Great Wall Motor Co. news

[Admin]

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HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Carmaker China Great Wall Motor Co. (2333.HK) said Monday its 2005 net profit rose 9.4%, lifted by a surge in exports to eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Net profit for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005 totaled CNY441.0 million, up from CNY402.9 million the previous year. Revenue rose to CNY3.81 billion from CNY3.18 billion. Hebei-based company recommended a final dividend of 10 fen a share, unchanged from the previous year.

Great Wall Motor, which manufacturers mainly pick-up trucks and sport utility vehicles, attributed the rise in its profits to robust export performance and signs of recovery in the Chinese auto industry, which had been in the doldrums for several years.
The company sold 57,198 vehicles in 2005, up more than 20% from the previous year, with revenue from auto sales rising 23% to CNY3.58 billion.
During the year, Great Wall Motor exported 14,326 vehicles, nearly quadrupling from 2004 and accounting for 25% of total sales volume. About 80% of all exports were pick-up trucks.
"We will continue exploring various overseas markets with an aim of achieving a 50-50 domestic and overseas sales mix in 2008," said Great Wall Motor Chairman Wei Jian Jun.
The company's major export markets are in Russia, Iraq, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and Algeria


souce:http://sg.biz.yahoo.com/060327/15/3znlw.html

[garystarr711]

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[Raul]

"CHINA Great Wall Motor Co Ltd said yesterday that first-half net profits surged 81 percent on high sales of pickup trucks. The company also announced it will delay construction of a manufacturing facility in Russia.

Net profits rose to 367 million yuan (US$45.8 million) for the first six months of this year, up from 202 million yuan a year earlier, Great Wall said in a statement to the Hong Kong Exchange yesterday. The profit increase was fueled by a year-on-year 61.3 percent boost in sales of pickup trucks globally. More than 24,591 units were sold, accounting for 63 percent of the company's total sales of 38,509 vehicles during the first half of this year.

Sales revenue also rose 57.7 percent to 2.52 billion yuan despite higher excise taxes on gas-guzzling pickups. China's demand for pickups will expand 10 to 15 percent annually for the next five years, boosted by massive construction projects, company spokesman Shang Yugui told Shanghai Daily yesterday.

The company's profit margin dropped 1 percentage point to 26 percent over the first half of the year, mainly due to an increased excise tax on vehicles with engine larger than four-liters. Great Wall has accelerated its expansion of exports as domestic market competition intensifies, Shang added. The company aims to export more than 30,000 units this year, up from 18,000 last year.

The company has postponed plans to set up a manufacturing facility in Russia, one of its largest export destinations due to problems getting approval for the project. The wholly owned plant, which was expected to turn out 20,000 units annually, was scheduled to start construction this October."

[Admin]

great wall is doing great

[ash]

Sep. 8, 2006 (China Knowledge) – China's Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd has exported 500 sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to Italy, according to the China Economic Net website today.This is the first time local automobiles have been exported to the European market.Great Wall Motor won the order after it exhibited its SUVs at the 30th International Automobile Exhibition at Italy’s Bologna in December last .....


http://www.chinaknowledge.com/news/news-detail.aspx?id=4245

[Dennis Juan Sanabria]

N E W S11.07.2006
Top 6 of SUV and PICKUP Brand of First Half Year
According to the news of China Auto Industry Association, from January to June, the total sales volume of SUV and Pickup is 109173 units. Among them, 18,000 units are GWM, which account for 16.6% of the whole sales volume. The following is Dongfeng Honda, 13,200 units and 12.1% of market share, and Beijing Hyundai, 12,700 units and 11.71% of market share. Then Changfeng Liebao12300 units by 11.4%, Beijing Benz 8800 units by 8.1%, Chery 8600 units by 7.9%. Till June, GWM SUV has been the champion of the sales volume for three and half consecutive years.

In terms of single SUV Model, Hover was ranked the third place following CR-V, Tucson, and the forth and fifth models are Liebao and Ruihu. The Sales volumes for each model are listed as: 11900, 13200, 12700, 9800, and 8600.

Comments from expert say that the increase of the major brand lies on the continuous improvement in the adverse circumstance. And the marketing performance of Hover contributed much for the champion—GWM, the self determination brand. From the beginning of 2006, it has kept the No.1 in each month. For this, it is regarded as “well expected and well performanced model”.

The lastest data from China Auto Industry Association shows that GWM Pickup is in the highest flight with the total volume of 24955 units, followed by Jiangling, 12515 units, Zhongxing 9168 units, Nissan 9098 units, Foton, 6504units and Qingling 4440units

GreatWALL are working very good :thumb: :lol:

[phaeton]

Looks like they are working hard Dennis :)

IMO they have to work harder and get rid of the rebadged vehicles and do some good old fashion engineering and make there own designs to be taken seriously in Europe, US etc.

[Dennis Juan Sanabria]

This kind of pickup holds the first position in 4 aspects: the first pickup equipped with electric controlled high pressure common rail INTEC diesel engine; the first pickup which integrates the spacious room and the loading capacity of pickup and combines the practicability, motility and security together; the first pick up with the ability of dragging, off road and loading and sitting; the first pickup which absorbs the occidental style both from appearance to interior decoration.

