Earlier, SAIC-GM-Wuling's August sales figures were released: 130,870 units. One number seems to lack weight. But if you look at the cumulative curve from January to August together, you can realize this is not that simple.

January was 37,929 units, and by August the cumulative total reached 484,300 units. There isn't a single month on this curve that is flat. Every month goes up. The proportion of new energy vehicles is rising synchronously. By January to August, it has broken through the volume of 920,000 units, among which new energy vehicles contributed 926,124 units, accounting for more than 70%. In the era of joint-venture fuel vehicles five years ago, such a structure was simply impossible.

So what Wuling has done in this round is more like measuring how far it can run with another rhythm.

What is truly worth mentioning is the figure of 1.6 million.

August overseas single-month sales were 38,600 units, exceeding 30,000 units overseas single-month for 5 consecutive months. Overseas cumulative sales have broken through 1.6 million units. Chinese car exports have been called for many years, but truly building a brand to a global scale of 1.6 million units and stably outputting 30,000 units overseas in a single month is rare.

More importantly, Wuling's overseas business is not simply whole-vehicle trade. India, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico, Wuling has done localized manufacturing and supply chain layout in multiple countries. Once this model runs smoothly, it means local users are buying more like Wuling's industrial capability itself locally. This moat is more meaningful than simple sales figures.

What is truly interesting this year is Wuling making moves on both ends.

Let's first talk about the upward-moving Huajing S. Launched in May, 3,603 units delivered in May, 5,689 in June, 7,203 in July, 7,306 in August. This curve has climbed steadily for four consecutive months. In July, it topped the plug-in hybrid large SUV sales list. Cumulative deliveries from May to August reached 23,801 units.

You should know, Huajing S starts at the 200,000-yuan tier, focusing on large six-seater SUVs, equipped with Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving System. A full-size large six-seater SUV with Huawei Qiankun Intelligent Driving System as standard equipment across the entire 200,000-yuan tier. This strategy has never appeared in Wuling's history.

In other words, Wuling has been locked within the 100,000-yuan price band for a long period in the past. National God Car, Wuling Hongguang, are all stories of this price point. Moving up a step to the 200,000-yuan market, and competing on the same stage with joint-venture brands and new forces, means Wuling's upward move has been successful.

The other car is Starlight L, which defends the basic market. 6,553 units in August single month, up 16% month-on-month from the launch month. The only large six-seater in the 100,000-yuan tier. This niche track rarely had decent products in the past. User demand has actually always been there.

Starlight L extends the car length to nearly 5 meters, wheelbase 2,950 mm, with a 2+2+2 true six-seater layout. Lingxi Power 3.0, Shenlian Battery, 1260 km comprehensive range, 4.9L fuel consumption with depleted battery. These technologies originally belonging to higher price points have been brought down directly by Wuling to the 100,000-yuan tier. More importantly, the supporting supply chain: Baosteel steel, BASF automotive paint, Fuyao glass, Michelin tires, Magna safety parts. All these supply chains with the same source and materials as luxury cars are now in place. The vehicle high-strength steel accounts for 75%, key parts use 1500 MPa aviation-grade hot-formed steel, and high-strength protective steel plates are even stuffed into the third-row seat backs.

Looking at these two cars together, the logic becomes clear. Huajing S opens up Wuling's ceiling in the 200,000-yuan tier. Starlight L raises the standard of the basic market in the 100,000-yuan tier. Both lines are doing the same thing: forcing higher-level product power into more mainstream price bands.

This breakthrough is more significant for the industry than doubling sales. It means the transformation of traditional automakers doesn't necessarily have to clear assets from the past to start over. They can retain the original basic market while recreating a brand upward. This path of incremental upgrade has actually been walked by Wuling.

For Huajing S to stand firm in the 200,000-yuan tier, confidence comes from two national-level hard supports. One is the National Quality Standards Laboratory, which is the first and currently the only approved construction in automaker enterprises, a full-link verification system from project initiation, testing to mass production. The second is the Intelligent Island Manufacturing System, selected into the national first batch of lead-level intelligent factory cultivation list. Vehicle assembly accuracy is at the 0.1 mm level, and production assembly error rate is zero.

In the context of the Chinese automotive industry, this level of investment was built up gradually over the past decade. Cooperating with top supply chain partners like Baosteel, CATL, Fuyao Glass, Autoliv, what Wuling does is actually quite simple: make every car close to zero defects.

What is truly unexpected is user feedback. Active users of assisted driving account for 95%. Net Promoter Score is 86 points, ranking first among new cars on NPS. 54.8% of users consider assisted driving as the primary decision factor for car purchase.

