onJanuary 12, 2023

CPCA rankings: Top-selling automakers and models in China in Dec 2022

Here is the CPCA’s ranking of the top performers and models for December and the full year 2022.

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Here is the CPCA’s ranking of the top performers and models for December and the full year 2022.

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced December passenger car sales in China on January 10, and on January 11, it released the rankings of the top-performing automakers and models.

CnEVPost has translated the full ranking tables released by the CPCA, with details below, to reflect the positions of new energy vehicle companies and popular models in the overall market.

As background, China’s retail sales of all passenger vehicles in December were 2.17 million units, up 3 percent year-on-year and up 31.4 percent compared to November.

Retail sales of new energy passenger vehicles reached a record 640,000 units in December, up 35.1 percent year-on-year and up 6.5 percent from November.

Battery electric vehicle (BEV) retail sales in December were 455,000 units, accounting for 71.1 percent of all NEV sales, while plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) retail sales in December were 185,000 units, accounting for 28.9 percent of all new energy vehicle (NEV) sales.

In terms of wholesale, China’s new energy passenger vehicle sales were a record 750,000 units in December, up 48.9 percent year-on-year and up 2.5 percent from November.

Automakers’ wholesale sales ranking in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Automaker	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY	Share
1	BYD	234,598	98,505	138.2%	10.6%
2	Changan	171,824	76,810	123.7%	7.7%
3	FAW-Volkswagen	154,302	199,381	-22.6%	6.9%
4	Geely	146,017	158,765	-8.0%	6.6%
5	SAIC-GM-Wuling	143,438	142,105	0.9%	6.5%
6	SAIC-Volkswagen	121,501	136,583	-11.0%	5.5%
7	Chery	98,749	104,951	-5.9%	4.4%
8	SAIC-GM	94,201	160,628	-41.4%	4.2%
9	SAIC Passenger Cars	85,387	105,317	-18.9%	3.8%
10	GAC Toyota	74,192	98,523	-24.7%	3.3%
11	GAC Trumpchi	67,989	48,280	40.8%	3.1%
12	Dongfeng Nissan	65,769	102,357	-35.7%	3.0%
13	Great Wall Motor	63,655	137,336	-53.7%	2.9%
14	Dongfeng Honda	60,963	74,883	-18.6%	2.7%
15	FAW Toyota	60,421	88,702	-31.9%	2.7%

Automakers’ wholesale sales ranking in China in 2022
Ranking	Automaker	2022	2021	YoY	Share
1	BYD	1,862,603	734,876	153.5%	8.0%
2	FAW-Volkswagen	1,801,645	1,800,777	0.0%	7.8%
3	Geely	1,432,988	1,328,029	7.9%	6.2%
4	Changan	1,378,926	1,193,302	15.6%	6.0%
5	SAIC-Volkswagen	1,320,833	1,242,022	6.3%	5.7%
6	SAIC-GM	1,170,107	1,331,567	-12.1%	5.1%
7	Chery	1,148,429	865,352	32.7%	5.0%
8	SAIC-GM-Wuling	1,098,380	1,039,938	5.6%	4.7%
9	GAC Toyota	1,005,000	828,000	21.4%	4.3%
10	Dongfeng Nissan	920,880	1,081,318	-14.8%	4.0%
11	Great Wall Motor	880,808	1,047,987	-16.0%	3.8%
12	FAW Toyota	834,617	831,948	0.3%	3.6%
13	SAIC Passenger Cars	827,037	822,601	0.5%	3.6%
14	GAC Honda	741,600	780,395	-5.0%	3.2%
15	Tesla China	710,865	484,130	46.8%	3.1%

