During the Chengdu Motor Show 2019 kick off on September 5, Great Wall "P" series pickup released its "Super Five Star" Program. Based on the user-oriented principle, the program focuses on five aspects of super symbolism, super factory, super product, super service and super experience, so as to create a full-scenario pickup life style and accelerate the globalization process from every aspect. At the Show, the "P" series pickup was officially launched and the mass-produced "P" series commercial pickups were unveiled simultaneously.

The "Super Five Star" Program accelerated globalization process of Great Wall Motor

On August 30th, Great Wall Motor's had two celebrations in the form of the Chongqing Smart Factory Completion as well as the "P" Series Pickup Rollout Ceremony held in Yangchuan District, Chongqing. Hang Guo, the Deputy Secretary and the District Chief of the Yangchuan District Committee of Chongqing Municipality, Wei Jianjun, Chairman of Great Wall Motor and other leaders witnessed this historic moment together with hundreds of media and dealer representatives from all over the China.

Great Wall Motor's Chongqing Factory is the fifth full-process vehicle manufacturing base of Great Wall Motor in the world and the first in South China. It is also a smart factory built by Great Wall Motor. Its completion and the rollout of "P" Series Pickup, a global passenger pickup, is an important measure for Great Wall Motor to actively participate in and integrate into the "Belt and Road" construction and drive the regional economic development. It also expands the "9+5" global production system of Great Wall Motor and opens a new chapter of globalization strategy.

2019 is a crucial year for the globalization of Great Wall Motors. Since the beginning of the year Great Wall Motors has taken measures for its globalization. In January, Great Wall Motors' HAVAL Brand put forward the "5-2-1 Globalization Strategy". In April, Wei Jianjun, Chairman of Great Wall Motors, was invited to attend The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation CEO Conference to explore more possibilities for Chinese automobile enterprises to "go global". In June, Great Wall Motors' Tula Factory in Russia, the first overseas full process vehicle manufacturing factory built by Chinese automobile brands, was completed and put into production. Now, Great Wall Motors will make another achievement of its globalization.

Great Wall Motors' Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing will be completed and put into production by the end of August. Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing is the fifth full process vehicle manufacturing base of Great Wall Motors in the world. The global production layout of Great Wall Motors will be achieved and the "globalization strategy" of Great Wall Motors is further supported with Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing, the manufacturing bases that have been put into production such as Baoding Factory, Xushui Factory, Tianjin Factory and Tula Factory in Russia, and those that are under construction such as Zhangjiagang Factory, Rizhao Factory, Pinghu Factory and Taizhou Factory, as well as several KD factories of Great Wall Motors along the "Belt and Road".

Great Wall's new P Series Pickup launched, Aiming at the World's Top Three

On the 18^th of August, Great Wall's new P Series Pickup was officially launched, commencing the dawn of a new era of Chinese passenger pickups and further enhancing the company's globalization strategy. Great Wall's new P Series Pickup will be user-centered, aiming to be a pickup for everyone and for every situation through a "super product" offering, "superior levels of service" and a "super customer experience" as well as the "Great Wall's new P Series Pickup Alliance" program.

Great Wall's new P Series Pickup aims at the World's Top Three in this segment

Motivated by an upgrade of consumption and increased consumer demand, this all new Pick up promises to embrace a new era. Being the first global pickup offered by GWM, the P-Series has made its debut in China commencing a new generation of pickups that will soon be available around the world, reshaping the global pickup landscape and aiming to be ranked amongst the world's top three pickup trucks available.

The first day of the 2019 Wesbank Festival of Motoring started with much fanfare and excitement as Haval Motors Southern Africa started the week long trade show with a press conference on their world class purpose built exhibition stand in the main pit building of the infamous Kyalami Grand Prix circuit just outside Johannesburg. The first day of the 2019 Wesbank Festival of Motoring started with much fanfare and excitement as Haval Motors Southern Africa started the week long trade show with a press conference on their world class purpose built exhibition stand in the main pit building of the infamous Kyalami Grand Prix circuit just outside Johannesburg.

In a world of Sports Utility noise, with many brands and many variations of small to medium SUVs on offer to the South African motorist, the Haval H2 injects a breath of fresh air into this genre of motor vehicles that is somewhat over populated and has done so since its first introduction to the South African market in May 2017. Since the model's SA launch, the Haval H2 sales have dramatically increased earning it the second best sales volume in the small SUV category from the third quarter of this year.

