Shanghai (ZXZC)- SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), General Motors' joint venture with Chinese partners SAIC Motor and Guangxi Automobile Group, claimed on Thursday a delivery volume of 193,000 new vehicles for the monthly of November, representing a 3.5% drop month over month.

Of the new vehicles delivered last month, 50,141 vehicles were built on the GSEV (global small electric vehicle) platform, sliding from 51,081 units handed over in October.

The Hongguang MINIEV, the best-selling GSEV-based model, recorded a 22.1% year-on-year growth with 45,576 vehicles delivered in November.

Wuling Asta; photo credit: SGMW

The deliveries of the Wuling Asta (dubbed “Xingchen” in Chinese), the first strategic SUV model bearing Wuling brand's global silver badge, reached 15,603 units in November, leaping 30% compared to the previous month. The model just went on sale on Sept. 16 and only took 26 days to hit cumulative sales topping 10,000 units.

On November 18, SGMW saw its 25 millionth complete vehicle roll off the assembly line, the first Chinese indigenous automaker to achieve the production volume. The significant newborn vehicle is a Wuling Asta SUV.

SGWM Wuling brand's direct-sale NEV center will be opened in Guangzhou on Dec. 4, the sixth city following Liuzhou, Nanning, Zhengzhou, Shanghai, and Hangzhou.