Wingle shows its advantage mainly in the diesel engine which adopts electric-controlled high pressure common rail technology. This engine is the achievement of the first cooperation in China with world class BOSCH Company which takes the leading position in technology of diesel engine. It is called INTEC--King of intellectual oil saving. Speaking of it, Ms. Wang Fengying gave voice to her courageous words,” We will take the lead in the power of integration and innovation and start ‘the heart of China’.”

At the press conference, Mr. Lin Fan, Sales Superior in Chinese region of BOSCH Company gave a brief introduction to the engine. This engine features higher acceleration, quick and accurate reaction and easy to control with electric oil valve after dismantling the oil valve wire; high torque at low speed, plenty power and long response time make it superior to the traditional pressure diesel engine, and thus solve the problem of max torque lasting for short time and power unsteadiness. Another advantage of electric controlled high pressure common rail fuel direct injection technology is steady running and low noise. The noise is 16% lower than traditional high pressure diesel engine; under the accurate control of ECU computer, the fuel injection pressure is higher and pulverization is excellent, then it makes the combustion efficiency 8% higher and 100KM fuel consumption 20% lower than traditional high pressure diesel one; it can be easily started at -35 ?; The emission reaches EURO III standard and leads the domestic diesel power. It is reported that this engine will be also equipped in HOVER diesel model.

VERY GOOD :thumb: improving little by little every day:D

[dragin]

Great article Dennis about the good news for GWM. This engine, with its optimized torque will give Great Wall a big advantage in foreign markets.

[Admin]

Tuesday, October 10, 2006; Posted: 11:10 AM
BAODING, Oct 10, 2006 (SinoCast via COMTEX) -- Recently, Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (GWM), signed an agreement with ABB (China) about accepting the stamping automation system from the later. This is the largest cooperation of ABB (China) with a China's private automaker, after the ABB Global Robotics Headquarters opened in Shanghai this April.
GWM is the largest privately owned automotive manufacturer in China, while ABB is a global leader in power and automation technologies. GWM will use the system in its sedan project.
According to the agreement, ABB (China) will provide two production lines using robots for the newly built production base of GWM in Baoding, including the de-stacker system and the stamping automation system with twelve robots, to enlarge the enterprise's capacity.
This project will be put into production next March, and will increase the production capacity of GWM to 400,000 ones.
Presently, GWM annually produces 200,000 kinds of pichups and SUVs and 200,000 engines.??
From www.nbd.com.cn, Page 1, Monday, October 09, 2006 info@SinoCast.Com
Copyright (C) 2006 SinoCast, All rights reserved

[dragin]

Tuesday, October 10, 2006; Posted: 11:10 AM
GWM is the largest privately owned automotive manufacturer in China......

As Great Wall rounds out its model offering to include sedans, this will be a big boost to its (near 180,000) capacity. But is Wei Jianjun's company "the largest privately owned automotive manufacturer"?
I thought that distinction belonged to Li Shufu's Geely Auto Group which sold 149,000 units in 2005 versus 28,000 for GWM.

[Raul]

BEIJING, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Great Wall Motor Company Limited (GWM) is hoping to sell 120,000 vehicles worldwide this year.

Company chairman Wei Jianjun said they plan to sell 80,000 vehicles in China and 40,000 overseas. GWM will launch its first sedan this year and hopes to sell around 20,000 units. Insiders say the costs associated with the introduction of the sedan will impact company profitability.

Last year the company fell short of its target of selling 30,000 vehicles overseas although it did report a ninety-percent growth in exports over the previous year. Company sources said they will invest one billion yuan (about 130 million U.S. dollars), partly raised from the H-share market, to develop the production of auto parts and improve staff training. The company plans to issue 150 million H shares in 2007.

GWM is the largest privately owned automotive manufacturer in China.

[Raul]

"GREAT Wall Motor Co, China's largest maker of pickup trucks and sport-utility vehicles, said sales more than doubled in May from a year earlier to 10,300 units after it introduced new models.

Great Wall aims to boost sales by 63 percent this year, helped by a new plant in Russia and demand for stretch limousines. New models planned include diesel-powered Hover crossover utility vehicles in December and Wingle pickup trucks in January."

- Shanghai Daily -

[Raul]

Great Wall has great plans for future!


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2007/06/27

Great Wall to enroll 30,000 staff and reach a capacity of 500,000 cars


"The company welcomes blue collars, graduates and senior talents in the future 3 years.

WEI Jianjun, chairman of the board of directors, hasrecently given a brief on the company's developmentplan and talent enrollment. Great Wall's capacity willreach 500,000 cars by 2010 from the current 300,000. The200,000 car basement will cost it 3 billion yuan, alongwith 4 billion yuan on parts basement and another 3billion yuan on new products and the R & D. By 2010,the numbers of the first, second and third Tier partssuppliers will reach 100, 200 and 300 respectively."


- CAIN -

[mememe]

GREAT Wall Motor Co Ltd will spend 10 billion yuan (US$1.3 billion) within three years to boost production capacity and break into the car segment to complete its product line-up. One-third of the new investment will be spent on developing new cars, in addition to three billion yuan on research and developing capability and four billion yuan on auto parts facilities, China’s largest maker of sport utility vehicles said yesterday.

