GWM’s three-peat
October sales hit 446 as Haval H7 leads
HAVAL H7 has helped GWM Philippines achieve three consecutive monthly sales records, with October deliveries reaching 446 vehicles.
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GWM Philippines sold more vehicles in the past three months than it did during the first seven months of 2026, as demand for its Haval H7 SUV helped the Chinese automaker post three consecutive monthly sales records.
The company sold 446 vehicles in October, its highest monthly total since entering the Philippine market. That was 70 percent above the 262 units recorded in September and nearly twice the 232 vehicles sold in August.
The three months accounted for 940 vehicles, or about 73 percent of GWM’s total sales of 1,282 units from January through October. The company had sold only 342 vehicles during the first seven months of the year.
DIGITAL instrument cluster and central touchscreen are among the cabin features of the Haval H7, which has become GWM Philippines’ best-selling model.
Much of the increase came from the Haval H7, which entered the Philippine market in June and has since become the brand’s best-selling model.
GWM Philippines brand head Dax Avenido said the consecutive monthly records suggest that customer interest in the SUV has continued several months after its introduction.
“Three record months in a row tell us the Haval H7’s reception is not a launch spike. It’s lasting demand,” Avenido said.
He also credited the company’s dealership network for converting customer interest into actual purchases. GWM now faces the task of maintaining its higher monthly sales volume through the remaining months of the year.
The Haval H7 is offered locally with hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains. Its entry-level hybrid uses a 1.5-liter turbocharged gasoline engine paired with an electric motor and a dedicated hybrid transmission. Combined output is rated at 244 horsepower and 540 Nm of torque.
The two-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid produces 322 horsepower and 540 Nm of torque. It also carries a 19.09-kWh battery, which provides a claimed electric-only driving range of up to 105 kilometers under the NEDC test cycle.
A four-wheel-drive plug-in hybrid variant is also available, with prices across the Haval H7 range running from P1,298,888 to P1,698,888.
GWM did not disclose how many Haval H7 units it sold in October or how sales were divided between the hybrid and plug-in hybrid variants.
The company’s conventional gasoline and diesel models also contributed to the October total. These included the Haval H9 SUV and the GWM Cannon pickup, although individual sales figures were not released.
Dealerships outside Luzon also contributed substantially. According to GWM Philippines, outlets in the Visayas and Mindanao accounted for more than a third of its October deliveries.
The local sales increase came alongside higher overseas deliveries by GWM. The automaker reported 62,862 vehicles sold outside China in October, up 9.98 percent from the same month last year.
Worldwide sales reached 1,040,676 vehicles during the first 10 months of 2026.