A large six-seater SUV at the 200,000-yuan tier. 95% of users use assisted driving every day. An NPS of 86 means the vast majority of owners are willing to recommend it to friends. 54.8% of people paid specifically for assisted driving.

This is real word-of-mouth. The front-stage outcry from KOLs is just one aspect. More importantly, it is feedback thrown out with real money from users in car usage scenarios. Huajing S's sales rising for four consecutive months is essentially this word-of-mouth being cashed into orders in the market.

If viewed only from an industry perspective, the lesson Wuling gives the entire industry in this round comes down to one sentence.

Transformation does not need to be at the cost of scale. Going overseas does not need to rely on low prices. Premiumization does not need to abandon the original basic market.

These three common sense points were repeatedly questioned in the Chinese automotive industry over the past few years. Many brands gave up their original markets to do new energy. To go premium, they completely changed the original user profiles. To go overseas, they pressed prices to the floor, and ended up being labeled as low quality and low price.

Unknown Car Domain: Wuling's moves in this round are simpler. Hongguang MINIEV's sixth anniversary of launch, global cumulative sales break through 3 million units. The basic market is not lost. Huajing S takes a step up. Starlight L makes the large six-seater a first-tier category in the 100,000-yuan tier, exerting force at both ends. New energy proportion exceeds 70%. Overseas exceeds 30,000 units in a single month for 5 consecutive months. Prices are not in price wars.

This balance comes from years of deep accumulation leading to a breakthrough in supply chain, manufacturing systems, and channel layout. So let's go back to the 130,870 units at the beginning. The number itself is not important. What is important is that behind this number, Wuling is walking a path that many Chinese automakers want to walk but haven't managed to. The keyword of this path is balance.

Baru-baru ini, jualan Ogos SAIC-GM-Wuling telah dikeluarkan, iaitu 130,870 unit. Satu angka, seolah-olah sukar dirasakan beratnya. Tetapi jika lengkung kumulatif dari Januari hingga Ogos diletakkan bersama, maka boleh tahu hal ini tidak begitu mudah.

Januari ialah 37,929 unit, hingga Ogos kumulatif sudah mencecah 484,300 unit. Lengkung ini tiada sebulan yang rata. Setiap bulan meningkat, bahagian tenaga baharu juga naik serentak, hingga Januari hingga Ogos telah menembus tahap 920,000 unit, di mana tenaga baharu menyumbang 926,124 unit, bahagian melebihi tujuh puluh peratus. Pada era kereta petrol patungan lima tahun lalu, struktur begini mustahil berlaku.

Jadi apa yang dilakukan Wuling dalam putaran ini, lebih seperti mengukur semula sejauh mana mereka boleh berlari dengan irama yang lain.

Yang benar-benar bernilai untuk dibicarakan, ialah nombor 1.6 juta ini.

Ogos, jualan luar negara sebulan 38,600 unit, berterusan 5 bulan jualan luar negara sebulan melebihi 30,000 unit, jualan kumulatif luar negara menembus 1.6 juta unit. Ekspor kereta China telah diisyaratkan selama bertahun-tahun, tetapi benar-benar membawa satu jenama ke skala global 1.6 juta unit, output luar negara stabil 30,000 unit sebulan, boleh dikira dengan jari.

Lebih penting, jualan luar Wuling bukan perdagangan kereta lengkap yang mudah. India, Indonesia, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico, Wuling telah membuat penstrukturan pembuatan tempatan dan rantai bekalan di banyak negara. Apabila model ini berjaya, ia bermakna pengguna tempatan membeli keupayaan industri Wuling di tempat tersebut, benteng pertahanan ini lebih bermakna daripada nombor jualan semata-mata.

Yang benar-benar menarik tahun ini, ialah Wuling bermain di kedua-dua hujung serentak.

Kita bincangkan dulu Hua Jing S yang naik ke atas. Dilancarkan Mei, Mei hantar 3,603 unit, Jun 5,689 unit, Julai 7,203 unit, Ogos 7,306 unit. Lengkung ini naik stabil selama empat bulan berturut-turut, Julai mencapai puncak senarai jualan SUV besar hibrid dicas, Mei hingga Ogos kumulatif hantar 23,801 unit.

Perlu diketahui, harga permulaan Hua Jing S pada tahap 200,000, menonjolkan SUV 6 tempat duduk besar, dilengkapi sistem pemanduan pintar Huawei Qiankun. SUV 6 tempat duduk besar saiz penuh dengan sistem pemanduan pintar Huawei Qiankun standard untuk semua kumpulan pada tahap 200,000, cara main ini belum pernah berlaku dalam sejarah Wuling.

