Recently, Changan Automobile announced its sales in 2021, and in the past year, Changan Automobile Group's total sales volume was 2.3 million units, an increase of 14.8% year-on-year. Among them, Changan's Chinese brand models sold 1.75 million units, an increase of 16.7% year-on-year, of course, including a large number of commercial vehicles under Changan. Among them, Changan's Chinese brand passenger car sales were 1.2 million units, an increase of 23.1% year-on-year. Although the final growth figures are still outstanding, the growth momentum in the second half of the year has slowed down significantly, and there is no highlight performance that suppressed Geely in the first quarter, which can also be seen from the fact that the official did not publish detailed sales figures.
Changan Automobile only said that the sales of the Blue Whale family exceeded 1 million vehicles, and the cumulative sales of the CS75 series exceeded 280,000 vehicles in terms of models, according to the current state, next year is likely to be surpassed by the BYD Song family, not to mention catching up with the god car Haval H6, the upcoming second-generation model has become crucial. The annual sales of the Yidong series exceeded 170,000 units, which is less than the 194,000 units of THE BYD Qin series, which has completed the overtaking.
The cumulative annual sales of the two models of the new sequence UNI are 120,000 units, and for the series that wants to seek independence, this sales figure is between Lynk & Co and Weipai, and the performance can only be evaluated at a medium level. After all, although there are only two models in this sequence, the unit price of the model is not high. The CS55 series sold 140,000 vehicles throughout the year, which was greatly affected by the replacement of models in the middle of the year, but the sales of the second-generation CS55Plus exceeded 20,000 for three consecutive months after its listing, which has a good performance.
The CS35 series of veteran small SUV sold 80,000 units throughout the year, which is being squeezed by the price reduction of the old CS55. As for new energy, The annual sales volume of Changan Benben eStar exceeded 70,000 vehicles, and it is obvious that among the several traditional giants in the field of new energy, Changan is undoubtedly the slowest. The Auchan brand has performed steadily, with annual sales exceeding 228,000 vehicles, forming a good supplement. The annual sales volume of commercial brand Changan Kaicheng exceeded 180,000 vehicles, which has a fairly good performance.
As usual, Changan also announced the sales of its two joint venture brands, of which Changan Mazda's annual sales exceeded 130,000 vehicles, due to the completion of the merger in 21 years, in 2022, Changan announced the figures should also be Mazda's overall sales in China. The cumulative sales of Changan Ford exceeded 300,000 vehicles in the whole year, of which the Lincoln brand accounted for 1/3, reflecting a fairly strong performance. Finally, officials also pointed out that Changan Automobile will sell 110,000 new cars overseas in 2021, which is also at a medium level among domestic brands.
At present, Changan Automobile is facing the problem of lack of real explosive models, and the sales volume of the CS75 Plus series last year showed a gradual decline, which is also a common performance of Changan's previous launch of new cars, and it is not known whether future updates will revive sales. Whether the new energy field can speed up the pace is also a key point, and what kind of performance can be performed in the future is very worth looking forward to.