According to the data released by the Association of Passenger Vehicles on March 8, the retail sales of narrow passenger cars nationwide totaled 1.246 million units in February, an increase of 4.7% year-on-year and a decrease of 39.4% month-on-month; the cumulative retail sales from January to February were 3.37 million units, a decrease of nearly 60,000 units compared with the same period last year, and the overall trend was stable under the unfavorable circumstances of this year's Spring Festival in the unfavorable situation of 12 days earlier than last year.
In terms of new energy vehicles, the retail sales of new energy passenger cars reached 272,000 units in February, an increase of 180.5% year-on-year and 22.6% month-on-month, and the cumulative sales volume in January-February was 624,000 units, an increase of 153.1% over the same period. Wholesale sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached 317,000 units in February, up 189.1% year-on-year and down 24.1% month-on-month, less than in previous years.
In January, due to the price increase of the "national subsidy slope" large-scale new energy vehicles, the order performance in the second half of the year was obviously weak, and the sales volume in February picked up significantly.
This year's domestic oil prices also hit a new high in the past 10 years in March, directly increasing the daily commuting cost of fuel vehicles, and continuously expanding the order of magnitude for the further promotion of new energy and even hybrid technology. However, new energy vehicle companies are also facing a continuous shortage of chips, as well as the problem of rising raw materials, which is another impact on delivery.
February car sales list is also quite promising, top 10 list, joint venture brands occupy 7 seats, North and South Volkswagen, SAIC-GM, Dongfeng Nissan, FAW Toyota, Dongfeng Honda, Guangqi Honda; independent brand BYD for the first time into the top three of the list, Geely Automobile, SAIC-GM Wuling shortlisted, and Changan Automobile and Great Wall Motors as regulars in the rankings, the February rankings regrettably fell off the list.
Specific car sales, FAW-Volkswagen continued to continue the momentum of the past, with 105,000 vehicles to win the championship, is also the only car company with more than 100,000 vehicles, but the sales fell by 9.6% from the previous month, while SAIC Volkswagen only had 80,000 sales, ranking third, down 19% year-on-year, becoming the top ten car companies that fell the most. However, SAIC Volkswagen's new Langyi, new Weiran, new Lingdu L, new Kodiak and other new cars will be listed in March, which will bring great growth.
BYD's speed of climbing is not surprising, and it did not enter the top 10 of the sales list in February last year, and this year it replaced saic motor Volkswagen with 89,000 sales. According to the increase of 340.4% year-on-year, becoming the biggest winner in February sales, and only 16,000 units away from the champion FAW-Volkswagen sales, ACCORDING TOD Automobile is likely to be able to sit at the top of the sales list next time.
BYD's current rapid development is due to the shareholder wind of new energy vehicles. In February, BYD's new energy passenger car sales reached 87,473 units, accounting for more than 95% of total sales. This proportion also proves that the success of BYD's new energy strategy, compared with the electrification of other car companies, BYD has already made a good reputation with dm-i hybrid systems and blade batteries.
With the launch of bydiring the BYD Han DM-i, BYD SEAL, Destroyer 05, Frigate 07 and other models within the year, sales are expected to exceed 1.2 million units in 2022, and the highest will hit the 1.5 million mark according to the growth trend in February.
Compared with BYD, the performance of the former independent brands "Iron Triangle" Geely, Great Wall and Chang'an is not satisfactory. Among them, Geely only had 69,000 vehicles, ranking fifth in both wholesale and retail sales, down 18,000 units year-on-year, which was also the first time that Geely's sales were lower than BYD.
And Chang'an's wholesale sales ranked 9th on the list; as for the Great Wall, it was squeezed out of the top ten that month. Great Wall's Haval H6 sales last month were only 19,620 units, failing to win the championship and ranking third in the SUV. The first is the Honda CR-V, with sales of 21,754 units; the second place is BYD Song PLUS DM-i, which sells 19,055 vehicles.
Japanese cars have played steadily, with four car companies entering the list. Dongfeng Nissan sold 63,000 units, down 15,000 units year-on-year, ranking sixth; FAW Toyota sold 60,000 units, up 23% year-on-year, ranking seventh; Dongfeng Honda sold 55,000 units, up 22.1% year-on-year, ranking ninth; GAC Toyota sold 53,000 units, up 4.3% year-on-year, ranking tenth.
Monthly car sales list, so that many people really feel the progress of domestic cars, with the advancement of global electrification, independent brands in the international automotive industry will gradually improve the right to speak, slowly from the previous "three major pieces of fuel" as a fundamental environment, to the current "new three electricity" rise, domestic cars finally harvested a road of development with the initiative.