Dengan kata lain, Wuling dalam jangka masa yang panjang dahulu dikunci dalam jalur harga 100,000 yuan. Keraja dewa rakyat, Wuling Hongguang, semua kisah harga ini. Naik satu tangga ke pasaran tahap 200,000, dan bersaing dengan jenama patungan dan kuasa baharu di pentas yang sama, bermakna Wuling ke atas sudah berjaya.

Kereta lain ialah Xing Guang L yang mempertahankan asas, Ogos sebulan 6,553 unit, meningkat 16% berbanding bulan pertama dilancarkan. Satu-satunya SUV 6 tempat duduk besar pada tahap 100,000, pada laluan niche ini dahulu kurang produk yang layak, keperluan pengguna sebenarnya sentiasa berada di situ.

Xing Guang L buat panjang kenderaan hampir 5 meter, paksi 2950 mm, susun atur 6 tempat duduk sebenar 2+2+2. Kuasa Lingxi 3.0, bateri Shenlian, jarak gabungan 1260 km, penggunaan bahan api 4.9 liter, teknologi asal tahap harga lebih tinggi ini, oleh Wuling terus diturunkan ke tahap 100,000. Yang lebih penting ialah sokongan, keluli Baosteel, cat kereta BASF, kaca Fuyao, tayar Michelin, komponen keselamatan Magna, rantai bekalan sumber dan bahan yang sama dengan kereta mewah semuanya masuk. Nisbah keluli kuat keseluruhan 75%, bahagian kritikal guna keluli terma formasi peringkat angkasa 1500 MPa, sandaran kerusi baris ketiga juga masukkan plat perlindungan keluli kuat.

Dua kereta ini dilihat bersama, logiknya jelas. Hua Jing S pada tahap 200,000 membuka siling Wuling, Xing Guang L pada tahap 100,000 menaikkan semula standard asas. Dua garis membuat perkara yang sama, memaksa produk prestasi tahap lebih tinggi masuk ke jalur harga yang lebih arus perdana.

Terobosan ini lebih bermakna industri daripada jualan berganda, ia bermakna transformasi kereta tradisional, tidak semestinya perlu aset lama direset semula, boleh kekalkan asas asal, serentak cipta semula satu jenama ke atas. Jalan peningkatan beransur-ansur ini, ternyata telah dilalui oleh Wuling.

Hua Jing S mampu berdiri kukuh pada tahap 200,000, kekuatan datang dari sokongan keras dua peringkat negara. Satu ialah Makmal Piawaian Kualiti Negara, ini adalah yang pertama dalam industri kereta yang diluluskan, sistem pengesahan rantai lengkap dari penubuhan, ujian ke pengeluaran massal. Dua ialah sistem pembuatan Smart Island yang dipilih dalam senarai pengembaraan kilang pintar peringkat pertama, ketepatan pemasangan keseluruhan 0.1 mm, kadar pemasangan salah sifar.

Dalam konteks industri kereta China, pelaburan tahap ini, baru didirikan secara beransur dalam sepuluh tahun lalu. Bekerjasama dengan rakan rantai bekalan top seperti Baosteel, CATL, Fuyao Glass, Autoliv, apa yang dilakukan Wuling sebenarnya sangat ringkas, ialah membina setiap kereta hingga hampir tiada kecacatan.

Yang benar-benar mengejutkan ialah maklum balas pengguna, pengguna aktif pemanduan bantuan 95%. Nilai cadangan bersih 86 markah, berada di tangga atas NPS kereta baharu, 54.8% pengguna jadikan pemanduan bantuan sebagai faktor keputusan utama membeli kereta.

Satu SUV 6 tempat duduk besar tahap 200,000, 95% pengguna guna pemanduan bantuan setiap hari, NPS 86 markah bermakna majoriti pemilik rela mengesyorkan kepada kawan, 54.8% orang pergi untuk bayaran pemanduan bantuan.

Inilah reputasi sebenar. Teriakan di depan KOL hanyalah satu sisi, lebih banyak ialah maklum balas yang dilaburkan wang tulen pengguna dalam senario penggunaan. Jualan Hua Jing S naik selama empat bulan, pada asalnya ialah reputasi ini ditukar jadi pesanan di pasaran.

Jika hanya dari sudut industri, pelajaran Wuling kali ini untuk seluruh industri hanyalah satu ayat.

