The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread globally bringing the world in recession. While the Philippine automotive market is on its way to recovering from its badly hit total industry sales of a mere 122 cars in April, Geely Philippines is bouncing back from the crisis in June.
Based on the latest CAMPI and AVID industry reports, the Geely Coolray has emerged as the top-selling model among 5-seater subcompact crossovers in June with 154 units sold. Meanwhile, Geely ranks 10th in the month of June with 184 units combined sales of Coolray and the recently launched Azkarra. This is the brand’s highest monthly sales record since January of this year. For the first half of 2020, Geely, distributed locally by Sojitz G Auto Philippines (SGAP), has sold a total of 549 units.
SGAP President & CEO Mikihisa Takayama said, “This is definitely a very positive development as every auto brand try to bounce back during this post-ECQ period. We are very delighted of this outcome since it is mainly driven by one model, the Coolray and only one showroom located in North Edsa.”
“We expect Geely sales to improve further as we open new dealership outlets and further complement our product line up this year,” Takayama added. Geely’s sales performance of 184 units represents a 160% jump from its 70 units sales record in May.