In the past year, despite the impact of the epidemic and chip shortages and other factors, the car market still maintained a steady and progressive trend, according to the latest statistics of the Federation of Passenger Vehicles, the annual wholesale sales of domestic narrow passenger cars in 2021 reached 21.098 million units, an increase of 6.7% year-on-year. Among them, the annual retail sales of cars were 9.846 million units, an increase of 6.4% year-on-year, and the annual retail sales of SUVs were 922.1%, an increase of 3.0% year-on-year. SUV and sedan sales are very close, which can be seen that SUV models are becoming more and more popular with consumers.
Although SUV retail sales were on a growth trend throughout the year, sales of many popular models declined, among which the high-profile Haval H6 sold 41,456 units in December last year, down 23.9% year-on-year, in fact, not only in this month, but also in August last year, it also fell by 32.9%, and several declines affected the sales performance of the whole year.
In addition to the Haval H6, the decline is more serious also Gag Motor Honda Haoying and Dongfeng Honda CR-V, the decline rate is 47.1% and 41.9%, of course, the reason is that everyone knows, not that these two cars are not popular, but because of the shortage of chips leading to insufficient capacity supply, discount reduction, resulting in many consumers are waiting, waiting for the best time to start.
The Changan CS75 series model, which has always been regarded as the "second oldest of the millennium", fell to 11th place in the sales list in December last year, delivering only 14,466 vehicles, while in the same period of 2020, it reached 23,955, down 39.6% year-on-year. Geely Boyue, which had previously ranked in the top five, was not much better, with only 14,434 units sold in December, a year-on-year decline of 44.1%, and the common reason for everyone's decline was the lack of chips and the failure of deliveries to keep up.
There is a fall and a rise, which is obviously Tesla Model Y, which has been complained about by everyone before that it can't stop the car, but in fact it can't stop the sales, and the sales volume of each month is rising, and the sales volume in December is as high as 40,500 vehicles, which is only 956 vehicles away from the Haval H6. The reason for the rapid growth of Tesla Model Y is the addition of a new "rear-wheel drive version" model, which is priced at 276,000 yuan (guidance price of 291,840 yuan) after subsidies, and many consumers have paid for orders. However, the good times are not long, the new Tesla Model Y has a maximum price increase of 21,000 yuan, and with the price increase, sales will definitely have an impact.
Compared with the Tesla Model Y, the ideal ONE performance from the new car-making forces is even more surprising, with sales reaching 14,087 units in December, an increase of 130% year-on-year, and sales exceeding 13,000 units for two consecutive months, which is the best sales volume for medium and large SUVs. It should be known that the ideal ONE has been criticized by consumers for this extended-range hybrid model, which requires both charging and refueling, but through today's market performance, it is really a large-scale real fragrance scene.
The growth is more obvious also GAC Toyota Veranda, December sales reached 18,720 vehicles, an increase of 77.9% year-on-year, and FAW Toyota RAV4 Rongfang Gap is getting smaller and smaller, the reason for the rapid growth is that the discount has come up, plus its own product selling point is very sufficient, the reputation is good, the discount is slightly more, everyone is willing to choose Toyota.
Changan CS55 series models also have a 40.0% growth, it is very likely to rob some of the Users of Changan CS75 PLUS, after all, the redesigned Changan CS55 PLUS uses the latest design language of the family, and the exterior interior is better than the CS75 PLUS.
In addition, although Honda CR-V and Haoying sales declined, as their little brothers, Honda XR-V and Binzhi sales were in a state of growth, of which Binzhi increased by 29.9%, and sales reached 20,478 units in December, which was equal to the Honda XR-V.
However, in the sales of a whole year, Haval H6 and Changan CS75 are still far ahead, of which Haval H6 cumulative sales of 352,857 vehicles, down 3.2% year-on-year, Changan CS75 cumulative sales of 274,742 vehicles, an increase of 4.8% year-on-year, I believe that for a long time, it is difficult for other models to break the hegemony of the two.
In the third and fourth places are the Honda CR-V and Toyota RAV4 Rongfang, with cumulative sales of 222,325 vehicles and 203,410 vehicles respectively, the former down 8.5% year-on-year, the latter year-on-year increase of 17.3%, they are also the ceiling of the joint venture SUVs, selling well for more than ten years, and are still the best family models in the minds of consumers.
BYD Song series into the top five, which is also very gratifying, since BYD launched the Song PLUS DM-i model, the degree of discussion and sales have been high, the car cycle is more than 2-3 months, it can be seen that consumers love this car, high value, low fuel consumption, large space, high configuration and high level of intelligence, these are the advantages of song PLUS DM-i models, but also the advantages of independent brand models.
It is not difficult to see from the sales of the above models that the popularity of compact SUVs in the Chinese market is the highest, of which the price range of 100,000-200,000 yuan occupies the main position in the list, and it can be seen that the spending power of most users is basically at this price. At the same time, it is also worth being proud that in the top five SUV sales, three models are independent brands and occupy one or two positions, and BYD Song is expected to squeeze into the top three this year.