TOP10 car sales in December： Hongguang MINIEV sold over 50,000 cars a month.
According to the sales data released by the Association, in December 2021, the domestic car market approved 1.122 million new cars, up 7.9% year-on-year and 10.5% month-on-month. In 2021, the cumulative sales volume of domestic car market was 10.015 million, an increase of 8% compared with 2020.
Judging from the situation of the best-selling models, unlike the independent leading role in the top ten SUV sales list, the top 10 best-selling models in the car market are mainly foreign-funded models.
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The familiar Japanese family sedan is not absent, and the German family sedan that got rid of the influence of lack of core is also recovering rapidly.
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They have been in the top ten car sales for several months in a row, plus Tesla’s electric cars.
In the top ten list of car sales in December, foreign cars accounted for 7 seats. However, the monthly sales champion in the car market in December is an independent model.
MINI EV was the only model in the domestic auto market with monthly sales exceeding 50,000 vehicles in December last year. In addition, after the replacement of Geely
And the one equipped with DM-i interpolation and mixing system
PLUS, which is also a popular independent car in the domestic automobile market, occupied a seat in the top ten car sales list in December last year.
Sgmw Hongguang MINI EV
Sales in December: 55,742 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by 22.31%
With the ultra-low price and good product characteristics, Hongguang MINI EV has delivered amazing sales data since it was put on the market. It can be said that it has set off the hope of reviving the domestic mini-car market by its own efforts. Listed in July 2020
In that year, it won the annual sales of more than 100,000 vehicles, and in 2021, it made persistent efforts, with the annual sales approaching 360,000 vehicles, making it a well-deserved new energy vehicle sales champion in the domestic market. The strong performance of Hongguang MINI EV has attracted more and more automobile manufacturers to lay out the mini electric vehicle market. In the last year or so, many similar products have been put on the market.
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Ice cream, etc., have gathered a considerable number of competitors in the market segment in a short time. Can anyone really challenge the market position of Hongguang MINIEV? It’s hard to say yet, but it is foreseeable that the competition in the market segments will definitely become more intense.
Hongguang MINIEV, image source: SAIC-GM-Wuling
Nissan Sylphy
Sales in December: 46,728 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by 2.93%
Although Xuanyi lost the monthly sales champion in the car market at the end of 2021, it can easily win the annual sales champion in the car market with the annual sales data of more than 420,000 vehicles. Compared with winning the annual sales crown without any suspense, it may be another thing that made Dongfeng Nissan happier at the end of last year. The new version of Sylphy, Sylphy e-POWER, successfully tested the water. In December, 2021, Sylphy e-POWER achieved sales of 6,282 vehicles in the first full month of listing in China (during the Guangzhou Auto Show last year). As a Sylphy with a sales volume of 138,900, the market start of Sylphy e-POWER was quite successful. E-POWER is a similar extended-range power system, which is driven by a motor, and the engine is simply used to generate electricity. However, unlike extended-range electric vehicles, Sylphy e-POWER cannot be externally charged, so it does not belong to the category of electric vehicles.
Xuanyi e-POWER, image source: Dongfeng Nissan
Volkswagen LAVIDA
Sales in December: 35,905 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by -23.41%
Chip shortage is not all bad for car companies. Take Volkswagen as an example. Due to the shortage of production capacity caused by the lack of core in mid-2021, the source of terminal cars has become tense, and the market conditions of its various models have improved significantly, and the terminal concessions for the main models have shrunk in an all-round way. LaVida is the pillar of SAIC Volkswagen in the car market. In the middle of last year, because of the shortage of car sources, LaVida’s terminal discount directly recovered about 10,000 yuan. For manufacturers, although the sales data at that time were not good-looking, the profits they got were higher. However, this situation only lasted for February and March. As the supply of LaVida gradually stabilized, the terminal discount was re-released. At present, in the terminal market, the discount of LaVida is generally above 30,000 yuan.
LaVida, image source: SAIC Volkswagen
Toyota Corolla
Sales in December: 30,677 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by -0.47%
After the replacement of TNGA architecture, the competitiveness of Corolla’s products has been improved a lot. The rear suspension has been changed from torsion beam to independent suspension, and the active and passive safety configuration has also been improved. The market effect is immediate. After the replacement, Corolla’s market popularity has also gone further, and it can often hand over more than 30,000 monthly sales results. In addition, it is worth mentioning that in order to meet the increasingly stringent carbon emission pressure, Toyota also equipped its main model, Corolla, with a three-cylinder engine in the domestic market, but did not cancel the four-cylinder version. The three-cylinder model is aimed at users who are more sensitive to price, and the four-cylinder turbocharged model is aimed at users who have higher requirements on quality and performance. From this point of view, it must be said that Toyota has thoroughly studied the China market.
