According to the latest data from the Association of Passenger Vehicles, the retail sales of the passenger car market reached 2.092 million units in January 2022, down 4.4% year-on-year and 0.6% month-on-month, and the decline in January car sales was mainly caused by the early Spring Festival holiday, the shortening of business hours and the early release of consumer car purchases. Among them, SUV sales were 976,000 units, down 3% year-on-year and up 1.7% month-on-month, which was significantly better than the performance of the sedan market.
Judging from the SUV list this month, the total sales volume of 15 models reached 317736, breaking through the 300,000 mark for the first time in the past five months, showing signs of increasing the threshold for models on the list and balancing sales of various models. The difference between sales at the top and bottom of the list is about 17,000 units, and the gap between the two in December last year was as high as 27,000 units. Among them, 2 models have more than 30,000 vehicles, 4 models have more than 20,000 vehicles, and the remaining 9 models are located between 10,000 and 20,000.
From the perspective of car series, this month's independent brands have 6 models on the list, Japan has 3 models, German has 5 models, and the United States has 1 model. The most obvious change is that the number of Japanese SUVs has been greatly reduced, only Qashqa, CR-V, Binzhi three into the list, the past list of regulars XR-V, RAV4, Willanda, Haoying are missing. Qashqa is Dongfeng Nissan Dangda model, which is about to usher in an update. Although CR-V entered the list, the nearly 40% decline is actually a hidden worry. Judging from the brand sales announced by Toyota and Honda, there are obvious signs of recovery, and the shortage of key components has improved to a certain extent.
In addition to Tiguan and Tuyue, Mercedes-Benz GLC, BMW X3, audi Q5 joined hands to enter the list, becoming one of the biggest highlights of this issue. With the upgrading of consumers, the luxury SUV market demand is strong, the sales growth momentum is unabated, in addition to the BBA model, the ideal ONE sales this month also exceeded 10,000.
Only one Tesla Model Y of the American model entered the list, and sales this month were only 16,358 units, a sharp increase year-on-year, but a month-on-month decline of nearly 60%. In 2022, Tesla has announced that no new cars have entered the market, relying on existing models to fight the world, which is a rare opportunity for independent brands.
Among the 6 models listed by independent brands, Haval H6 and BYD Song have played relatively stable since last year, H6 sales exceeded 30,000 vehicles, but there was a decline of more than 20% year-on-year, ANDD Song fell by 46.04%, but BYD Song sales are mainly new energy models, full of gold content. Chang'an Gemini CS75 and CS55 have regained their former glory and become the most dazzling combinations in this issue. In the past, the list regular Geely Boyue was out this month, and sales reached 14,000 units in December last year.
In addition, in the list of new energy SUVs, BYD Song topped the list with 20722 vehicles, Tesla Model Y ranked second with 16358 vehicles, and the ideal ONE entered the top three with 12268 vehicles. In the list of new energy SUVs, none of the Japanese models are on the list, and independent brands have become the biggest winners. Volkswagen's ID.4 X and ID.4 CROZZ sales are both around 3,000 units, which have been surpassed by The Extreme Kr 001. Recently, GAC Aeon, which has been very vocal, has two models entering the list, of which Aion Y sold 6413 vehicles and Aion V sold 2230 vehicles, which is not a small gap from the official sales data of 16,000 vehicles.