Automakers’ retail sales ranking in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Automaker	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY	Share
1	BYD	223,678	97,843	128.6%	10.3%
2	FAW-Volkswagen	180,385	156,192	15.5%	8.3%
3	Changan	167,722	71,558	134.4%	7.7%
4	SAIC-Volkswagen	143,868	140,507	2.4%	6.6%
5	Geely	126,479	141,640	-10.7%	5.8%
6	SAIC-GM	111,004	103,036	7.7%	5.1%
7	FAW Toyota	102,454	106,115	-3.5%	4.7%
8	GAC Toyota	100,245	100,059	0.2%	4.6%
9	Chery	82,360	68,984	19.4%	3.8%
10	SAIC-GM-Wuling	77,356	110,519	-30.0%	3.6%
11	GAC Honda	70,394	81,466	-13.6%	3.2%
12	Dongfeng Honda	68,142	87,669	-22.3%	3.1%
13	Dongfeng Nissan	66,656	114,093	-41.6%	3.1%
14	GAC Trumpchi	65,707	44,597	47.3%	3.0%
15	BMW Brilliance	59,501	38,829	53.2%	2.7%

Automakers’ retail sales ranking in China in 2022
Ranking	Automaker	2022	2021	YoY	Share
1	BYD	1,804,624	723,697	149.4%	8.8%
2	FAW-Volkswagen	1,779,077	1,7 78,389	0.0%	8.7%
3	Changan	1,274,208	1,116,033	14.2%	6.2%
4	SAIC-Volkswagen	1,243,460	1 ,457,111	-14.7%	6.1%
5	Geely	1,234,746	1,213,021	1.8%	6.0%
6	SAIC-GM	1,036,851	1,277,261	-18.8%	5.0%
7	GAC Toyota	971,462	840,396	15.6%	4.7%
8	Dongfeng Nissan	897,924	1,1 34,889	-20.9%	4.4%
9	FAW Toyota	799,305	846,299	-5.6%	3.9%
10	SAIC-GM-Wuling	786,267	966,932	-18.7%	3.8%
11	Great Wall Motor	758,691	948,793	-20.0%	3.7%
12	GAC Honda	722,362	770,406	-6.2%	3.5%
13	Chery	717,688	599,236	19.8%	3.5%
14	BMW Brilliance	653,976	651,236	0.4%	3.2%
15	Dongfeng Honda	652,406	793,272	-17.8%	3.2%

Top-selling sedans at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	Volkswagen Lavida	41,501	42,919	-3.3%
2	Wuling Hongguang Mini	34,523	50,561	-31.7%
3	Toyota Corolla	33,916	39,565	-14.3%
4	Volkswagen Sagitar	32,185	23,718	35.7%
5	Nissan Sylphy	31,971	50,492	-36.7%
6	BYD Han	29,827	13,701	117.7%
7	Honda Accord	26,714	25,203	6.0%
8	Toyota Camry	26,510	28,152	-5.8%
9	BYD Qin	26,206	25,940	1.0%
10	BYD Dolphin	26,048	10,016	160.1%
11	Volkswagen Passat	22,206	19,143	16.0%
12	Volkswagen Magotan	18,925	14,700	28.7%
13	BMW 3 Series	18,533	9,083	104.0%
14	Honda Civic	18,298	24,118	-24.1%
15	Volkswagen Bora	18,195	15,532	17.1%

Top-selling sedans at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	Nissan Sylphy	420,665	513,207	-18.0%
2	Wuling Hongguang Mini	404,823	395,451	2.4%
3	Volkswagen Lavida	351,130	432,035	-18.7%
4	BYD Qin	341,943	188,921	81.0%
5	BYD Han	272,418	117,323	132.2%
6	Toyota Corolla	252,790	330,280	-23.5%
7	Toyota Camry	242,225	217,724	11.3%
8	Volkswagen Sagitar	227,556	234,219	-2.8%
9	Honda Accord	220,771	197,742	11.6%
10	Volkswagen Bora	212,732	250,762	-15.2%
11	BYD Dolphin	204,226	27,846	633.4%
12	Toyota Levin	192,517	229,859	-16.2%
13	Volkswagen Passat	176,621	146,193	20.8%
14	BMW 5 Series	171,142	171,852	-0.4%
15	Changan Eado	168,478	162,896	3.4%