Corolla, image source: FAW Toyota
Tesla Model 3
Sales in December: 30,289 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by 16.05%
Tesla’s brand charm is only one of the reasons why Model 3 can continue to be popular in the China market. On the other hand, it is difficult to find an opponent who can match the product strength at the same price, which is the key to this car’s killing in the terminal market. Even though there have been public complaints and user rights protection incidents, Tesla’s popularity has basically not been affected. Choose an electric car with a budget of 300,000 yuan. After going around, you will find that there are not many other better options except Tesla Model 3. At present, in the domestic electric vehicle market, Tesla Model3 in the middle and high-end market is as strong as Hongguang MINIEV in the low-end market.
Model 3, image source: Tesla
Toyota Camry
Sales in December: 27,195 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by 7.32%
In the domestic B-class auto market in 2021, the competition for the monthly sales champion has been in Camry and
In the first half, the Accord was more dominant as a whole, while Camry won the championship with its strong strength in the second half. In December 2021, Camry was the only model in the B-class automobile market that entered the top ten list of car sales. The empowerment of TNGA architecture is definitely the most important reason for its popularity. While retaining the characteristics of Toyota’s durable and fuel-efficient products, the new generation of Camry has redesigned its appearance, breaking the stereotype of mediocre Japanese car design, catering to the preferences of young consumers with a more sporty attitude, and the accumulated user reputation in the domestic market has jointly contributed to Camry’s market performance in 2021.
Camry, image source: GAC Toyota
Geely Emgrand
Sales in December: 24,589 vehicles
December sales growth: 27.6%
From the sales trend in 2021, it can be clearly seen that Emgrand must have experienced some major events in this year. Yes, this model that once carried the banner of its own car ushered in a model replacement in 2021. Before the listing of the fourth-generation Emgrand in September last year, the monthly sales of Emgrand had dropped to around 10,000 vehicles, which was the historical freezing point in recent years (except for the situation that was seriously affected by the epidemic in February and March of 2020). Fortunately, after the completion of the replacement, the market of Emgrand recovered quickly, and at the end of last year, it had returned to a high level of nearly 25,000 vehicles per month. Using Geely’s BMA architecture, recalibrating the powertrain and replacing it with a set of similar
The shape and interior of Emgrand has also borrowed many elements from Xingrui. The change of the fourth generation Emgrand can be said to be all-round. Although the pricing has been slightly improved, the defects cannot be concealed. Emgrand has once again set off the banner of independent cars in the field of fuel vehicles.
A new generation of Emgrand, image source: Geely Automobile
Byd Qin PLUS
Sales in December: 24,287 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by -13.73%
The reason why I want to emphasize that Emgrand has re-launched the banner of autonomous cars in the field of fuel vehicles is of course for a reason, because when Emgrand fell into the market trough before and after the replacement, new star-rated autonomous cars have appeared in the domestic new energy auto market, BYD Qin PLUS (including
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Qin PLUS dm-i, image source: BYD
Volkswagen SAGITAR
Sales in December: 23,479 vehicles
Sales volume in December increased by 10.69%
When sagitar first used the MQB platform, it was intended to make a difference in the A+ class market. Not only was the product upgraded, but the price was a little higher than that of ordinary A-class cars, but the market feedback it received was not ideal. In the end, it was only possible to stabilize sales through substantial terminal concessions, and since then it has embarked on the main cost-effective route. In 2021, FAW-Volkswagen was seriously short of cores, and its main models could not be supplied normally for several months. Sagitar was one of them, and its monthly sales once fell below 10,000 vehicles. It was not until the production capacity recovered in the fourth quarter that it surrendered the monthly sales of over 20,000 vehicles. The rapid recovery of market performance shows that sagitar has no shortage of customers in the domestic market. After all, in the A-class sedan market, sagitar’s product strength still has advantages. As long as the production capacity is guaranteed and the terminal concessions are enough, sagitar can easily rush to the high market.
Sagitar, image source: FAW-Volkswagen
Toyota Ralink
Sales in December: 21,836 vehicles
December sales growth: -4.3%
After a period of market downturn, Lei Ling was able to hand over monthly sales of over 20,000 vehicles in the last two months of last year, mainly due to the full-scale outbreak of hybrid models, especially in December last year, Lei Ling hybrid models handed over monthly sales of over 10,000 vehicles (10,232). For a long time in the past, the domestic oil-electric hybrid market has indeed been monopolized by Japanese hybrid cars, but it is quite rare that the monthly sales of hybrid models have exceeded 10,000 (in the past, the domestic oil-electric hybrid market was limited). It must be said that the independent "war" hybrid wave that emerged in 2021 made domestic consumers begin to re-understand hybrid cars, which also brought a good boost to the entire hybrid car market.
Lei Ling, image source: GAC Toyota