Recently, the Association of Automobile Manufacturers released the 2021 automobile sales data, and the retail sales of passenger cars in the narrow sense reached 20.14 million units, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year, and the entire automobile market is still growing, but this should be attributed to the rapid development of new energy vehicles. If this factor is excluded, the growth of traditional fuel vehicles is actually quite limited, which is very obvious in the sedan market.
Throughout 2021, most of the car models have declined, so the market pattern has not changed significantly, the top 15 in the sales list are some more familiar models, and the only "new face" may be the sudden RISE BYD Qin.
Domestic joys and sorrows
Domestic brands have always been relatively weak in the field of cars, and in the field of fuel vehicles, only Geely Emgrand has a car that can be called an evergreen tree. In the whole year of 2021, Geely Emgrand's cumulative sales volume 209158 vehicles, ranking in the top ten of the sales list. This car wins by low price, and there are not many technical highlights, so domestic cars still need to work harder.
More noteworthy is the new energy model, which is classified into the car field, Wuling Hongguang MINI EV sold a total of 395451 units in 2021, a year-on-year surge of 250.7%, successfully breaking into the top three. However, this car is also won by ultra-low prices, and the biggest significance is that it has ignited the pure electric mini car market.
The real celebration is BYD Qin, which will sell more than 180,000 units in 2021, compared to just 57,818 units in 2020. What's more, the car has risen strongly in recent months with new energy models, and it is no surprise that 2022 will achieve even more amazing results.
The Japanese system is still strong
Japanese brands have always been strong in the field of cars, and 2021 is no exception, with the top 15 Chinese and Japanese companies accounting for 6 models. Among them, Nissan Xuanyi ranked first with the results of 513207 vehicles, and it is surprising that the sales of new and old models can have such results.
An important reason for the strength of Japanese cars is that it has enough models and consumers have more choice. In 2021, Toyota's twin-car Corolla/Ralink combined achieved more than 550,000 units. Camry maintained rapid growth despite the sluggish market, selling more than 210,000 units in 2021, up 17.5% year-on-year, and successfully winning the B-class car sales championship.
Honda is on the list for accords with accords and Civic. The Accord has seen negative growth compared to 2020, but the result of more than 190,000 vehicles is still gratifying enough. But the performance of The Civic is not very optimistic, the annual sales of only 166127 vehicles, a year-on-year plunge of 31.7%, the main problem of the Civic is that after the replacement of the style of the big change, more tend to family cars, resulting in a large number of old customers loss.
Ashkenazi strength is still there
Volkswagen's global sales in 2021 will be further widened by Toyota, but it still performs well in the Chinese market. The highest-selling Volkswagen sedan in 2021 is the Langyi, with cumulative sales of more than 430,000 units, second only to Nissan Xuanyi. At the same time, the sales of new Bora, which is close to the positioning of Langyi, also exceeded 250,000 vehicles, and the average monthly sales volume remained above 20,000 vehicles, which performed quite well.
It is worth noting that in 2021, Volkswagen cars are all negative growth, Sagitar plunged 24.9%, but still with 234219 results in the top ten, thanks to its 2020 base is relatively large. If nothing else, Volkswagen will remain the main force in the sedan market next year.
BMW cars, another main force in the German system, are quite interesting, BMW 5 Series and BMW 3 Series have annual sales of more than 170,000 vehicles, becoming the only two luxury models in the top 15, and both have achieved significant positive growth, in the field of cars, BMW has left Mercedes-Benz and Audi behind.
Buick Yinglang became the only seedling of the American line
American cars were once an important pole in the Chinese market, but Ford was knocked to the ground by a three-cylinder engine and has not yet returned to god; Chevrolet is declining and gradually becoming a second-tier brand, and only Buick has achieved significant growth.
For the whole year of 2021, Buick Yinglang's cumulative sales volume was 278578, ranking among the top five in the car sales list. Although there was a negative growth of 8.7%, this is already the only seedling of American cars in the field of cars, and it is still unknown when its American compatriots Such as Ford Focus and Chevrolet Cruz will recover.
Conclusion: In the field of cars, these old faces are turned over and over, and BYD Qin is a new force. In 2022, with the release of blade batteries and super hybrid DM-i, BYD's car is likely to take it to the next level. Therefore, the hope of domestic cars is still in new energy.