The investment will help Great Wall to boost production capacity to 500,000 units by 2010, including 200,000 new car models, and achieve sales of 30 billion yuan during the period.

The car maker has developed five car models and one multi-purpose vehicle since last year, and the first sedan will hit the market in August. Great Wall gained a combined US$422 million after two additional share sales on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, lifting its total capital to 12.9 billion yuan

[m14]

Shanghai / Muenster. BASF Coatings has recently been chosen by the Chinese automotive manufacturer Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd. to be their supplier of refinish coatings products, targeting overseas market.


This partnership enables BASF Coatings to support Great Wall Motor’s authorized dealers and auto body shops worldwide with refinish coatings products and services. This partnership is a strengthening of the existing relationship between the two companies as BASF has already been supporting Great Wall Motor in the development of color formulas for all the new and existing models that they produce.


“We are rapidly developing in overseas markets, there has been a strong demand for a partner to support us internationally to ensure the finishing quality in the after-sales sector,” said Liu Jun, the responsible person for overseas market of Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd.


“BASF Coatings’ global presence and its long-established expertise in the refinish coatings business in various regions and countries will certainly help us obtain a higher level of customer satisfaction in overseas markets.” Liu Jun added.


Great Wall Motor is the biggest car exporter in China with their products exported to 108 countries and regions. They have also been successful in establishing a stable international marketing network, particularly in Russia, the Middle East, Africa, East and South America. In addition, they have recently started business operations in Europe.


“We are glad that Great Wall has chosen us as their official supplier,” said Hans-Juergen Becker, the head of BASF Coatings International Trade (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. “Through our innovative refinish coatings solutions and dedicated service, we will support Great Wall Motor to provide the best service to their customers all over the world.”

[Raul]

"GREAT Wall Motor Co Ltd, China's largest maker of sport-utility vehicles and pick-up trucks, cut its 2007 sales target by about eight percent because of delays in the introduction of new passenger cars.


The auto maker expects to sell 110,000 vehicles this year and 200,000 next year, Deputy General Manager Bai Xuefei told reporters yesterday in Hong Kong. The car maker aimed to sell 120,000 vehicles this year, Chairman Wei Jianjun said in March.


The company has pushed back plans to add passenger cars by about two months from August because more work is needed to improve the vehicles, Bai said. The auto maker plans to add models, including the GWPeri and the Cowry multipurpose vehicle, to widen its product range and to benefit from rising passenger car sales in China, the world's second-largest auto market, Bloomberg News said.


Great Wall, based in Baoding, Hebei Province, also plans to sell shares in China eventually, Bai said, without providing a timeframe. The auto maker's first-half profit rose 11 percent to 406 million yuan (US$54 million) on increased sales of Hover sport-utility vehicles domestically and overseas. Total vehicle sales climbed 24 percent to 47,665.


Gross profit margin dropped to 23.9 percent from 26 percent due to a higher consumption tax in China. "We could raise our profit margin by developing new products and new auto parts," said Bai. An adjustment to the tax rates would also help, he added. Great Wall aims to boost its overseas sales about a third to as many as 40,000 vehicles this year, Bai said. The company sells vehicles in about 120 countries."


--- Shanghai Daily ---

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It's a good thing they decide to focus on quality but I'm not too thrilled about these Peri and Cowry clones :nono:

[ash]

Sep. 21, 2007 (China Knowledge) – Great Wall Motor Co. LtdChina's largest SUV and pick-up truck maker, plans to add more than 10 models by 2010 in a bid to quadruple its auto sales, said deputy general manager Bai Xuefei in a telephone interview on Wednesday. Vehicle sales may rise to 400,000 units in 2010 from the expected 110,000 units this year.

[mememe]

Great Wall to double overseas facilities
By Gong Zhengzheng (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-10-16 17:09



A man rides past a Great Wall Motor billboard in Shanghai. Great Wall Motor Co, a small but ambitious Chinese carmaker, plans to more than double its number of overseas plants by the end of this decade to boost sales abroad. [China Daily]


Great Wall Motor Co, a small but ambitious Chinese carmaker, plans to more than double its number of overseas plants by the end of this decade to boost sales abroad.


Wang Fengying, chief executive officer of the Hong Kong-listed maker of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) and pick-ups, told China Daily that it would have a total of 20 overseas factories by 2010. Currently it has eight.


The company, based in the northern city of Baoding, will build new plants mainly in Southeast Asia and South America, which impose relatively high tariffs on vehicle imports but low duties on spare parts, Wang said.


"These plants will help us propel our overseas sales considerably," she said.


She said Great Wall aims to sell more than 200,000 vehicles abroad a year by 2010, up from 27,500 units in 2006.


Meanwhile, it expects to lift its overall annual sales to 500,000 units from 73,580 units.


The company operates in more than 100 countries and regions. Wang said the profit margins are bigger in overseas markets.


"We are also looking at the EU and US markets to be an international brand in real terms. But we'll be very cautious as they have stricter standards," she said.


She said Great Wall will launch its three latest models as imports in the EU in the first half of next year. But she declined to reveal a timetable for the company's foray into the US, the world's biggest and most competitive auto market.


