Paris Motorshow 2022 - The Chinese domestic brands
- In addition to French carmakers, it is mainly Chinese car producers who will be present at the Paris Motor Show 2022. GWM, BYD, Leapmotor and Seres have announced their participations.
- Great Wall Motors (GWM): Baoding Group is one of the largest producers in China with the brands Haval, Tank, the premium brand Wey as well as the electric brands Ora and Saloon. However, in the first 8 months of 2022, production fell by 7% and turnover by 9% compared to the previous year. In the first 8 months of 2022, the Haval H6 was the group's most popular model with 187,400 sales in China. In Paris, GWM will present to the European market its compact electric B-Segment sedan, the Ora Cat (2,572 sales in 8 months in 2022 in China).
- Build Your Dreams (BYD): The former Shenzhen battery producer is now one of China's biggest electric car makers. Compared to the first 8 months of 2021, production increased by 160% in 2022 and turnover by 165%. The most popular model is the Song, which was sold at around 245,000 units in China from January to August 22. In Paris, BYD will exhibit the C-Segment compact SUV Atto 3 (sold in China under the name of Yuan with 26,528 sales in 8 months 2022), the large E-Segment SUV Tang (5,552 sales in 8 months 2022 in China) and the large E-Segment sedan Han (149,075 sales in 8 months 2022 in China), which will also be marketed in Europe in 4th quarter 2022.
- Leapmotor: Hangzhou-based Zhejiang Leapmotor, which specializes in autonomous-driving vehicles, saw 228% growth in production and 227% in sales in the first 8 months of 2022 from a year earlier, although it only offers 3 models. The Leap S01, a sporty B-Segment BEV-Sedan, was the best-selling model in China with 44,768 sales in 8 months in 2022.
- Seres: Even if the electric vehicle producer is based in Santa Clara (California, USA), it belongs to the Chinese group Chongqing Sokon. Despite a huge increase in production and sales, it remains a small carmaker in China with only 41,387 vehicles produced and 39,619 sold in the first 8 months of 2022. The most popular model, the C-Segment SUV Aito M5 (33,720 sales in 8 months in 2022 in China) will also be presented in Paris.
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