The current incarnation of Haval H2 has gained great traction in the market and this through some A- list features and accolades. Being a true ANCAP 5 star achiever and being packed with features at a great value proposition price point, it's no surprise that many have opted for the Haval H2 as their SUV of choice.

Haval South Africa will exhibit at the 2019 Wesbank Festival of motoring for the third time in as many years after a year filled with huge milestones and accomplishments being reached and achieved by the leading Chinese Motor Vehicle manufacturer in South Africa.

The 2019 exhibition promises to be another turn out for the books for China's favourite SUV and bakkie brand as Haval Motor Southern Africa will have no less than 34 vehicles on display, to test drive on the self-drive track or to be chauffer driven on the main circuit and the 4X4 track.

"Be the change that you wish to see in the world." Mahatma Gandhi. These words rang true when Haval Motor Southern Africa commenced their second leg of the 2019 Haval Outreach expedition. The first week was about the cars and the scenery that is the Panorama Route in Mpumalanga but the second leg will forever be remembered as the time Haval Motors SA sought to be the change they wanted to see in the world.

The team of Haval staffers and their trusted fleet of Haval SUVs and the GWM Steed 5E Double Cab met the group of Lifestyle Magazine scribes and social media influencers for the second leg at the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport for what promised to be a week filled with sights, sounds and great memories in the making. After a stop in Hazyview to refresh and replenish, the convoy headed towards the other end of the Blyde River Canyon for their stop over at the Swadini Resort. The evening was the opportunity for Rhino conservationists to brief the group on what was going to happen the following day. Haval Motors SA made a contribution in the form of monetary support to Rhino conservation in the Klaserie Game Reserve. These funds went directly towards assistance in the dehorning program that is currently ongoing in the area in and around South Africa's primary game reserve, The Kruger National Park.

Haval explores "The place of the Rising Sun"

No, the Chinese SUV giant didn't make a trip to Japan; "The place of the Rising Sun" is the name of one of South Africa's most beautiful provinces, Mpumalanga, the setting for the 2019 Haval Outreach Expedition. The name means just that in Swazi, Zulu, Tsonga and Southern Ndebele, the place where the sun rises.

The 2019 expedition started off in Johannesburg where two Haval H9's, two Haval H6C's, the all new Haval H6 1.5 Turbo Luxury and a GWM Steed 5E Double Cab bakkie made the trip up to Nelspruit to meet up with Sa motoring journalists from around the country to start the first leg of the expedition. Meeting media at the quant and bush lodge like terminal building that is the Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport were the team of Havals and GWM ready to accept the eager press into their luxurious interiors for a few days of glorious driving and amazing scenery.

On The evening of Thursday 6 June, the top brass of the South African Motor Industry congregated at the glass cathedral of vehicle asset finance that is the home of Wesbank for the annual NADA DSI awards. In layman's terms, the National Automobile Dealers Association, dealer satisfaction index awards. The National Automobile Dealers' Association (NADA) is a professional body representing the interests of business persons who own, operate and manage new passenger and commercial vehicle franchise motor dealerships and qualifying used vehicle only outlets in South Africa. With dealer members representing the various motor vehicle brands countrywide, NADA operates through a structure of member-elected regional and national committees. In all forums, NADA is the fully representative and respected voice of the retail motor industry in South Africa.

Saturday 1 June was somewhat of a special day for Haval Motors South Africa. May marked the brand's second anniversary since they started trading in South Africa as a wholly owned subsidiary to founding company, Great Wall Motor Corporation. To celebrate this auspicious occasion, Haval/GWM invited their customers to a family day dubbed "The Haval-GWM Harvest Day" hosted at the venue Africa Land just outside Hartbeespoort and west of Pretoria.

When Haval started trading in May 2017 as a wholly owned subsidiary in South Africa, the brand had three dealers and started with a clean slate in terms of sales figures. Since then more than 14 000 have been sold in South Africa. In May of 2018, Haval and GWM sold roughly 600 cars into the domestic market. In May 2019 Haval GWM sold over 900 units to South Africans. Haval and GWM currently have 46 South African dealers and 4 in Neighbouring countries namely Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Mauritius. The Brand is aiming to have 57 dealers by the end of the year in South Africa alone. This growth and accelerated expansion is nothing short of miraculous and the pride in the brand was quite clear on every Harvest day goers face.