Top-selling MPVs at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	Wuling Hongguang	14,653	25,882	-43.4%
2	Buick GL8	9,414	14,022	-32.9%
3	GAC Trumpchi M8	8,839	1,380	540.5%
4	Wuling Jiachen	6,355	NA	NA
5	Toyota Sienna	6,070	932	551.3%
6	Denza D9	6,002	NA	NA
7	FAW Bestune NAT	4,933	5,837	-15.5%
8	Honda Elysion	4,215	3,752	12.3%
9	GAC Trumpchi M6	4,072	6,820	-40.3%
10	Honda Odyssey	3,144	1,493	110.6%
11	Dongfeng Fengxing Lingzhi	2,995	2,765	8.3%
12	Volkswagen Viloran	2,114	1,497	41.2%
13	Wuling Kaijie	1,766	4,286	-58.8%
14	Livan Maple 80V	1,644	NA	NA
15	Chevrolet Orlando	1,639	264	520.8%

Top-selling MPVs at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	Wuling Hongguang	160,944	252,214	-36.2%
2	Buick GL8	126,838	161,308	-21.4%
3	Toyota Sienna	73,537	932	7790.2%
4	GAC Trumpchi M8	65,160	66,153	-1.5%
5	Dongfeng Fengxing Lingzhi	41,896	49,303	-15.0%
6	Honda Odyssey	41,282	45,155	-8.6%
7	GAC Trumpchi M6	37,413	47,791	-21.7%
8	Honda Elysion	35,150	52,214	-32.7%
9	Wuling Jiachen	34,670	NA	NA
10	Wuling Kaijie	20,960	62,616	-66.5%
11	Livan Maple 80V	19,823	5,308	273.5%
12	FAW Bestune NAT	18,880	7,372	156.1%
13	SAIC Maxus G50	18,296	23,767	-23.0%
14	Volkswagen Viloran	18,152	17,351	4.6%
15	Mercedes-Benz V-Class	17,086	20,186	-15.4%

Top-selling SUVs at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	BYD Song	70,269	22,340	214.5%
2	Changan CS75	30,456	14,466	110.5%
3	Tesla Model Y	29,387	40,500	-27.4%
4	Honda CR-V	23,547	20,424	15.3%
5	Toyota RAV4	22,493	20,385	10.3%
6	BYD Yuan Plus	20,862	NA	NA
7	BYD Tang	20,007	8,700	130.0%
8	Changan CS55	18,479	14,226	29.9%
9	Volkswagen Tiguan	18,472	18,582	-0.6%
10	Chery Tiggo 8	16,046	10,787	48.8%
11	Haval H6	15,963	41 ,456	-61.5%
12	Buick Envision	15,351	10,231	50.0%
13	Toyota Wildlander	15,229	18,720	-18.6%
14	Honda Breeze	14,833	14,380	3.2%
15	Aion Y	14,311	6,688	114.0%

Top-selling SUVs at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	BYD Song	478,811	201,682	137.4%
2	Tesla Model Y	315,314	169,853	85.6%
3	Haval H6	250,120	352,857	-29.1%
4	Changan CS75	228,889	274,742	-16.7%
5	Honda CR-V	222,829	222,325	0.2%
6	Toyota RAV4	167,965	203,410	-17.4%
7	BYD Yuan Plus	167,220	NA	NA
8	Changan CS55	151,876	136,985	10.9%
9	Nissan Qashqai	150,621	161,152	-6.5%
10	Volkswagen Tiguan	149,466	185,914	-19.6%
11	Mercedes-Benz GLC	148,797	135,884	9.5%
12	BYD Tang	148,585	51,558	188.2%
13	Audi Q5	145,778	139,909	4.2%
14	BMW X3	140,991	149,742	-5.8%
15	Toyota Wildlander	139,045	130,880	6.2%

Top-selling premium sedans at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	BMW 3 Series	18,533	9,083	104.0%
2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	16,596	9,530	74.1%
3	Audi A6	13,157	10,123	30.0%
4	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	11,612	13,904	-16.5%
5	BMW 5 Series	11,321	9,341	21.2%
6	Audi A4	10,804	8,184	32.0%
7	Nio ET5	7,594	NA	NA
8	Volvo S90	3,664	2,881	27.2%
9	Hongqi H9	1,393	3,891	-64.2%
10	Nio ET7	1,379	NA	NA
Premium models refer to those with a starting price above RMB 300,000.

