On January 11, the China Association of Passenger Vehicles officially released the annual auto retail sales data for 2021, and the cumulative retail sales from January to December 2021 reached 20.146 million units, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year, and a decrease of 1.7 percentage points from january to November. It contains retail sales data of major car companies. Below, I take you to understand which car companies will sell the best in 2021?
FAW-Volkswagen
Annual sales: 1.778 million units
15.7% decrease
According to the published data, FAW-Volkswagen's retail sales for the whole year of 2021 were 1.778 million units, down 15.7% year-on-year, and the market share occupied was 8.8%. Although FAW-Volkswagen has the highest sales volume throughout the year and occupies the largest market share, but according to the development trend reflected in sales, FAW-Volkswagen has dropped by more than double digits year-on-year, and its market share has further contracted, this trend is not optimistic, the author believes that new energy should occupy the initiative, what do you think?
SAIC Volkswagen
Annual sales: 1.457 million units
Decreased by 7.1% year-on-year
SAIC Volkswagen in fact, in this new energy development trend, its market share has further contracted, SAIC Volkswagen in 2021 annual sales of 1.457 million vehicles, down 7.1% year-on-year, market share of 7.2%, the annual sales volume, market share are ranked second. Overall, SAIC Volkswagen is still a skinnier camel bigger than a horse. Of course, in the past two years, SAIC Volkswagen has also recommended a number of new energy vehicles, and I believe that the future development is still worth looking forward to.
SAIC-GM
Annual sales: 1.277 million units
9.2% decrease
SAIC-GM has a very wide layout in the Chinese market, but with the arrival of the development trend of new energy vehicles, SAIC-GM does not seem to have any advantages, and the market has further contracted. Its full-year 2021 retail sales were 1.277 million units, down 9.2% year-on-year and 6.3% market share.
Geely Automobile
Annual sales: 1.213 million units
2.8% decrease
Geely Automobile's performance in 2021 is not bad, but it is not outstanding, because the 2020 epidemic has affected the entire automotive industry, and Geely Automobile is of course included. From the retail sales data in 2021, Geely Automobile's retail sales in 2021 were 1.213 million units, although it fell by 2.8% year-on-year, but under this market, Geely's performance is relatively stable. Especially in terms of market share, Geely Automobile occupies 6.0%, the first place of independent brands, which is quite good.
Dongfeng Nissan
Annual sales: 1.135 million units
6.4% year-on-year decline
Dongfeng Nissan has been greatly affected in 2021, especially the new X-Trail can not achieve the previous generation of models, so it directly cuts, so it has an impact on Dongfeng Nissan's retail sales. Of course, in addition, I think nissan Xuanyi's sales volume is also one of the influencing factors. Whether it is affected by automotive chips, we will not say for the time being, from the perspective of the 120,000-150,000-level car market, the new Civic, Model, Shadow Leopard and other models are listed, which has caused an impact on Xuanyi. As a result, Dongfeng Nissan's full-year retail sales in 2021 fell by 6.4% year-on-year.
Of course, from the sales data of car companies released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in fact, the sales of joint venture brands have fallen sharply, and the growth of independent brands has increased significantly, such as Changan Automobile, which increased by 18.5% year-on-year, and the annual retail sales of 1.116 million units in 2021; Great Wall Motors increased by 13.4% year-on-year, with annual sales of 949,000 vehicles, close to 950,000 units. There are also BYD sales of 73 vehicles in 2021, and the annual sales have risen sharply, which is enough to show that its own brands are rising.
At the end of the writing, what do you think is the biggest factor for the rise of independent brands? According to the current market development, I think that new energy vehicles are a large development plate, but also a market segment with great potential, such as the leap-forward development achieved by BYD Automobile in 2021, for other car companies, do not want it? What do you think?