September sales of sedan / SUV / MPV Comments: "Shen car" break 50,000 maximum increase of 308.8%

According to the latest sales data released by the CLUCC, in September 2017, the sales volume of narrow narrow passenger cars in China reached 2.3 million, an increase of 3.4% year-on-year, an increase of 24.3% from the previous period; cumulative wholesale sales in the first three quarters reached 16.748 million, In the same period, 16.228 million vehicles, a cumulative increase of 3.2%.

In the three major market segments, cars, SUVs, and MPVs all showed an increase of more than 20% compared with the previous month, driven by the “Golden September” of the traditional sales season. Among them, the sedan market increased by 4.6% year-on-year to 1.166 million units in September. Its single-month sales exceeded one million, a record high compared with the previous months; while the MPV market still experienced a negative growth year-on-year, it was up by 20.9% month-on-month. It is also worth noting that The SUV market, which had double-digit growth before that, began to return to a single-digit 9.7% in September. More analysis of sales of specific models in the three major market segments, and see the TOP 10 report in this sales ranking.

Cars: A-class cars take the lead in the "change"

As for the sedan market, the wholesale sales in September reached 1.166 million units, an increase of 4.6% year-on-year and an increase of 24% from the previous quarter. In the first 9 months, cumulative wholesale sales were 8.344 million, which was a decrease of 1.2% from 8.448 million in the same period of last year.

Of the top ten models of sedan sales in September, the first nine seats were still firmly occupied by A-class vehicles, namely, LaVida, Sylphy, Sagitar, Brand New Hideo, Forex, Jetta, Corolla, New Santana, and Bora. The tenth position is occupied by Bao Jun 310, a newly-increased AO-class model, and replaces the Emgrand EC7, which has long been at that position, and has become the representative of the new autonomous models in the Top 10 list. Unfortunately, the emgrand EC7, which sold 21,138 new cars in September, ranked 11th on the list.

In addition, the better performance of the sedan market in September also appeared in the top ten sales charts. First, the sales volume of the top ten models in September was more than 20,000 in a single month, and the top-selling Lanyi sales reached 53,520 units in September, and it became the first in the sales volume of the full range of models. Secondly, the number of vehicles with a positive year-on-year increase in September sales reached 7 models, of which the highest increase was Baojun 310, which soared 308.8% to 21,705 units on the basis of 5,310 vehicles in the same period last year, ranking the 10th in the list; Long Yi 9 The “Holy Car” aura reappeared on the month, ranking 34.7% higher than the same period of last year; Xuanyi increased by 5.7% year-on-year to 39,789 units in September, ranking second; followed by Sagitar, with 39,358 units sold in September, up from the same period of last year. 15.3%. In addition, there were still three models with negative sales growth in September, which were the brand new Yinglang in fourth place, seventh-placed Jetta and ninth Bora, which fell by 0.9%, 0.2%, and 7.1% year-on-year respectively.

SUV: Tiguan wins the first three wins

In the SUV market, the wholesale sales volume in September was 97.4 million units, an increase of 9.7% year-on-year, and an increase of 25.1% from the previous period; from January to September, the cumulative sales volume was 6.989 million units, a cumulative increase of 16.2% year-on-year.

In the top ten SUVs sold in September, the proportion of self-owned and joint venture vehicles was the same as that of August. The number of self-owned brand models was still six, and the joint venture brand was four. However, it is worth noting that September SUV sales in the top ten list in addition to the new joint venture SUV models won the list, the first three seats even began to appear in joint venture models figure, Tiguan in September with 33,462 units among the third Bit.

Although the Hover H6 dropped 15.2% year-on-year, the Hover H6 remained the top spot in the SUV sales with 45,161 cars; the Po Chun 510 ranked second with 41,031; The fourth is Chuanqi GS4, which sold 30,070 vehicles in September, down 12.1% year-on-year; Chang'an CS75 climbed to fifth place, and its sales potential after official sales was further released, with sales reaching 26,581 units in September; ranked sixth Seventh, Geely Boyue and Roewe RX5, “Net Red SUV”, both increased by 87.3% and 57.7% respectively in September to 26,317 units and 21,689 units. The last three positions were won by joint-venture models: 21,397 units of Angkor, 21,361 Honda CR-V and 17,620 Beijing Hyundai Tucson.

MPV: Joint venture goes upward independently

In the MPV market, a total of 161,000 units were sold in September, which represented a negative growth year-on-year, but a positive growth of 20.9% from the previous quarter. In the first 9 months, MPV cumulative sales volume was 1.415 million.

Specific to the MPV sales of the top ten models, the autonomous model occupies eight seats, the joint venture on the list of two models, namely, Buick GL8 and Aili Li. On the whole, although MPV is the world of its own brand, it has to admit that under the circumstance that the overall environment is bad, autonomous MPVs gradually show a trend of falling.

As shown in the above table, in the first ten sales of MPVs in September, there were six autonomous MPV sales that fell year-on-year, and the drop was more than double digits. For example, Wuling Hongguang ranked first in sales of 40,248 units in September, a year-on-year drop of 29.1%, ranking second in the Baojun 730 with sales of 20,922 units, a year-on-year drop of 49.4%; The Beiqi Weiwang M30, which fell by 71.5% year-on-year to 3,947 units in September.

In contrast, the two joint venture MPVs have become the only models on the list that have seen year-on-year growth and year-on-year growth. The Buick GL8 has grown by 114.7% year-on-year, with September sales reaching 13,899 in the third place; Nine-person Dongfeng Honda's Ailili sold 4,385 new cars in September, a year-on-year increase of 38.6%.

In summary, in the three major market segments, the sales volume of MPV continues to decline the most. Some analysts pointed out that the MPV market began to suffer cold due to the emergence of seven SUV models, and it is expected that the overall sales volume of the MPV market will continue to be sluggish.