Transformasi tidak perlu ganti dengan korban skala. Ekspor tidak perlu bergantung harga rendah. Penarafan atas tidak perlu buang asas asal.

Tiga perkara asas ini dalam industri kereta China beberapa tahun lalu, telah disoal berulang kali. Banyak jenama untuk buat tenaga baharu, buang pasaran asal. Untuk buat atas, ubah semua imej pengguna asal. Untuk ekspor, tekan harga ke lantai, hasil kena topi harga rendah kualiti rendah.

Seksyen Kereta: Apa yang Wuling buat kali ini lebih ringkas, Hongguang MINIEV ulang tahun keenam dilancarkan jualan kumulatif global tembus 3 juta unit, asas tidak hilang. Hua Jing S naik satu langkah, Xing Guang L pada tahap 100,000 buat SUV 6 tempat duduk jadi pasukan teratas, kedua-dua hujung berusaha. Tenaga baharu melebihi tujuh puluh peratus. Luar negara berterusan 5 bulan sebulan tembus 30,000 unit, harga tidak terlibat dalam persaingan harga yang tidak berfaedah.

Keseimbangan ini datang dari pengumpulan lama rantai bekalan, sistem pembuatan, layout salur. Jadi kembali ke 130,870 unit di awal. Angka sendiri tidak penting, yang penting di sebalik angka ini, Wuling sedang lalui jalan yang banyak kereta China mahu lalui, tetapi tidak berjaya, kata kunci jalan ini ialah keseimbangan.

On May 28, SAIC Group achieved global cumulative delivery of its 100 millionth vehicle, becoming China's first auto group to accumulate production and sales exceeding 100 million vehicles. Among them, SAIC-GM-Wuling contributed a cumulative total of over 32 million vehicles. On that day, the SAIC-GM-Wuling global vehicle EKSION was delivered to the first batch of users in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[SAIC Group's 100,000,003rd Vehicle Delivered in Jakarta, Indonesia]

"Whatever people need, Wuling makes." SAIC-GM-Wuling accurately understands the market and responds to user needs with blockbuster products. Wuling Hongguang, with its versatile characteristics of "suitable for business and home, durable and robust", became the preferred model for many entrepreneurs and families. As residents' consumption gradually upgrades towards quality life, Baojun 730 broke the monopoly of joint-venture brands in the Home Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) market with its flexible space and high cost-performance ratio. In 2020, during the window period of new energy transformation of China's automotive industry, the launched Hongguang MINIEV became one of the pioneers in the domestic new energy transportation sector. This May, the first high-tech flagship large six-seat SUV co-created by SAIC-GM-Wuling and Huawei Qiankun - HuaJing S officially launched, breaking the technical premium barriers of high-end intelligent driving through cross-boundary collaborative innovation practices.

[Equipped with Huawei Qiankun Tech Flagship Large Six-Seat HuaJing S]

SAIC-GM-Wuling is accelerating its new energy and intelligence layout. While promoting the electrification and intelligence upgrade of products, its layout in the global market is also deepening and solidifying. Currently, the cumulative overseas sales of SAIC-GM-Wuling have exceeded 1.5 million vehicles, with business covering more than 110 countries and regions globally.

The company has built a full-dimensional core competitiveness covering the smart manufacturing system, product matrix, and industrial ecosystem. First, the world's first Smart Island Manufacturing System adopts the flexible smart manufacturing model of "vehicle finds workstation, material finds vehicle", achieving full-dimensional breakthroughs in efficiency, quality, and cost; Second, a diversified product matrix adapted to the global market, EKSION (Starlight 560), DARION (Starlight 730), BINGO (Wuling Bingo), BINGO S (Bingo S) and other models have landed overseas successively, covering mainstream categories such as SUV, MPV, and sedans, meeting the differentiated mobility needs of different countries and different consumer groups; Third, the unique "Relocating Chains Overseas" global model, through the deep synergy of the Five Chains: ManufacturingChain, Supply Chain, Sales Chain, Finance Chain, and Talent Chain, broke the single export path of traditional product trade, promoting China's smart manufacturing system and standards to go global.

[World's First Smart Island Manufacturing System (I²MS)]

The EKSION global vehicle delivered in Indonesia this time is the latest footnote of Wuling's in-depth globalization strategy. Relying on Indonesia as a core fulcrum, SAIC-GM-Wuling continues to deepen the "Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Integration" regional strategy, fully covering Malaysia and Thailand with new energy products and localized supply chain systems, and gradually radiating to Vietnam, Philippines and other ASEAN countries, forming a global pattern of regional collaboration and linked development.

