In 2021, China's auto industry finally got rid of the previous continuous decline in development trends.
According to the data of the Association, the cumulative retail sales from January to December 2021 reached 20.146 million units, an increase of 4.4% year-on-year. New energy vehicles became the main driving force, the increase in new energy vehicles was 1.88 million, an increase of 169% year-on-year, and new energy vehicles contributed 9 percentage points to the year-on-year growth rate of passenger cars.
The rapid growth of new energy vehicles has also added variables to the annual retail sales ranking of automobile manufacturers.
At first glance, this list does not seem to have changed much, and the old faces on the list are still old faces, such as FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen, and SAIC-GM are still in the top three.
There are six cars with annual sales of more than one million units, namely FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen, SAIC-GM, Geely Automobile, Dongfeng Nissan and Changan Automobile.
But on closer inspection, this list is still very distinctive. It is worth noting that although the top five manufacturers have a larger market share, their sales have declined to varying degrees year-on-year. The manufacturers in the sixth to tenth place have all seen an increase in sales.
In addition, in the past year, independent brands have shown a vigorous upward momentum, and joint venture car companies have shown more uncertainty due to the slow layout in the field of new energy vehicles, and their development has shown more uncertainty.
There is no suspense in the top three
FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC-GM are among the top three, which seems to be no different from previous years.
In 2021, FAW-Volkswagen sold 1.778 million vehicles for the whole year, leading a number of car companies, but the year-on-year decline of 15.7% was the highest among more than one million car companies and the highest decline in the top ten lists.
SAIC Volkswagen ranked second, with annual sales of 1.457 million units, down 7.1%; it is worth noting that after SAIC Volkswagen was overtaken by FAW-Volkswagen, it seems that it is still difficult to return to the first position in the short term.
SAIC-GM ranked third, with full-year sales of 1.277 million units, up -9.2 percent.
There is no doubt that the sales scale of these three companies is still in an absolute advantage, but it is worth noting that they have all experienced a year-on-year decline, and the decline is also relatively large in the top ten list.
Japan grew steadily
In the top ten list, Japanese car companies occupy three seats, namely Dongfeng Nissan in fifth place, and FAW Toyota and GAC Toyota in ninth and tenth places.
Among them, Dongfeng Nissan sold 1.135 million vehicles, an increase of -6.4%; it is worth mentioning that on January 5, the Infiniti brand was officially incorporated into the management system of Dongfeng Nissan, and together with the Nissan and Venucia brands, Infiniti will become the third brand of Dongfeng Nissan. This also means that in the future, Dongfeng Nissan will have a richer product system.
Faw Toyota and GAC Toyota sold 846,000 units and 840,000 units, respectively, up 7.5 percent and 10.5 percent. Among the joint ventures, Toyota in the north and south have achieved growth, which is still a rare performance.
Strong growth of independent brands
It is worth affirming that the head of independent brands has a good performance in 2021.
Among them, Geely Automobile, Changan Automobile, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Great Wall Motors rushed into the top ten of the list.
Among them, the highest sales volume is Geely Automobile, which sold 1.213 million units in 2021, ranking fourth on the list. Purely from the perspective of sales scale, it already has the strength to break the wrist with SAIC-GM.
At the same time, Changan Automobile, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Great Wall Motors ranked sixth to eighth with 1.116 million units, 967,000 units and 949,000 units, respectively.
Cui Dongshu, secretary general of the Association, believes that the head enterprises of independent brands have gained significant increments in the new energy market. It is worth noting that although BYD did not make the top ten list, it achieved a 73.5% increase and sold 724,000 vehicles. The momentum is extremely strong.
It is foreseeable that in the future, new energy vehicles will continue to become an important driving force for sales growth. Cui Dongshu said: "The original expectation of new energy passenger car sales in 2022 is 4.8 million, and should now be adjusted to more than 5.5 million, and the penetration rate of new energy passenger cars has reached about 25%. New energy vehicles are expected to exceed 6 million, and the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is about 22%. ”
This also means that for independent brands that have a full layout in the field of new energy vehicles, it is expected to bring sustained benefits.
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