Changan Automobile produced 202,800 vehicles in December 2021, down 16.55% year-on-year. Vehicle sales were 178,000 units, down 11.26% year-on-year. From January to December 2021, Changan Automobile sold 2.3005 million units, an increase of 14.82% year-on-year; self-owned brand sales of 1.7547 million units, an increase of 16.70% year-on-year; and sales of autonomous passenger cars were 1.2042 million units, an increase of 23.08% year-on-year, of which the export volume exceeded 110,000 units.
As can be seen from the above, benefiting from the rapid growth of independent passenger cars, the total sales volume of Changan Automobile as a whole still maintained double-digit growth, and although Changan Mazda achieved channel integration in the joint venture brand, the annual sales volume still declined by 3.57%. Although Changan Ford increased by 20.29%, its annual sales of 300,000 vehicles are still among the joint venture brands.
From the perspective of sales of the three major brands of Changan, Geely and Great Wall, the total sales volume of Geely Automobile in 2021 was 1,328,029 units, a slight increase of 0.59% year-on-year, and the production and sales exceeded one million units for five consecutive years. Total sales in 2021 were 1,280,993 units, up 15.20% year-on-year, exceeding one million sales for six consecutive years.
Changan Automobile has two joint venture brands of Changan Ford and Changan Mazda, so the overall plate is larger than Geely and the Great Wall. However, if you only calculate the sales of autonomous passenger cars, Changan Automobile is still relatively weak.
In terms of different models, the sales of the Blue Whale family exceeded 1 million, and the butterfly triggered by the blue whale power became the booster of Chang'an. As the twin star of Changan Automobile in the SUV market, the cumulative sales of CS75 exceeded 280,000 units, a slight increase over last year; the cumulative sales of CS55 exceeded 140,000 units, an increase of more than 30,000 vehicles over last year, and the two contributed a total of 420,000 vehicles, accounting for one-third of Changan's independent passenger car sales.
In the SUV market, independent brands have always been a must for contention. In particular, the CS75 and Haval H6 models, haval H6 models sold a total of 370,000 vehicles in the whole year, compared with the CS75 is still a steady win, but haval H6 sales fell slightly; Geely Boyue and Binyue sales also reached 370,000 vehicles, as the old model is also a good performance.
The cumulative sales of the UNI series exceeded 120,000 units, an increase of more than 50,000 units over last year. Since the beginning of this year, Changan UNI series product matrix has been continuously enriched, at the beginning of the year UNI-K was officially launched, the new electromix SUV model UNI-K iDD officially opened pre-sale, UNI-T sport version has become a hot model in the market, and a new car A+ class five-door hatchback Coupe UNI-V is about to be listed. Geely Lynk & Co sold more than 220,000 vehicles in the whole year, and the Great Wall Wei brand sold less than 60,000 vehicles, and the gap between the three is clear at a glance, but the Wei brand has now transitioned to a hybrid model.
As a key model of Changan Automobile in the car market, the cumulative sales of the Yidong series exceeded 170,000 units, which was basically the same as last year's sales, although this year was once comparable to Geely Emgrand, but the total sales volume was still not as good as Emgrand. Emgrand Cars will sell more than 200,000 vehicles in 2021, ranking first among autonomous cars.
Auchan brand sales exceeded 228,000 units, an increase of 49% year-on-year, becoming an emerging growth pole of Changan Automobile. Home SUVs such as Auchan X7PLUS and Auchan X5 continue to play stably, and have a high degree of recognition in young, intelligent and personalized scenes.
A few days ago, Changan Auchan's new intelligent flagship model - Auchan Z6 debuted, there are several keywords are more eye-catching, 150,000 level positioning, three meta-universe avatars, out-of-car voice, spirit pet summoning, eye interaction, four-screen interaction, six-screen interconnection, and three powertrains including the Blue Whale IDD global hybrid system... These are the biggest attractions of the new car.
In the process of transition from traditional fuel vehicles to pure electric vehicles, the emergence of hybrid power has adapted to the needs of development. Chang'an, great wall, Geely, the three major brands have been laid out. On January 6th, at the 4th Haikou International New Energy and Intelligent Connected Vehicle Exhibition, Changan Passenger Car High-end Product Sequence UNI launched the UNI-K iDD, the first SUV model equipped with the Blue Whale iDD hybrid system, with a NEDC pure electric mileage of 130km, a comprehensive cruising range of 1100km, and a pre-sale of 176,900 yuan.
At present, in addition to Toyota and Honda, there are also Geely Thor Hi · X, BYD DM-i, Great Wall Lemon DHT and Chery Kunpeng DHT, etc., the market competition in hybrid models will further intensify in 2022.
In the new energy vehicle market, the cumulative sales of Changan Mercedes-Benz E-Star exceeded 70,000 units, and in the new energy model market, Changan's voice is still not loud enough; Great Wall Motor's new energy sales volume is 136,953 units, of which Euler's sales are 20,926, and Geely Automobile's total sales in 2021 are 100,126 units, an increase of about 47% year-on-year. In addition, from the brand release to the completion of delivery, the high-end brand has taken shape, the Great Wall Salon brand is also about to debut, and Changan has launched a high-end brand - ACATA (Avita).