On May 28, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the delivery site of SAIC-GM-Wuling's global car EKSION, there was not too much noisy ritual, yet it carried a highly symbolic milestone—on this day, SAIC Group welcomed the global delivery of the 100 millionth whole vehicle. 100 million vehicles, this is a number never seen in the history of China's automobile industry. And in this long accumulation chain, SAIC-GM-Wuling alone contributed over 32 million units.

If "100 million vehicles" is the size footnote of SAIC Group as a leading enterprise of China's automobile industry, then the delivery of EKSION in Indonesia looks more like a declaration towards the future: China's automotive globalization is no longer a simple product output, but a "Five Chains Going Global" road covering manufacturing, supply chain, sales, finance, and talent.

From "Hit Product" to "Ecosystem"

Looking back at the development trajectory of SAIC-GM-Wuling, a clear evolutionary path can be seen. The early Wuling Hongguang entered the market with "suitable for business and home, durable and robust", becoming the first car for countless Chinese entrepreneurs; Baojun 730 accurately captured the demand for family consumption upgrades, breaking the monopoly of joint venture brands on the MPV market; in 2020, the Hongguang MINIEV emerged like a thunderclap, activating the blue ocean market for new energy commuting vehicles with extreme cost-effectiveness.

But what is truly worth attention is not the success of single models, but the product methodology gradually formed by this enterprise: Centered on real user scenarios, with extreme cost control as a means, achieving maximum functional satisfaction within a limited price range.

This May, the launch of the Hua Jing S co-created with Huawei Qukun marks that Wuling is breaking through the traditional cognition of "Low Price = Low Configuration", bringing high-level intelligent driving technology into a more mainstream consumer market. From tool-type vehicles to family vehicles, from commuting small cars to intelligent flagship SUVs, Wuling's product matrix has completed a qualitative change.

Indonesia, More Than Just a Market

The delivery of EKSION in Jakarta is worth being amplified and interpreted because behind it is the construction of a set of "localization" capabilities.

Unlike the light mode of early Chinese car enterprises of "full vehicle export, overseas distribution", SAIC-GM-Wuling's investment in Indonesia is heavy asset, systematic. From manufacturing bases to supply chain systems, from sales networks to financial plans, to the training of local talent, Wuling has built a complete automotive industry ecosystem in Indonesia.

This also explains why Wuling can propose the "Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Integration" regional strategy. Indonesia, as the largest automotive market in ASEAN, is both a fulcrum and a model. Once the closed loop from manufacturing to sales to service is completed in Indonesia, this system can be quickly replicated in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and other surrounding countries.

Data shows that SAIC-GM-Wuling's cumulative overseas sales have broken 1.5 million units, business coverage exceeding 110 countries and regions. But more important than sales volume is the fact that it is outputting a set of "Chinese Standards"—from the flexible production method of the Smart Island Manufacturing System (I²MS) to the global management capability of supply chain collaboration.

Industrial Upgrade Behind "Moving Chains Out"

The so-called "Moving Chains Out" is essentially a dimensional upgrade of the traditional international trade model. In the past, China's automobile exports were more about "moving cars out", the product was sold out, the chain was cut. But Wuling's model is "Moving Chains Out"—moving manufacturing capability, supply chain relations, sales systems, financial services, talent standards all "out" together.

Among these, the most representative is the globally first Smart Island Manufacturing System. Traditional automobile production lines are "people finding cars, cars finding workstations", while the Smart Island model achieves "cars finding workstations, materials finding cars" flexible manufacturing, greatly improving production efficiency and multi-model mixed production capability. This manufacturing system is not only the source of Wuling's domestic competitiveness, but also becomes its technical foundation for quickly responding to local demand and achieving localized production in overseas markets.

Global Car, Chinese Heart

Back to EKSION itself. The delivery of this car in Indonesia is not only the latest step of Wuling's global strategy, it also has a deeper symbolic meaning: when Chinese automobile brands start to tailor products for overseas markets, rather than simply "exporting" domestic models, it means that China's automobile industry has completed the leap from "Going Out" to "Going In".

"Whatever people need, Wuling will build." This slogan, well-known in China, is now being given new connotations. What kind of cars do Indonesian people need? What kind of new energy products does the Southeast Asian market need? The answers to these questions are being written one by one by Wuling's R&D and manufacturing network in Jakarta, in Liuzhou, and around the world.

SAIC Group's 100 million vehicles is a period and also a comma. For Wuling, the real story, perhaps, has just begun.