Top-selling premium sedans at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	BMW 5 Series	171,142	171,852	-0. 4%
2	BMW 3 Series	163,681	170,249	-3.9%
3	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	145,804	141,218	3.2%
4	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	144,399	130,442	10.7%
5	Audi A4	143,412	121,767	17.8%
6	Audi A6	120,357	156,304	-23.0%
7	Volvo S90	33,037	37,875	-12.8%
8	Nio ET7	23,046	NA	NA
9	Hongqi H9	22,576	34,091	-33.8%
10	Nio ET5	11,813	NA	NA
Note: Premium models refer to those with a starting price above RMB 300,000.

Top-selling premium SUVs at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	Tesla Model Y	29,387	40,500	-27.4%
2	Audi Q5	11,854	10,994	7.8%
3	Mercedes-Benz GLC	11,232	13,072	-14.1%
4	BMW X3	11,200	10,414	7.5%
5	Li Auto Li L9	10,582	NA	NA
6	Li Auto Li L8	10,189	NA	NA
7	BMW X5	7,324	NA	NA
8	Mercedes-Benz GLB	7,250	3,735	94.1%
9	Volvo XC60	6,853	5,625	21.8%
10	Volkswagen Teramont	6,309	6,368	-0.9%
Note: Premium models refer to those with a starting price above RMB 300,000.

Top-selling premium SUVs at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	Tesla Model Y	315,314	169,853	85.6%
2	Mercedes-Benz GLC	148,797	135,884	9.5%
3	Audi Q5	145,778	139,909	4.2%
4	BMW X3	140,991	149,742	-5.8%
5	Li Auto Li ONE	78,791	90,491	-12.9%
6	Volvo XC60	64,137	65,036	-1.4%
7	Mercedes-Benz GLB	59,035	56,630	4.2%
8	BMW X5	50,220	NA	NA
9	Volkswagen Teramont	49,965	67,950	-26.5%
10	Cadillac XT5	46,196	51,606	-10.5%
Note: Premium models refer to those with a starting price above RMB 300,000.

Automakers with highest retail sales of NEVs in China in Dec
Ranking	Automaker	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY	Share
1	BYD	223,678	92,775	141.1%	34.9%
2	Tesla	41,926	70,602	-40.6%	6.6%
3	Geely	39,032	16,194	141.0%	6.1%
4	SAIC-GM-Wuling	38,860	54,632	-28.9%	6.1%
5	Changan	34,358	10,404	230.2%	5.4%
6	GAC Aion	30,007	16,675	80.0%	4.7%
7	Li Auto	21,233	14,087	50.7%	3.3%
8	Nio	15,815	10,489	50.8%	2.5%
9	Chery	12,410	20,355	-39.0%	1.9%
10	SAIC Passenger Cars	11,939	7,680	55.5%	1.9%
11	Xpeng	11,292	16,000	-29.4%	1.8%
12	SAIC-Volkswagen	10,892	7,437	46.5%	1.7%
13	FAW-Volkswagen	10,775	11,105	-3.0%	1.7%
14	Seres	10,180	2,474	311.5%	1.6%
15	BMW Brilliance	10,005	5,954	68.0%	1.6%

Automakers with highest retail sales of NEVs in China in 2022
Ranking	Automaker	2022	2021	YoY	Share
1	BYD	1,799,947	584,020	208.2%	31.7%
2	SAIC-GM-Wuling	442,118	431,130	2.5%	7.8%
3	Tesla	439,770	320,743	37.1%	7.8%
4	Geely	304,911	80,694	277.9%	5.4%
5	GAC Aion	273,757	126,962	115.6%	4.8%
6	Chery	221,157	97,625	126.5%	3.9%
7	Changan	212,277	76,466	177.6%	3.7%
8	Neta	148,661	69,674	113.4%	2.6%
9	Li Auto	133,246	90,491	47.2%	2.3%
10	Great Wall Motor	123,920	133,997	-7.5%	2.2%
11	Nio	122,486	91,429	34.0%	2.2%
12	Xpeng	120,757	98,155	23.0%	2.1%
13	Leapmotor	111,168	44,906	147.6%	2.0%
14	FAW-Volkswagen	99,760	70,383	41.7%	1.8%
15	SAIC-Volkswagen	91,761	61,064	50.3%	1.6%

