SAIC-GM-Wuling receives more than 10,000 orders for new 7-seater Baojun 730 within 52 hours of launch
SAIC-GM-Wuling received more than 10,000 orders for the Baojun 730 seven-seat family vehicle within 52 hours of its launch.
The joint venture announced its newest model simultaneously on its official website, Weibo and WeChat at 7:30 a.m. on 30 July. On the first two days, a Baojun 730 was ordered an average of every 43 seconds.
The Baojun 730 is sold at 2,600 Wuling and Baojun outlets across China. Four variants equipped with a choice of 1.5L or 1.8L engines are available.
The Baojun 730 is the second MPV offered by SAIC-GM-Wuling.
Sales of the Wuling Hong Guang MPV family in the first six months of 2014 totaled 371,600 units, which represented an increase of 71% from the same period last year.
The Hong Guang MPV family ended the first half of 2014 with more than 40 percent of its market segment.
