Overview of China’s mainstream automakers H1 sales

China leading auto portal Gasgoo recently rounded up the sales of China's major local automakers during the first half of 2018, including Geely, BYD, SAIC, FAW, BAIC, GAC, Dongfeng, Changan, Great Wall Motor, Chery, Zotye, JAC. The detailed information about their H1 sales is as following:

Geely Auto H1 sales leap 44% YoY, completing 49% of 2018 sales goal

Geely Auto delivered 128,449 vehicles (including the Lynk & Co) in June, leaping 45% year on year. In the first half of 2018, its year-to-date deliveries surged 44% from a year ago to 766,630 units, completing 49% of its annual sales target 1.58 million in 2018, the company reported on June 9.

In addition, the June sales of the Lynk & Co 01 were 9,247 units, seeing a slight month-on-month growth of 0.1%. Since it hit the market in November last year, 46,252 units of the premium model have already been delivered by the end of June.

BYD tops 220,000 vehicles in H1 with NEV sales soaring 106% year on year

BYD deliveries advanced 21% year on year to 220,883 units in the first half of this year. From January to June, BYD NEV sales reached 71,270 units, soaring 106% from a year earlier. The remarkable NEV sales performance made BYD China's first automaker who achieved output and sales exceeding 360,000 units. As to different model types, sales of PHEV reached 47,430 units, soaring 197% on an annual basis. Cumulative sales of EVs reached 23,840 units during the past six months, leaping 49% from a year earlier.

SAIC Group posts YoY sales growth of 10.88% to over 3.5 million vehicles in H1

SAIC Group achieved a 10.88% YoY increase to 3,520,018 units in the first half of 2018. The group's June sales reached 554,058 units, edging up 7.2% from a year ago. Sales of Roewe and MG totaled 56,273 units in June, soaring 65.2% from a year earlier. The cumulative sales of both brands surged 53.67% to 359,007 units in the first half of this year. Continuing robust sales growth of May with sales over 10,000 units, new energy vehicles (NEV) set a new sales record to 13,162 units in June, skyrocketing 456% on an annual basis.

SAIC-VW led the pack among all of SAIC's subsidiaries with sales reaching 176,866 units in June. SGMW delivered 1,051,635 units, taking the sales championship among all subsidiary automakers of SAIC Group for the first half of this year. SAIC Motor. CP. CO., Ltd. posted the fastest sales growth of 103.39% year on year among all subsidiary automakers in terms of the cumulative sales in the first half.

During the first half, SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle posted sales of 359,007 units, soaring 53.67% over the previous year. SAIC Maxus handed over 66,617 vehicles with a year-on-year increase of 36.58%. SAIC-IVECO Hongyan sold 35,118 units, surging 75.53% from the corresponding period a year ago.

FAW Group boasts H1 sales over 1.71 million, Hongqi brand YTD sales nearly reach 10,000 units

FAW group posted a year-on-year sales growth of 7.1% with a total of 1,712,506 vehicles delivered from January to June, the group announced in recent days.

The Hongqi brand boasted an impressive sales performance of 9,363 units for the first six months, among which over 3,000 units were handed over in June.

In addition, the other self-owned brands the Besturn, Junpai and Xenia delivered 47,344 units, 12,405 units and 21,020 units respectively in the first half of this year.

Driven by the robust sales performance of the Magotan, the Golf, the Audi A6L and the Audi Q3, the Sino-German joint venture FAW-Volkswagen saw its sales climb 9.6% over the previous year to 955,803 units (including the Audi branded imported cars) for the first two quarters.

BAIC Group H1 sales up 7.6%, gross profits jump 17% year on year

Chinese stated-owned automaker BAIC Group delivered a total of 1.203 million vehicles in the first half of this year with a year-on-year growth of 7.6%, according to an official report made by the group.

Besides, BAIC Group achieved a year-on-year growth of 9.5% in revenues and 17% in gross profits over the first six months.

For the first six months, Beijing Benz saw its cumulative sales jumping 19.6% from a year ago to 252,000 units. Thanks to the evident sales growth of the upgraded V-class model and the Vito, Fujian Benz's year-to-date sales soared 40% over the previous year to 13,000 units. In addition, Beijing Hyundai's sales performance has gradually picked up since the second half of 2017. By the end of June, it has handed over 38,000 vehicles this year, achieving a year-on-year sales jump of 26.2%.

