The place passenger automobile gross sales in China in January are involved, Geely has surpassed BYD in each retail (210k vs 94k models) and wholesale (270k vs 206k models), Automobile Information China experiences. Think about promoting extra automobiles in a month than each model besides Perodua sells in Malaysia in a yr – that’s the world’s greatest automobile marketplace for you.
Nonetheless, it’s shrunken – CNC says altogether 1.544 million passenger automobiles discovered houses in China final month, which is a 13.9% year-on-year (YoY) drop and almost a 3rd down on December 2025. Globally, Geely bought over 3.02 million automobiles final yr and needs to do 3.45 million (+14%) this yr by launching one or two fashions each quarter (doesn’t this technique sound acquainted?).
Though Geely topped each retail and wholesale charts in China in January, its 210k retail determine is definitely -12.6% YoY, which makes you search for the most important contraction on the board – BYD with -53% YoY. Which means BYD bought over twice as many automobiles in the identical month final yr (ouch). The largest gainer (+65.5% YoY) was HIMA (Concord Clever Mobility Alliance), a collaboration initiative by Huawei whose members embrace Aito, Luxeed, BAIC and Maextro. That is the primary time HIMA’s within the high 10.
By way of wholesale, Geely’s 270k models (+1.3% YoY) earned it the crown in January. BYD took second with 206k (-30.7% YoY, second-biggest decline on the board). The sharpest fall (-64.6% YoY) was endured by Changan, its 68k models putting it eighth, whereas the very best enchancment (+53.6% YoY) went to SAIC (77k, fifth), thanks primarily to MG’s abroad efficiency.
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