Top-selling new energy sedans at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	Hongguang Mini EV	34,523	50,561	-31.7%
2	BYD Han	29,827	13,701	117.7%
3	BYD Qin	26,206	25,940	1.0%
4	BYD Dolphin	26,048	10,016	160.1%
5	BYD Seal	15,378	NA	NA
6	Aion S	13,832	7,807	77.2%
7	Changan Lumin	13,757	NA	NA
8	Tesla Model 3	12,539	30,102	-58.3%
9	Shenlan SL03	9,094	NA	NA
10	Dongfeng Aeolus E70	9,075	3,762	141.2%
11	BAIC EU Series	8,840	2,990	195.7%
12	Roewe Clever	7,854	2,244	250.0%
13	Nio ET5	7,594	NA	NA
14	Changan Benben EV	6,349	10,404	-39.0%
15	BMW i3	6,140	NA	NA

Top-selling new energy sedans at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	Hongguang Mini EV	404,823	395,451	2.4%
2	BYD Qin	341,943	187,227	82.6%
3	BYD Han	272,418	117,323	132.2%
4	BYD Dolphin	204,226	27,846	633. 4%
5	Tesla Model 3	124,456	150,890	-17.5%
6	Aion S	116,332	73,853	57.5%
7	Chery QQ Ice Cream	96,529	12,679	661.3%
8	Chery eQ	94,330	76,987	22.5%
9	Changan Benben EV	92,053	76,381	20.5%
10	Dongfeng Aeolus E70	73,447	29,596	148.2%
11	BYD Destroyer 05	61,949	NA	NA
12	Leapmotor T03	61,919	40,245	53.9%
13	Ora Good Cat	61,094	49,900	22. 4%
14	Changan Lumin	59,679	NA	NA
15	Xpeng P7	59,066	60,569	-2.5%

Top-selling new energy SUVs at retail in China in Dec 2022
Ranking	Model	Dec-22	Dec-21	YoY
1	BYD Song	70,269	19,142	267.1%
2	Tesla Model Y	29,387	40,500	-27.4%
3	BYD Yuan Plus	20,862	NA	NA
4	BYD Tang	20,007	8,700	130.0%
5	Aion Y	14,311	6,688	114.0%
6	Zeekr 001	11,337	3,796	198.7%
7	Li Auto Li L9	10,582	NA	NA
8	Li Auto Li L8	10,189	NA	NA
9	AITO M5	6,223	352	1667.9%
10	Dongfeng EX1 (Nano BOX)	5,380	3,159	70.3%
11	ID.4 CROZZ	4,832	6,166	-21.6%
12	Smart #1	4,606	NA	NA
13	Geometry E	4,357	NA	NA
14	Nio ES7	4,154	NA	NA
15	Xpeng G9	4,020	NA	NA

Top-selling new energy SUVs at retail in China in 2022
Ranking	Model	2022	2021	YoY
1	BYD Song	475,306	104,244	356.0%
2	Tesla Model Y	315,314	169,853	85.6%
3	BYD Yuan Plus	167,220	NA	NA
4	BYD Tang	148,585	50,116	196.5%
5	Aion Y	120,585	33,522	259.7%
6	Neta V	95,529	49,646	92. 4%
7	Li Auto Li ONE	78,791	90,491	-12.9%
8	Zeekr 001	71,941	6,007	1097.6%
9	AITO M5	56,855	352	16052.0%
10	Neta U	50,927	20,028	154.3%
11	Volkswagen ID.4 CROZZ	46,261	26,141	77. 0%
12	Leapmotor C11	44,371	4,021	1003.5%
13	Nio ES6	42,012	41,474	1. 3%
14	Li Auto Li L9	38,973	NA	NA
15	Volkswagen ID.4X	35,201	21,004	67. 6%