The Beijing-headquartered automaker witnessed its Jan-to-June EV sales surge 78.5% over the year-ago period to around 54,000 units, with its market shares ranking first in China and ranking third worldwide.

GAC Group June sales rise 5.53% year on year to 1,016,779 units

GAC Group announced that the company delivered a total of 178,962 vehicles in June, achieving a year-on-year growth of 4.62%. In the first half of 2018, the group's cumulative car sales reached 1,016,779 units, climbing 5.53% over the previous year.

GAC Motor saw its June sales drop 14.43% from a year ago with 37,105 vehicles delivered. For the first six months, the automaker's sales rose 6.9% year on year to 268,204 units, completing 38.31% of its 2018 sales goal.

The Sino-Japanese joint venture GAC Honda handed over 65,673 vehicles in June with a year-on-year increase of 11.23%. It has finished 45.19% of its annual sales target with 338,903 vehicles delivered in the first half of this year, up by 5.49% over the year-ago period.

GAC Toyota's June deliveries surged 30.1% year on year to 51,002 units. Besides, its year-to-date sales totaled 255,388 units, jumping 16.37% from a year earlier and completing 51.08% of its sales goal. From January to June, the sales of the eighth-generation Camry, the Highlander and the Levin family reached 70,331 units, 45,318 units and 94,047 units, all achieving impressive year-on-year sales growth.

In June, GAC Mitsubishi maintained its upward sales momentum with 12,106 new vehicles delivered, exceeding 10,000 units for 10 consecutive months and achieving year-on-year sales growth for 23 months in a row. In the first half of 2018, the company's sales aggregated 75,167 units, soaring 38.64% compared with the corresponding period of the previous year. The sales driver should be the compact SUV model Outlander, whose June sales were 9,956 units and year-to-date sales shot up 52% from the previous year to 56,582 units.

Dongfeng Motor Group delivered 1,278,720 PVs in H1 with YoY growth of 2.31%

Dongfeng Motor Group delivered 1,278,720 passenger vehicles (PV) during the first half of 2018, up 2.31% over the previous year. The automaker produced 1,332,098 vehicles during the first six months, rising 3.32% from a year ago. In June, output and sales of Dongfeng Motor reached 228,340 units and 209,867 units respectively.

Compared with the same period last year, sedan and SUV saw output and sales rise in both June and the first half of 2018. However, output and sales of MPV dropped 4.95% and 0.11% respectively in June and first half of 2018 on an annual basis.

Dongfeng Venucia handed over 75,301 vehicles in the first half of 2018, jumping 17.51% over the previous year. In addition, Dongfeng Venucia achieved balanced development in sedan and SUV segments. The cumulative sales of sedan and SUV reached 35,933 units and 36,611 units respectively from January to June.

Dongfeng Nissan achieved a 13.08% year-on-year growth to 535,507 vehicles during the first half of 2018. Dongfeng Infiniti, Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Renault all suffered year-on-year sales drop of 9.87%, 4.11% and 1.13% respectively to 11,547 units, 321,284 units and 37,036 units during the first half of 2018.

Changan Automobile EV sales jump 26.4% month on month

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd (Changan Automobile) delivered 188,173 vehicles in June, suffering a year-on-year drop of 19.1%. In the first half of 2018, the automaker saw its cumulative sales declining 15.5% to 1,207,381 units, according to the data the company released on July 10.

Changan Automobile's self-owned brand handed over a total of 138,237 vehicles in June among which 76,669 units of Changan-branded PVs were delivered. Besides, the automakers' June EV sales surged 26.4% over the previous month to 8,908 units, which contributed a lot to total sales performance of Changan-branded vehicles.

With respect to joint ventures' performance, Changan Ford suffered a year-on-year slump of 54.7% with 29,085 vehicles delivered in June. For the first two quarters, the company witnessed its aggregate deliveries falling to 227,702 units. Changan Mazda's June sales reached 12,090 units, not only falling 25.6% year on year, but also decreasing 23.5% month on month. Moreover, Jiangling Motors Holding sported a year-on-year jump of 27.7% in June with a sales volume up to 43,694 units and boasted an impressive month-on-month growth of 30.6% as well.

