Domestic production is really hard! These cars are all responsible for the sales of each family, and the export supply exceeds demand, and foreigners actually queue up to buy them in the early morning!
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According to authoritative data, from 2013 to 2022, China's automobile exports to the "Belt and Road" countries have gradually risen, becoming a new growth point for mainland foreign trade exports. At the same time, SAIC Passenger Vehicle, Geely, BYD, Chery, Great Wall and other Chinese car companies have launched their layouts in the "Belt and Road" countries.
Russia: In the first half of the year, 6 of the top 10 auto brands were from China
The economic and trade between China and Russia is very close, and Russia is already the largest exporter of Chinese car companies. Affected by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, European, American and Japanese automakers have withdrawn from the Russian market on a large scale, but the demand for cars from Russian consumers still exists, so Chinese automakers have gained a larger market share in Russia. In the first half of this year, six of the top 10 car brands in the Russian market were Chinese automakers, and well-known automakers such as Chery, Haval and Geely were on the list.
TIGGO 7 PRO MAX
Among them, Chery became the Chinese car company with the highest sales volume in the Russian market in the first half of this year, with sales reaching 76,755 units, accounting for 12.2% of the Russian market. Among them, the Chery brand accounted for 47,000 units, Xingtu sales reached 15,200 units, and Omenda as an independent brand also contributed 14,600 units.
Looking at Chery Automobile's official website in Russia, you can see that a number of Chery models familiar to domestic consumers have been introduced to Russia. Among them, the Tiggo 7 PRO MAX model is quite popular with Russian users, and the local price of this car is 2,624,900 rubles, which is about 205,200 yuan. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE NAME OF TIGGO 7 PRO MAX IS A BIT CONFUSING, IN FACT, IT CORRESPONDS TO THE TIGGO 7 PLUS, WHICH IS SOLD FROM 99,900 IN CHINA, A FAMILY COMPACT SUV WITH OUTSTANDING COST PERFORMANCE.
Thailand: Chinese automakers dominate the new energy market
Unlike the vast and relatively cold Russia, which is dominated by fuel vehicles, Thailand, which has a warm climate and vigorously promotes the transformation of vehicle electrification, provides a large space for the development of new energy vehicles, and in Thailand's new energy market, Chinese car companies have absolute dominance.
BYD ATTO3
According to data released by the Thai automotive website AutoLife, from January to September 2023, Thailand's pure electric vehicle sales will be 50,347 units, accounting for 10.5% of Thailand's total vehicle sales in the same period, of which nearly 40,000 units are from Chinese car companies. It is no exaggeration to say that Chinese brands are the first choice for most Thai users when shopping for pure electric vehicles.
In the first half of this year, BYD, Nezha and SAIC Passenger Car ranked among the top three in the sales ranking of pure electric models of Chinese car companies in the Thai market. Among them, the BYD Dolphin and the BYD ATTO3 (Yuan PLUS) can be said to be the two most popular cars. In September this year, the two cars also won the top two in Thailand's monthly sales list of pure electric models with 1,621 and 1,610 units respectively. BYD's popularity in Thailand is evident from a real-life example: in November 2022, BYD ATTO3 pre-orders were opened in Thailand, and car buyers began to queue up outside the showroom in the early hours of the morning.
At the product level, everyone is very familiar with these two cars, and they are also common models running all over the ground in China. As for the price, there is still a big difference between China and foreign countries. The BYD Dolphin is sold at 116,800 yuan in China and 699,999 baht in Thailand, or about 141,100 yuan.
Mexico: SAIC Motor has the 8th largest market share
In addition to the above-mentioned Russia, Latin America is also a major market for China's car exports, with Mexico being China's second largest car exporter. In the first half of this year, Chinese automakers sold 67,600 units in Mexico, accounting for 10.7% of the market share. Among them, SAIC Passenger Vehicle became the Chinese car with the highest sales volume, accounting for 4.2% of the market share with 26,188 units, ranking 8th.
MG GT
Due to urban congestion and high oil prices, Mexican consumers prefer small cars and compact cars, and are relatively price-sensitive, so cost-effective mobility cars are more popular. SAIC Motor Passenger Car uses MG as the brand in Mexico, and most of the MG models commonly found in China are launched locally, and the first models displayed on the official website of MG Mexico are MG GT and MG5. Different from the domestic naming, MG GT is the domestic MG5, and MG5 is the old domestic Roewe i5.
There is a cold knowledge here that is not cold, MG and Roewe both belong to SAIC Passenger Cars, and MG can be traced back to the British brand, so SAIC Passenger Cars go overseas basically with MG as the brand, for example, in Europe, the domestic Roewe ei5 has achieved good sales with the MG logo. In terms of price, the starting price of the MG GT 1.5T model in Mexico is 389,900 pesos, or about 155,100 yuan, compared with the starting price of the MG5 1.5T model in China at 92,900 yuan.
Editor's summary
After years of rapid development, China's automobile industry is no longer what it used to be. An important embodiment is that Chinese automobiles have not only met the needs of domestic consumers, but also gone to many countries in the world. Today, China is already the world's largest exporter of automobiles, and it is believed that with the deepening of the "Belt and Road" cooperation, Chinese automobiles will bring a better life to more users.