China is encouraging domestic carmakers to speed up exports through improved quality and design, though it is curbing overseas shipments of many resource-intensive commodities as part of a drive to rein in the trade surplus.


Baoding was named one of a second group of national auto and spare parts export bases last month, along with four other cities.


Many other Chinese brands, such as Chery and Brilliance, are also building more plants in foreign countries to boost overseas sales.


January-to-August exports of cars and spare parts from China, the world's second-biggest vehicle producer and No 2 market, surged by 40.3 percent year-on-year to $25.2 billion, according to industry data.


Wang said Great Wall plans to spend 10 billion yuan in the years to 2010 to develop 20 new models and build new facilities to achieve its sales target.


The company is awaiting government approval to produce sedans and multi-purpose vehicles.


"SUVs and pick-ups are insufficient to fulfill our goal. We must extend our line-up," Wang said.


Earlier this year, Great Wall raised HK$1.61 billion by issuing 151 million shares. Wang said it might return to the booming A-share market to raise more capital if it needs to fund other major projects before 2010.


The company posted 439.7 million yuan in after-tax profit in the first half of this year, up 14.7 percent.


It closed at HK$11.4 per share yesterday, up 2.52 percent.


http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2007-10/16/content_6180860.htm

[vitordavid]

I have great faith in G.W.M.
i just bought 3 hovers super luxury, that should arrive in February.
I have great hopes in this brand

[BringIt]

I really like the Hover too. If they have a 3rd row option it would be awesome. Of course I can't get one in the US yet but I'm hoping it'll be soon.

[vitordavid]

You are right when i discoverd it didint had a third row of seats i must confess i got sad. It would improve the vehicle greatly
I think its a matter of time until they breach the us market. You have to wait

[micodelija]

In 2007, the company sold 65,000 units SUVs, which represents 17.5 percent of China’s SUV market, and 54,000 pickups, which represents 30 percent in China’s pickup sales. In the same year, Great Wall exported 48,000 vehicles to 100 countries and regions around the world.

Rank Pickup maker 2007 sales Market share
1. Great Wall 54,185 29.1%
2. Zhongxing 27,862 15.0%
3. Zhengzhou Nissan 26867 14.5%
4. Jiangling 23716 12.8%
5. Huanghai 14338 7.7%
6. Beiqi Foton 12906 6.9%

The Chinese government group, the National Association of Passenger Manufacturers, released a report yesterday saying that 375,000 SUVs were sold in China, of which the Great Wall Hover, and Chery Tiggo were the best selling models.

Top sellers:

1. Great Wall Hover - 55,752 cars sold
2. Chery Tiggo - 50,098
3. Honda CRV - 45,686
4. Hyundai Tuscon - 44,729
5. Zotye 2008 - 31,577 - (old model diahatsu terios)

[micodelija]

Of 65000 Suv units, 55000 of them are Hover :)

[mememe]

China's Great Wall Motor sees higher exports, Shanghai listing


2008-03-13 16:42:22


BEIJING, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Great Wall Motor Co., China's largest producer of pick-up trucks, expects to sell 55.7 percent more vehicles abroad this year as it looks to the European and North American markets.

Exports would reach about 80,000 units this year, up from 51,394 in 2007, said company chairman Wei Jianjun.

"We will improve the quality of our products, instead of blindly seeking higher sales," he said.

Sales would not be affected by the global economic slowdown as Great Wall vehicles, which were 30 percent to 50 percent cheaper than foreign models, were "obviously competitive," he said.

The company, based in the northern province of Hebei, saw Europe and North America as becoming its major overseas markets over the next five years, he said.

Great Wall had marketing networks in 81 countries as of the end of last year. Major overseas markets included the Middle East, Russia, Africa and Southeast Asia. It also runs assembly plants in Russia, Ukraine, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Wang said that his company, already listed in Hong Kong, planned an initial public offering of A shares in Shanghai in May to fund its expansion. The company said last year that it would issue up to 121.7 million yuan-denominated A shares, representing 10 percent of its enlarged share capital.

Great Wall is one of the few Chinese car makers that produce its own models rather than manufacturing foreign brands under license. Its 2007 sales soared 46.5 percent year-on-year to 107,800 vehicles.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-03/13/content_7782671.htm

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall to launch four new models in 2008.

March 18, 2008 – China’s largest pick-up truck maker Great Wall plans to launch four car models and sell 200,000 vehicles in Chinese market this year, local newspaper Beijing Morning Post reported today.

The automaker plans to launch a sedan model Peri and a MPV model Cowry in March and will later launch a five-door compact sedan Florid and a small MPV model Cool Bear in home market before they are launched in overseas market this year.

The Peri model, equipped with GW413EF 1.3L engine and Bosche's latest ABS and EBD systems, has also passed European Union standard safety test, according to a senior company official.

Priced between 40,000 and 50,000 Yuan ($5356 - $6695), the model will be exported after it is launched at domestic markets. Great Wall said it has sales networks or partnership dealers in more than 70 countries.

Last year Italian automaker Fiat has initiated legal proceedings against Great Wall, claiming Peri is a copy of its Panda. Great Wall said that it spent three years developing its first car and owns its intellectual property rights.

