Great Wall sales are up 47% year-on-year in February.
With a bit of delay we can share with you Light Commercial Vehicle data for China over February. The market soars 37% year-on-year this month to 261,988, but the 2-months tally remains in frank negative at -13% to 395,952. Foton (+68%) remains the most popular brand with over 46,000 sales ahead of Wuling (+104%) bouncing back up four spots on January to #2 but still way below Foton. Changan (+15%) drops to #3 ahead of Dongfeng (+19%) and JAC (+17%). Great Wall (+45%) and Maxus (+45%) impress below. Model-wise, the Foton Light Truck (+64%) is once again the best-seller above the Changan Light Truck (+48%) and Great Wall Pao Pickup (+51%). The Wuling Mini Truck is still not on the podium.
Previous month: China LCV January 2023: Great Wall (-9.2%) resists in market down -50%
Full February 2023 Top 10 brands and Top 3 models below.
China LCV February 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Feb-23 | /22 | Jan | 2023 | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Foton | 46,370 | 68% | 1 | 69,037 | 18% | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Wuling | 34,971 | 104% | 6 | 45,388 | -24% | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | Changan | 30,357 | 15% | 2 | 47,394 | -39% | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Dongfeng | 20,222 | 19% | 7 | 30,597 | -29% | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | JAC | 17,622 | 17% | 4 | 29,243 | -24% | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Great Wall | 17,156 | 47% | 3 | 28,836 | 18% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Maxus | 14,280 | 45% | 5 | 25,619 | 0% | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Jinbei | 12,224 | 27% | 9 | 16,395 | -13% | 8 | 9 |
| 9 | JMC | 12,073 | 18% | 10 | 15,557 | -30% | 9 | 8 |
| 10 | CNHTC | 8,156 | 4% | 8 | 12,480 | -15% | 10 | n/a |
China LCV February 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | Feb-23 | /22 | Jan | 2023 | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Foton Light Truck | 39,379 | 64% | 1 | 57,867 | 14% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Changan Light Truck | 15,555 | 48% | 3 | 23,220 | -31% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Wall Pao Pickup | 12,882 | 51% | 2 | 21,883 | 18% | 3 | n/a |
Source: LMC Automotive
