GWM has now offered 200,000 autos in Australia, attaining the milestone late final week after greater than 16 years of working domestically.
The 200,000th automobile was a Fossil Gray Tank 300 offered in Victoria by South Morang GWM Haval.
It comes solely 27 months after the 100,000th GWM was offered in Australia in March 2023, with the model’s gross sales rising quickly over the previous three years.
A document end result within the first half of 2025 noticed GWM submit 25,189 gross sales, propelling it to seventh place general – its highest but – with its gross sales price on monitor for a document annual results of 50,000 models in 2025.
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“Australia is turning into a big cornerstone of our international operations,” mentioned Steve Maciver, head of promoting and communications at GWM Australia, in an announcement.
“Our native success will solely speed up as we proceed to speculate right here – demonstrated by the current announcement of product localisation with [ex-Holden engineer] Rob Trubiani and our residency on the Lang Lang [former Holden] Proving Floor.
“We’re proud to have handed over our 200,000th automobile in Australia and sincerely thank each GWM buyer for the belief they’ve positioned in our model.”
The milestone comes as different Chinese language manufacturers additionally submit fast gross sales will increase, most notably BYD – which has recorded 62,971 deliveries because it arrived in Australia in 2022.
MG has already posted greater than 200,000 gross sales because it relaunched right here in 2013 underneath Chinese language possession, with 224,731 cumulative gross sales reached by the tip of 2024.
Nonetheless, these gross sales figures underscore the hole between manufacturers and market-dominant Toyota, which offered a document 241,296 autos right here final yr alone – greater than double that of runner-up Ford on 100,170.
GWM is continuous so as to add to its present mannequin lineup with the mid-size Haval H7 SUV arriving this month and the Tank 500 PHEV anticipated in showrooms in October. A few electrical autos (EVs), becoming a member of the present Ora hatchback, are additionally due by the tip of subsequent yr.
It’s additionally teased a supercar underneath growth – though not confirmed for Australia – in addition to a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 petrol-hybrid powertrain that would discover its method underneath the bonnet of GWMs offered right here.
Nice Wall Motor started working in Australia underneath Sydney-based importer Ateco – which now brings in Ram Vehicles, LDV and Renault amongst others – in 2009, earlier than the manufacturing facility took over in 2016.
The V240 dual-cab ute, forerunner to at present’s GWM Cannon, was among the many first autos the Nice Wall model supplied in our market.
It was powered by a 2.4-litre petrol engine, the idea for its ‘240’ title, with a five-speed handbook transmission, one-tonne payload and 2250kg braked towing capability.
The V240 was accompanied by the body-on-frame X240 SUV, in addition to the short-lived SA220 ute.
Nice Wall was the primary in a flurry of Chinese language manufacturers to reach in Australia, although some shortly withdrew and have but to return (JMC, ZX Auto) whereas others exited our market however relaunched later to higher success (Chery).
The marque was joined by Nice Wall Motor’s SUV model, Haval, in 2015. Launching with the H2, H8 and H9 SUVs, Haval took a notable step upmarket from the Nice Wall model and its budget-priced utes and SUVs.
The corporate’s native operations finally got here to be often called GWM Haval with the Nice Wall title dropped from autos, changed with the GWM acronym.
GWM has subsequently moved away from treating Haval as a separate model in Australia. As a substitute, the corporate sells autos from the Haval, Ora and Tank manufacturers underneath the GWM banner domestically, although it retains distinctive badging for sure fashions.
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