The company expects to sell 80,000 Peri vehicles by the end of 2008.

source: Gasgoo.com

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall¸started selling Peri and Cowry in Russia. Peri equiped with 1.3i 16v engine with 87 hp is priced at 7,975 €. Cowry which has a two-litre engine with 143 hp power and has enough space for seven passengers costs € 16,037.

source:
http://es.autoblog.com/2008/03/23/rusia-ya-a-la-venta-los-great-wall-gwperi-y-cowry/


Translation via Google:
Great Wall has just begun marketing in Russia of GWPeri and Cowry, two models of new design with a good quality-price ratio. The former is a city car of five doors while the Cowry is a medium-sized people carrier.

The GWPeri (also known as just Peri) has been one of the most problematic vehicles in recent times for his strong resemblance to the Fiat Panda. Despite the signing Italian denounced Great Wall by shamelessly copying its utility, it appears that they have not wanted to stop losing the opportunity to market it. It has an engine 1.3i 16v of 87 hp and is priced at 7,975 € to change.

For its part the Cowry has a two-litre engine 143 hp power, which is capable of reaching the 170 km / h. In addition to a fully equipped, has enough space for seven passengers. Its suggested retail price change is € 16,037, fairly competitive taking into account that measures 4.57 meters.

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall delivered vehicles to the Police in Côte d'Ivoire.

First Auto Company, distributor of Great Wall Motors (GWM) located in Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), has dedicated to strive for the government tender and achieved a great success. In a new round of purchase for government tender, First Auto Company won it with an overwhelming advantage.
At present, the first batch of 50 police vehicles has already been delivered to the local government. Thanks to the satisfactory performance, they plan to select GWM products as the police vehicles once again and the second order for 50 units is already under the negotiation.

source: autospectator.com


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[tdi]

An earthquake happened in WenChuan, Sichuan Province, China. When this news passed to Baoding, the top management of GWM decided immediately in the evening of 12 May to donate 20 GW SUV and Pickup to the disaster area as the rescue vehicles via Red Cross. These donated vehicles values circa two million RMB, all suitable for the various harsh environments with high-performance on loading, hauling, etc.

A ceremony for the employees to donate was also held in the same day. Thousands of GW employees joined. The amount was already up to over 200, 000.00RMB by the time of writing.

“We feel so bad for such a severe natural disaster happened in our country. As an enterprise responsible for the society, not only the self interest should be taken into consideration, but also doing its utmost to support the disaster area”, the chairman of GWM expressed.

[martin_krpan]

May 16, 2008 - Two models of newly designed all-aluminum VVT engines rolled off the production line in Great Wall Motor earlier this week and the Chinese carmaker now has its own-brand sedan engines.

The two all-aluminum VVT powerplants are the 4-cylinder 16-valve GW4G15 and GW4G13 engines, which meet the Euro IV emissions standard. They will be used in the future sedan products of Great Wall.

Meanwhile, the engine plant of Great Wall Motor was also inaugurated this week. This new factory of 30,000 square meters was built with an investment of more than 700,000 yuan ($100,200).

The first phase of the plant will make 100,000 engines annually, and the future annual capacity of the facility will reach 300,000 engines.

From:Gasgoo.com

[mememe]

Great Wall exports 556 Peri to Algeria and Russia

By Ally From:Gasgoo.com

May 23, 2008

Shanghai, May 23 (Gasgoo.com) China's maker Great Wall Motor Co., began to export a batch of 556 Peri cars to Africa and Russia recently, Xinmin Evening News reports today.

The Peri was launched almost simultaneously in the Chinese and global markets early in May. So far 710 units have already been sold abroad. It is sold from $12,600 yuan to $14,500 yuan depending on configurations in the overseas markets but $5,356 to $6,695 in China.

Great Wall said the car, equipped with the GW413EF 1.3L engine and Bosch's latest ABS and EBD systems, is e-mark certified and complies with the European regulations.

Last year Italian automaker Fiat initiated legal proceedings against Great Wall, claiming Peri is a copy of its Panda. Great Wall said that it had spent three years developing its first car and hols the intellectual property rights of the model.

http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6526/Great-Wall-exports-556-Peri-to-Algeria-and-Russia.html

[micodelija]

that means that GWM won the court with fiat :)

[tdi]

I don't know realy because West Africa for intance as no copywrite protection for nothing.
You see Hoynda motorcicles for sale,
Movies that still are on cinema in europe pass in National Television in dodgy copies,
street Vendores sell fake dolce gabana and lacoste clothing in daylight.
I have my doubts that gwm won the case, i think this case will go on for years with apeels and secondary trials....

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall Motor gets first UN order for pickups

June 12, 2008 - Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor has recently received a sourcing order from the United Nations for 28 Great Wall pickups. This is the first time for an own-brand carmaker of China to become a supplier for the U.N. vehicle sourcing.

Tow years ago, Great Wall Motor won the auto sourcing bid of the United Nations from other 19 global automakers. Although only 28 pickups are ordered, this small number means the U.N.'s recognition of Great Wall Motor and China's own-brand vehicles. If the 28 pickups can perform excellently, the U.N. will order a larger batch of Great Wall vehicles in the coming two years, with the sourcing figure estimated at 15,000 units.

