The Year of the Tiger ushered in a good start, with SAIC Passenger Car's batch sales of 68,200 units in January, a sharp increase of 19.2% year-on-year; terminal sales of 86,000 units, an increase of 10.2% year-on-year, an increase of 20.9% month-on-month, creating a record high in the same period of history, and making a good start for climbing the peak in 2022. Its Roewe and MG dual brands are in full swing, and the harvest is all over the board: Roewe RX5, Roewe i5 and MG ZS, MG5 four model series terminal sales have exceeded 10,000, continuing to expand market advantages; Roewe iMAX8 terminal sales rose 30.1% year-on-year, continuing to stand in the top five of high-end brand MPV.
In terms of new energy, the momentum is good, with batch sales of 16,400 vehicles in January, up 22.6% year-on-year; terminal sales of 14,400 units, up 79.2% year-on-year, up 34.9% month-on-month, continuing to consolidate the dominant position of the domestic and global first camp. It is reported that in the whole year of 2021, SAIC's global sales of new energy for passenger cars ranked seventh in the world and fourth in China.
Overseas markets are also frequently reported, with export sales of 20,000 vehicles in January, a sharp increase of 67.8% year-on-year, and continue to win the overseas sales champion of China's single brand with absolute advantages. In January, the plug-in hybrid SUV model MG eHS entered the top five in the Swedish market, creating the best record for Chinese brand models. In 2021, SAIC Passenger Vehicle's new energy products were called by the People's Daily as the Chinese brand of "mainland automobile electrification and intelligence in the forefront of the world": especially in the Swedish market, not only terminal sales entered the top four, but two hot-selling models also entered the list of "2021 Top Ten New Cars" selected by Teknikens Varlds, Sweden's largest media, among which the pure electric SUV model MG ZS EV. As the first pure electric B-class SUV to receive the highest five-star safety rating in Europe (referring to the European model classification), it surpassed the Tesla Model Y and won the first place in the list; in the Australian market, the plug-in hybrid SUV model MG eHS also won the list of Australia's best-selling new car models in 2021.
At the same time, SAIC Passenger Cars' models have also achieved a qualitative leap in product strength, recognition and reputation. In the "2021 China Automobile Retention Rate Report" jointly released by the China Automobile Dealers Association and Jingzhen Estimation, the retention rate of ROEIC and MG brands under SAIC Passenger Vehicles maintained positive growth for many consecutive months in 2021, and the three-year retention rate MG rose by up to 6% throughout the year, and Roewe rose by 11%, of which the pure electric vehicle Roewe Ei5, plug-in hybrid model Roewe Ei6 MAX, roewe RX5 ePLUS three models topped the market segment list.
Looking back at the past 2021, SAIC Passenger Vehicles has embraced digital transformation, technological innovation, adhered to user-centricity, and blossomed in all fields, successively passing the national "Intelligent Manufacturing Benchmarking Enterprise" and the national "Industrial Design Center" certification, winning the title of "2021 National Quality Benchmark", and successively winning the "Automotive Technology Index Annual Most Influential Enterprise" and "Future Travel Annual Potential Car Enterprise" awards. And became the world's first vehicle enterprise to obtain cmMI5 certification, the authoritative standard for measuring the business capabilities of enterprise software, and won the "Outstanding Contribution Award" for customer satisfaction, "the first place in the list of independent car companies in China's automotive after-sales service customer satisfaction", etc., creating a number of industry firsts and only in the industry.
2022 is a key year for Chinese auto brands to accelerate the switching of new and old kinetic energy, SAIC Passenger Vehicles will continue to adhere to the user-centric, continue to embrace digital transformation, technological innovation, accelerate the leap forward on the new track of "new energy" and "intelligent networking", bring more high-quality products to the world, provide more "China's intelligent manufacturing" products for global consumer travel, and achieve a win-win situation in sales and user reputation.