March, soaring by 63.42% month on month.

It is noteworthy that Geely's Lynk & Co 01 sales reached 8,507 last month, surpassing VV5 or VV7 for the first time.

In March, the Wingle pickup sales reached a new high of 13,430 units, accounting for 15.22% of the company’s total monthly sales, which shot up 25.15% from a year ago.

With regard to sedan models, the deliveries of Great Wall C30 picked up to 792 units last month, skyrocketing 123.73% month on month, while still slumping 45.64% compared with the same period of the previous year. The sedan monthly sales hit rock bottom with only 296 units delivered in January 2018.

As to models, the deliveries of Haval H6 and Haval M6 jumped 26.79% and 86.05% month on month to 38,358 units and 4,335 units respectively in March. What’s more, 1,429 units of the compact SUV Haval H4 were handed over since it went on sale on March 25. In addition, the March sales of Haval H1, H2, H5, H7 and H8 were down 60.07%, 54.25%, 9.81%, 69.14% and 52.1% respectively year on year, while obtained month-on-month growth to different degrees.