Great Wall Motor, located in Baoding, Hebei province, is China's largest maker and exporter of pickups and SUVs. Back in 1998, Great Wall pickups were exported to the Middle East, becoming China's first automaker exporting its cars. In the global market, Great Wall Motor has achieved the biggest export volume of Chinese carmakers for nine straight years. Great Wall pickups and SUVs have sold in 121 countries in the world.

source: Gasgoo.com

[mememe]

Great Wall Hover wins government sourcing

By George Gao From:Gasgoo.com

July 02, 2008

Shanghai, July 2 (Gasgoo.com) After getting the United Nations order for 28 Great Wall pickups in early June, Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor won a big sourcing bid for its own-brand Hover SUVs from a provincial governement department in North China.

The bidding for vehicle sourcing by the transportation administration group of Shanxi province was concluded earlier this week and the Great Wall Motor's Hover 4G69 cross utility vehicle (CUV) won the bid from numerous rirvals. The sourcing order asks for 304 units of the Hover CUV, all of them will be delivered to the provincial government department for use in its highway transportation supervision.

Great Wall Motor, located in Baoding, Hebei province, is China's largest maker and exporter of pickups and SUVs. It has achieved the biggest export of Chinese carmakers for nine straight years. Great Wall pickups and SUVs have been used by transportation, police, firefighting, electricity departments, and have been sold in 121 countries in the world.

http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/6927/Great-Wall-Hover-wins-government-sourcing.html

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall Motor gets environmental labelling status

July 09, 2008 - The Cowry and Hover models built by Great Wall Motor Company Limited have passed certification by China Environmental Labelling, and obtained "China Environmental Labelling Product Certificate" awarded by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

This makes Great Wall the first independent brand to pass the certification. Before that, only a few joint venture brands such as Volkswagen and Audi passed the certification. Cowry and Hover are both developed independently by Great Wall.

Certification of Environmental Standards is promulgated by Ministry of Environmental Protection as industrial standards, and has been recognized by international environmental organizations. Among them, environmental standards for motor vehicles are mainly focused on quality of the whole car and production environment. Products that have passed the certification could affix the green China Environmental Labelling mark, and will be brought into the government procurement list.

In recent years, China's motor vehicle environmental label certificate has established technology communication platform with United Nations Environment Programme, International Organization for Standardization, and other international organizations, and signed cooperative agreements with environmental label institutions in Japan, Germany and South Korea, which eliminates green technical barriers in the exporting of these products.

Besides Cowry and Hover, another three types of Great Wall Motor including GW-Peri, Florid and Coolbear are also undergoing certification audits now.

source: chinacsr.com

[mememe]

Great Wall Motor to launch more sedan models


September 05, 2008


Shanghai, September 5 (Gasgoo.com) Great Wall Motor, already China's top maker of SUVs and pickups, announced the company will roll out more sedan models in the coming two years, said Jia Yaquan, general manager of Great Wall Automobile Sales Company to Shanghai Securities yesterday.

As a leading pickup maker, the Great Wall Motor has begun to shift to sedan production in recent years. In the coming two years, the company will launch more sedan models apart from its showcased A0 and A-level hatchbacks, according to Jia Yaquan.

Under the pressure of continuous rising material costs and weakening demand, China’s independent automakers are facing tough challenge and beginning to slow down price cuts. However, Great Wall Motor has launched price reduction program for 100 days. The maximum discount even reaches 30,000 yuan, a conspicuous move in a 100,000-yuan MPV market.

"It’s just a temporary sales promotion," said Jia Yaquan, "Great Wall is adjusting both the price and configuration of Cowry Cross-MPV series during the 100-day discount event through November 30 to extend the better price-performance-ratio Cross-MPV market. We also expect to lead the middle- and low-end MPV market by competitve price," he added.

According to Jia, the 100-day discount has brought satisfying results, with consumers swarming into the company’s 4S stores, including many foreign companies and joint ventures.

http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1007661/Great-Wall-Motor-to-launch-more-sedan-models.html

[mememe]

Great Wall Motor to see exports equal domestic sales

September 09, 2008

Shanghai, September 9 (Gasgoo.com) Chinese carmaker Great Wall Motor posted exports at 47% of its total sales in the first half this year and expected to see exports equal the domestic sales for the whole year, said the company’s vice president and secretary Bai Xuefei, according to Stockstar News.

Great Wall Motor won’t worry about the effect of global economy uncertainty on exports because the company mainly targets the developing countries as its destination market, like Russia, Ukraine and Iran, Bai Xuefei said.

The SUV expert expects to increase its global plants to 15 in two or three years for sales expansion. The automaker has shown confidence in its exports surge.

However, Great Wall Motor underwent gross margin rate decline to 20.5% in the first half from 23.9% a year earlier. According to Bai, advertising in the first half took 20 million yuan more than the same period of last year, using 1.5% of the sales revenue. He expects the advertisement investment will reap benefits by the second half or next year.

In addition, the automaker increased investment in research and development by 30-50 million yuan for the first half from the same period of last year, accounting for 2.5% of its total sales revenue with a 0.3% growth from a year earlier.

