Just now, SAIC Motor released the January production and sales express report, with sales of 456,000 units, an increase of 13.02% year-on-year, down 31.08% month-on-month, and terminal delivery of 518,000 units. Among them, SAIC Volkswagen, independent brands, new energy, overseas markets have performed well, especially SAIC Volkswagen's single-month sales of more than 130,000 vehicles, an increase of 51.69% year-on-year, SAIC-GM has a double-digit decline, the joint venture brand is uneven in heat and cold, and SAIC Group's sales in the first month have five changes.
The momentum of independent brands has not decreased. With the liberalization of the joint venture shareholding ratio policy, independent brands will become the main force of market competition, and although SAIC Has not seen the emergence of brand disputes over the share ratio, many brands have emerged. In January this year, SAIC Passenger Vehicle Company's wholesale sales reached 68,000 units, an increase of 18% year-on-year, and terminal deliveries exceeded 88,000 units, but SAIC Passenger Cars fell by 31.51% month-on-month, which should be due to the impact of holidays.
Roewe mainly explores the domestic market, while MG aims at overseas markets, focusing on different divisions of labor. Roewe RX5, i5, new energy vehicles and MG ZS, MG5 four major model series have sold more than 10,000. Although SAIC Maxus increased by 44.3% year-on-year, its overall sales volume was not as high as only 18,000 units, and its share was small compared with SAIC's passenger cars, and the situation of weak commercial heavy rides did not change.
Joint venture brand ice and fire double day. As the pillar brands of SAIC, SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC-GM together contribute more than half of SAIC's sales. However, the two brands have experienced different degrees of decline in recent years, and SAIC Volkswagen has lost the throne of the group's first brother several times. Last year, 1.242 million units were completed, down 17.50% year-on-year. In the first month of the Year of the Tiger, SAIC Volkswagen bucked the trend and completed 130,600 vehicles, an increase of 51.69% year-on-year, covering the limelight of new energy. On the contrary, SAIC-GM fell 15.43% year-on-year to sell 110,000 vehicles, and the joint venture brand ice and fire double days.
New energy vehicles are full of staying power. In January, SAIC BJEV sold more than 72,000 units, up 25.5% year-on-year and down 30.30% month-on-month. Among them, SAIC-GM-Wuling small and micro electric vehicle performance is indispensable, SAIC passenger car new energy vehicle sales reached 15,000 units, Roewe new energy model sales of 9892 units, SAIC Volkswagen new energy vehicle sales of nearly 9,000 vehicles, SAIC-GM new energy vehicle sales of more than 4,000 vehicles. However, affected by the new energy subsidy policy, saic- and GM-Wuling and other brands have announced price increases, which is bound to have an impact on future sales, especially small and micro electric vehicles.
Focus on new energy vehicles. In the face of industrial transformation and continuous upgrading of consumer demand, as well as the popularization of intelligence and electrification, Wang Yongqing, general manager of SAIC-GM, said that by 2025, SAIC-GM's planning investment in the field of electrification and intelligent networking new technologies will exceed 50 billion yuan. SAIC-GM made a strategic mistake and bet on the three-cylinder model to encounter Waterloo, and Buick and Chevrolet have experienced continuous difficult stages. In the development of electrified models, the industry generally believes that SAIC-GM is seriously sluggish, and most of the models are based on existing models.
Until January this year, based on the first mass production model created by the GM Ultraium Aotene platform, Cadillac's first pure electric vehicle LYRIQ began to book, a new generation of Super Cruise super assisted driving system, it is revealed that in the next 5 years, Super Cruise super assist driving system will gradually cover Cadillac, Buick and Chevrolet three major brand models. Officials claim to receive 5,000 orders a month, but no detailed sales are announced.
Overseas markets are booming. In January, SAIC's overall overseas sales exceeded 65,000 units, an increase of 74.4% year-on-year. It is worth noting that SAIC-GM-Wuling announced a recall plan in January, due to the vehicle's manual transmission parts manufacturing size difference, resulting in insufficient gear retention, specific working conditions may cause 6-speed occasional disengagement, resulting in temporary power transmission interruptions in vehicles, and there may be safety hazards in extreme cases. Wuling Hongguang S3 and new Wuling Hongguang S cars, a total of 609779 vehicles were recalled. It is a matter of life safety, and quality is the bottom line of automobile manufacturing.