Great Wall Motor posts YoY sales growth of 2.34% in H1 to 471,515 units

Great Wall Motor (GWM) reported 62,186 units in June, sliding 3.54% compared with the previous year. From January to June, GWM achieved a 2.34% year-on-year rise to 471,515 units, completing 40.65% of its 2108 sales target. Specifically, sales of the Haval brand reached 325,309 units during the first six months.

According to the data released by GWM, sales of SUVs reached 52,602 units in June, down 5.29% from a year earlier. During the first half of 2018, GWM delivered 402,956 SUVs, edging up 1.32% compared with the same period last year. To be specific, sales of the Haval brand reached 43,121 units, slumping 19.57% year on year and 11.53% month on month. The sales skid of GWM's SUVs mainly resulted from the substantial sales drop of Haval brand as well as a slight sales drop of its high-end brand WEY.

Due to the intense competition from its rivals, the Lynk & Co 01, WEY underwent sales skid from March this year. In addition, GWM's pickups also suffered sales slide. The Wingle sales decreased to 8,873 units in June, taking up 14.27% of its total sales. The sales represent a 10.16% increase compared with the previous year, while a 22.48 dive compared with May.

Chery Holding posts NEV sales growth of 250% year on year in H1

Chery Holding Group reported a year-on-year sales increase of 8.8% to 343,000 vehicles during the first half of 2018. Specifically, the exported and new energy vehicles posted remarkable sales growth. During the past six months, sales of exported vehicles reached 67,459 units, jumping 24.2% from a year earlier, while the NEV sales reached 33,363 units, soaring 258.7% on an annual basis.

As to the sales growth of brands under the group, Chery Automobile posted year-on-year sales growth of 4.5% during the past six months and 8.6% in June. During the past six months, sales of Qoros shot up 417.6% over the previous year, while Jaguar Land Rover achieved a sales growth of 17.8% from the same period a year ago. Chery saw commercial vehicle sales jump 19.7% during the first half of this year.

What's more, Chery achieved monthly NEV sales growth of 188.63%, 183% and 136.8% respectively in April, May and June year on year. During the past six months, Chery's NEV sales soared 250% from the corresponding period a year ago.

With total volume of imported vehicles reaching around 1,400,000 units, Chery has imported the most passenger vehicles in China for 15 years in a row. This year, Chery expanded its overseas footprint further in passenger vehicle segment. Meanwhile, the Anhui-based automaker imported 7,512 vehicles during the first half of this year, skyrocketing 591.1% from a year earlier. It is expected that the whole exported volume of the group will top 120,000 units in 2018.

Zotye sales exceed 150,000 in first half of 2018

Zotye Auto recently announced its 2018 first-half sales performance. Zotye's current full line-up covers the SUV, sedan and full electric vehicle. In the first half of 2018, sales grew by 45% compared to the year before, to a total of 154,307 units.

Through June, the sales of Zotye's SUV line-up saw the most significant increase, with its sales in the first six months amounting to 132,352 units, rising 70% over 2017's level.

In terms of the T series SUV, the Zotye T300 has an especially prominent performance with its cumulative sales in the first-half year reaching 30,014 units. The sales of the T700, T500 and T600 in the first six months of this year are respectively 25,405 units, 21,515 units and 19,563 units. As to the new energy vehicle, 7,360 units of the Zotye E200 was sold in the first half of this year.

JAC posts export vehicle growth of 12.36% in H1

JAC manufactured 27,961 units of vehicles and chassis in June, sliding 18.14% year on year. Its deliveries of vehicles and chassis reached 28,488 units with a year-on-year drop of 18.29%, according to JAC's output and sales report for June.

During the first half of this year, JAC delivered 252,270 vehicles and chassis with a year-on-year decline of 8.16%. Its output of vehicles and chassis reached 254,680 units, down 3.35% over the previous year.

In addition, JAC exported 7,279 vehicles in June, advancing 56.94% over the previous year. During the first half of this year, JAC exported 40,643 vehicles in total, rising 12.36% on an annual basis.