As for the rising materials price, Bai said it will not affect Great Wall Motor too much as the company puts emphasis on technology for value-added products.

http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1007691/Great-Wall-Motor-to-see-exports-equal-domestic-sales.html

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall Motor to launch 12 new models in '09

January 16, 2009 - Great Wall Motor Co, China's largest maker and exporter of pickups and SUVs, plans to launch a total of 12 new models in 2009, including 4 sedan models, 5 SUV models and 3 pickup models, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

The report said the automaker is set to release 4 fuel efficient sedan models this year, with a 1.5L Coolbear scheduled to go on sale in March, followed by the 1.3L and 1.5L Cross sedans in May and August. An all-new sedan model codenamed CH031 could be launched in October with 1.3L and 1.5L editions.

Great Wall Motor will also be launching a mini SUV in May, and a mid-sized SUV codenamed K5 in June, which is coming with 2.0L, 2.4L and 2.5L engines; an "X" SUV and a "Y" are to be launched in July and September respectively, both powered by 1.5L and 1.5L engines, a so-called "TK" SUV powered by 2.0L, 2.4L and 2.5L engines will go on sale in April.

Three new Great Wall pickup models are expected to hit the showrooms in the first half this year, with 4 Wingle diesel or fuel editions on sale in April and a 2.4L new pickup model to follow up in June.

The Chinese SVU maker made its foray into the small-car segment in March last year with the launch of its Peri sedan. Despite the global financial crisis, Great Wall Motor managed a sales growth to 125,000 units in 2008, according to the company.

The company's sales outlets reached 550 in China last year, up 25 percent from that in 2007, with the number of 4S outlets increasing 23 percent.

source: Gasgoo.com

[micodelija]

Great Wall Motor to launch 12 new models in '09



source: Gasgoo.com

if GWM will do something like that I think that they will cancel all old models like deer, safe, sing, socool, sailor, pegasus etc

for new models i hope that it will have euro 4 and 5 engines, some of them shoud be also electric, hybrid or something like that, i wish that they install more new equipment in vehicles, like more airbags, ESP and to stop make copies like peri, florid and coolbear

[CarlitoxArg]

if GWM will do something like that I think that they will cancel all old models like deer, safe, sing, socool, sailor, pegasus etc

for new models i hope that it will have euro 4 and 5 engines, some of them shoud be also electric, hybrid or something like that, i wish that they install more new equipment in vehicles, like more airbags, ESP and to stop make copies like peri, florid and coolbear

I totally agree with you.

Greetings!

[MCV87]

Hello,
are there pictures of the new models for MY 2009 available, yet?

[mememe]

if GWM will do something like that I think that they will cancel all old models like deer, safe, sing, socool, sailor, pegasus etc

for new models i hope that it will have euro 4 and 5 engines, some of them shoud be also electric, hybrid or something like that, i wish that they install more new equipment in vehicles, like more airbags, ESP and to stop make copies like peri, florid and coolbear

GWM 2008 models were disaster from the beginning, Peri (Panda fiasco), Florid (Toyota Aygo), Coolbear (Xb clone). GWM caused a lot of controversy in 2008 and China's auto reputation sinks down even further thank to GWM.

[micodelija]

GWM 2008 models were disaster from the beginning, Peri (Panda fiasco), Florid (Toyota Aygo), Coolbear (Xb clone). GWM caused a lot of controversy in 2008 and China's auto reputation sinks down even further thank to GWM.

i didn't think that GWM will allow themself to do something like that, i got some pictures from some old catalogs, all models looks very nice, by those pictures didn't look as any copy

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/4041/futureil9.jpg
look that car at the right, look quite nice, as a small suv

for now i think that GWM don't have any car which was they develop, let we check:
hover is isuzu axiom
wingle is isuzu d max
deer is old toyota hilux
safe is also toyota 4 runner
sing,sailor is nissan frontier or navarra
pegasus,so cool, looks simmilar to toyota land cruiser
peri is fiat panda
florid is toyota yaris
cowry is toyota noah
coolbear is scion xb
even those phenom model or I7 as he was presented have the rear from opel corsa and whole interior is from toyota yaris, while in florid they did some changes

i really hope that GWM will start to produce their own cars which will have original design

[mememe]

^^ those pictures look nice but I still don't know why they cannot make them when they have them on the drawing board.

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall Motor's January sales hit record high

February 10, 2009 - Chinese private automaker Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. aggregately sold 15,000 vehicles in January 2009, hitting a record high, and total sales volume of its pillar SUV model, Hover, exceeded 5,600 units.

Meanwhile, the Great Wall Florid, which hit the market in November 2008, won the great favorite of buyers last month, and 3,600 units were sold ultimately.

The company intends to unveil 13 new fashion and preferential products in 2009, along with the debut of China's automobile industry revitalization plan. The 1.5L Coolbear, Great Wall Motor's third sedan model, will hit the market in March, and seven months later, it is to launch another new sedan model with a code of CH031.

In May and August 2009, Great Wall Motor is scheduled to give birth to the 1.3L and 1.5L Cross sedan, respectively. The automaker will also vie for the 1.3L, 1.5L, and 2.0L small-sized SUV markets, and a batch of new SUV models are designed to hit the market in succession this year.

