Beijing (ZXZC)- Changan Automobile sold 177,941 vehicles in July, up 7.89% year on year while its cumulative sales in the first seven months increased by 38.44% to 1,378,788 vehicles, according to the automaker.

Monthly production volume of the company grew by 6.31% from a year ago to 180,275 vehicles. By the end of July, the automaker has produced 1,307,051 vehicles this year, jumping 32.14% year on year.

As of the end of July, Changan’s self-owned brands has sold more than 1 million vehicles this year, while passenger vehicle sales from self-owned brands surged 58.9% to over 750,000 vehicles.

Last month, Changan Ford, the joint venture with American automaker Ford Motor, saw a year-on-year sales growth of 20% with 26,046 vehicles sold. Monthly sales of its another joint venture, Changan Mazda, decreased 16.07% from a year ago to 10,005 vehicles. Its overseas sales have surpassed 10,000 vehicles for 6 consecutive months.

Changan UNI-T; photo credit: Changan

Sales of models equipped with Blue Core Powertrain technologies exceeded 75,000 vehicles while monthly sales of the CS75 family have surpassed 20,000 for 16 consecutive months with 20,119 sold in July. And the automaker also sold more than 10,000 vehicles from the UNI series. Yesterday, a local media outlet reported that UNI may become an independent brand this year.

In July, Changan’s new energy vehicle sales totaled 12,398 units.