Entering March, the domestic auto market is still suffering from the double pressure of the epidemic and chip problems, although the sales volume of the domestic narrow passenger car market in March has declined year-on-year, but some car companies still show a good market share.
According to the data, in March this year, domestic SUV model sales reached 742,000 units, down 5.6% year-on-year and up 25.9% month-on-month; cumulative sales in the first quarter were 2.308 million units, down 2.3% year-on-year. With the release of the market's SUV list, this month's SUV list has also seen a very large position change compared with the previous one.
First place: Tesla Model Y
As Tesla Model Y concentrates on delivering domestic users this month, Tesla Model Y also showed relatively strong sales data this month, and in March 2022, Tesla Model Y achieved 39,730 units, an increase of 291.4% year-on-year, ranking first in this month's SUV model sales list.
However, with the global chip shortage and raw material supply shortages and other factors, on March 17, Tesla Model Y raised the sales price again, and the price of the entry-level after-drive version of the model was raised from the previous 301,840 yuan to 316,900 yuan, and the price increase reached 15,000. The current prices of the three versions are 316900 yuan, 375900 yuan and 417900 yuan respectively.
In the face of market competition, although Tesla Model Y has a relatively strong user base in the market, the continuous price increase will inevitably affect the market trend, so it will also affect the purchase desire of some consumers to a large extent.
Second place: BYD Song
Compared with the ranking of SUV models in February this year, BYD Song slipped from the first place to the second place, but because Tesla Model Y was centrally delivered in March, BYD Song's performance this month is still remarkable.
In March 2022, BYD Song sales reached 26,723 units, an increase of 143.8% year-on-year. In one fell swoop, it surpassed the haval H6 and Changan CS75, which have dominated the list for many years, and won the second place in the SUV sales list.
Overall, BYD Song's performance in recent months has also been very stable, and sales are gradually increasing. At the same time, bydir also announced that it will stop the production of fuel vehicles from March 2022, and put more energy and time into pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, so that with the release of production capacity, BYD Song's sales will also have a good growth momentum.
Third place: Chang'an CS75
Among the top three models on this month's list, The Changan CS75 is the only model that has declined year-on-year, and in March 2022, the sales volume of the Changan CS75 was 26,723 units, compared with March 2021, the Changan CS75 fell by 24.8% year-on-year, ranking third in the March SUV sales list.
In February, Changan CS75 PLUS officially launched the second generation of products, so there may be some users waiting for a new generation of models in February, so in February, Changan CS75 only ranked sixth in the list. However, with the release of Changan CS75 sales data in March, it can also reflect the second generation of Changan CS75PLUS, which has indeed attracted some potential customers, but still has not been able to stop the year-on-year decline in sales in March.
Fourth place: Haval H6
Surprisingly, the Haval H6 completely lost the championship competition this month. In March 2022, the Haval H6 fell 43.7% year-on-year with a record of 19,303 units, ranking fourth in the sales list.
With less than 20,000 units sold per month, the Haval H6 fell out of the top three of the SUV model list for the first time in recent years. For the decline in sales of Haval H6, a large part of the reason is that the pattern of the domestic SUV car market is being rewritten, the market demand is becoming increasingly diversified, the gradual rise of new energy vehicles, coupled with the intelligent trend into the market, making haval H6 gradually show a downward trend.
Of course, it is not surprising that the Haval H6 lost its championship, because since October last year, the Haval H6 has been showing a downward trend, from October 2021 to January 2022, in four months, the Haval H6 has declined by 47.3%, 44.4%, 23.9% and 27.3% respectively.
Fifth place: Chang'an CS55
In March 2022, Changan CS55 sales reached 17,176 units, compared with 10,502 units in March 2021, with a year-on-year increase of 63.5%, ranking fifth in the SUV sales list.
With the launch of The Changan CS55 PLUS and the Blue Whale Power it carries, the Changan CS55 series once again stands in the top five of the list. In addition, it can also be seen from the data that the sales data of Changan CS55 and Changan CS75 are also shrinking, and it is expected that in the market sales next month, Changan CS55 will become another main SUV sales force under Changan.
Sixth place: Honda CR-V
Compared to February this year, the Honda CR-V improved by one place in terms of rankings. In March 2022, the Honda CR-V fell 41.1% year-on-year with 16,437 units, ranking 6th in the SUV sales list.
Due to the rapid development of independent brand SUVs, both in terms of product strength and cost performance, they have occupied a great advantage, and with the upgrading of market demand, the market share of joint venture brands is also constantly being squeezed, this month, Honda CR-V is also the only Japanese brand SUV model in the top 6 on the list.
It can be seen from the list released that the order of this month's SUV sales list has undergone a relatively large change, the top 5 models on the list, except for the Tesla Model Y, are independent brands, it can be seen that the strength of independent brands has seen results, and achieved steady growth.
In addition to the top 6 models, the seventh-ranked model on the list is the Toyota RAV4, which sold 14,415 units this month, down 12.3% year-on-year. In eighth place was The Veranda, which sold 13,304 units this month, up 48.5% year-on-year. The 9th and 10th places were the Auchan X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLC, with sales of 12,812 and 12,748 units in March, respectively.
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Compared with last month, Geely Boyue still did not appear in the top 15 of the SUV list. Since December 2021, Geely Boyue ranked before Changan CS55, after Changan CS75, this car has not appeared in the top 15 of the list, because the performance of Boyue in recent months is not ideal, coupled with the listing of Boyue X has not helped Boyue to increase in sales, so Geely Boyue is also an independent brand model with large sales fluctuations this month.