In addition, it plans to debut the 2.0L, 2.4L, and 2.5L Hover H3 in April and June 2009, in an attempt to further develop the environment-friendly and energy-saving diesel oil engines, said people with the direct knowledge of the matter.

As a matter of fact, Great Wall Motor is well known as a pickup manufacturer, and it has takend the lead in the country's pickup market for 11 consecutive years. Based on its existing 23 pickup models, the company intends to unveil three new ones adapt to rural customers before this yearend.

With a view to accelerating its expansion in the second- and third-tier markets, the carmaker plans to give a stronger support to local distributors, and the total number of its newly-added distribution outlets will reach 100 within this year.

Great Wall Motor, as China's first private complete car company listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, is headquartered in the northern Chinese city of Baoding, Hebei Province. Presently, the company owns four complete car manufacturing bases, and its annual production capacity has hit 400,000 vehicles.

In the first half of last year, Great Wall Motor reaped net profit of 408 million yuan, and its sales volume and revenue separately jumped 37.82% and 32.94% from a year ago, in spite of the serious economic situation worldwide. And the growth of its total sales volume for the entire 2008 topped 10%.
source: Gasgoo.com

[shgenii]

I have lived in China 7 years wanting to buy a GWM Safe 4 X 4 in bright yellow. It is very hard to try to speak English with dealers and was told to order to get what was wanted, losing much RMB on orders that were delivered in different colors.
Still I wait and hope that it will not get replaced

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall Motor to launch pickups for farmers.

March 23, 2009
Great Wall Motor Co said it plans to launch new pickups for the rural market as soon as possible to take advantage of the government's "vehicles to the countryside" program, reported Guangzhou Daily today.

"The pickups will carry a dealer's price of less than 50,000 yuan ($7,316) and will be sold at all of Great Wall dealerships located in the rural areas," said Shang Yugui, a spokesman for Great Wall.

According to the program, farmers in the countryside who buy light trucks and minivans will get 10 percent subsidies, up to a maximum of 5,000 yuan. Rural households can buy up to two motorcycles and qualify for a 13 percent subsidy of up to 650 yuan each.

Great Wall Motor is China's largest pickup-maker in terms of annual sales, capturing around one third of the total market.

The company plans to launch 13 new or redesigned vehicles this year in China, including four cars, five SUVs and four pickups, with some of those products also being shipped to overseas markets.
Gasgoo.com

[martin_krpan]

Great Wall Motor leads '09 Chinese pickup sales

January 11, 2009
Great Wall Motor led Chinese automakers in sales of pickup trucks last year by selling 71,000 units, securing a 28% market share in the domestic pickup segment, Xinhua News reported over the weekend.

China's pickup sales totaled 255,800 units during the year of 2009, including 28,855 units sold in December, according to the latest statistics released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

In pickup sales last year, the leading seller was Great Wall Motor, followed by Nissan, Jiangling, Zhongxing, Beiqi Foton and Gonow Auto, which separately seized a market share of 15.4%, 12.3%, 13.5%, 7.4% and 6.9%.

Statistics on 11 major pickup brands registered at the CAAM show that their total sales reached 28,855 units in December 2009. Great Wall's pickup sales doubled from a year earlier to 9,068 units in the last month.

Thanks to the government's incentives for rural purchases and company's sales promotions, Great Wall Motor's pickups hit a record of monthly sales in December, reinforcing its lead in China's pickup sales since 1998.

http://autonews.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1013634/Great-Wall-Motor-leads-09-Chinese-pickup-sales.html

[martin_krpan]

Imported Great Wall vehicles hit market

PHNOM Penh’s Worldwide Garage began importing Great Wall Motor Company (GWMC) vehicles for the first time this month, director Kan Pisey said Thursday.

The business, on Street 217, has exclusive rights to import the cars, which cost between US$10,000 to $40,000, into the Kingdom.

Last year, 80 percent of Great Wall’s cars had been sold to India and Australia.

“In early January, we imported 18 vehicles ... six models, to test the market,” she said.

The six models are called Peri, Florid, Cool Deer, Hover, Windle and Cowry. The garage hopes to import up to 150 units by the end of the year, Kan Pisey added.

Worldwide Garage estimates that domestic demand for new vehicles could be around 2,000 cars a year.

“Although, last year’s global economic crisis hit the car industry hard in South Korea and the US, the industry in China was not impacted,” she said. “We have seen high demand for new branded cars in our country.”

GWMC is a multinational car manufacturer that became China’s first private automobile enterprise to be listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange in December, 2003. Its products are sold to more than 121 countries.

The company has more than 30 subsidiaries and more than 22,000 staff members.

At present, Great Wall Motor manufactures three types of vehicle – sedans, SUVs and Pickup MPVs – with an annual capacity to complete 400,000 vehicles.

It also independently produces car parts such as engines, as well as front and rear axles.

“We are not only importing cars but also spare parts. Customers are always concerned when their cars need a part changed,” Kan Pisey said.
Presently, Cambodia has six distributors of new and branded cars.

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2010011530878/Business/imported-great-wall-vehicles-hit-market.html