Shanghai (ZXZC)- Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (Geely Auto) announced on April 8 that its sales in March reached 124,643 units, climbing 3% year on year and surging 49% month on month. For the first quarter of the year, the automaker has completed 24% of its 1.51 million-unit sales target with 366,588 vehicles delivered in total, a year-on-year drop of 5.1%.

In March, the sales of the Emgrand family amounted to 39,649 units, accounting for 32% of total monthly sales. To be specific, the sales of the Geely Emgrand, the Emgrand GL and the Emgrand GS all represented remarkable month-on-month increase, significantly driving the overall performance.

The Boyue, with 22,367 units delivered, was crowned the best seller by March sales. Only 2,510 units of Borui series sold last month, while still showing a growth of 23% compared with the previous month.

The sales of the Binyue surged 56.7% over a month ago to 12,693 units. As Geely's first BMA platform-based SUV, the Binyue has seen its monthly sales frequently exceed 10,000 units except for February. Meanwhile, the Binrui compact sedan also boasted an impressive month-on-month increase of 33.1%.

The Geely Jiaji, Geely's first MPV model just hitting the market on March 11, gained a favorable outset with 3,085 vehicles delivered last month. It is worth mentioning that the Jiaji is also China's first plug-in hybrid MPV available for sale.

The March sales of the Lynk 01, 02 and 03 aggregated 9,065 units, rising 7% from a year ago. The brand is going to show off the Lynk & Co 02 PHEV, the 03 PHEV and 03 high-performance versions at the upcoming Auto Shanghai 2019.

There were 8,122 units of Geely-branded NEVs and electrified models being sold in March. The automaker plans to roll out 30-plus NEV models over the next three years.