On December 8th, with the unveiling of Volkswagen (Anhui) and the completion of its R&D center and the commencement of its manufacturing base, a ceremony was held in Hefei, marking the official landing of the strategic cooperation project between Jiangqi Group and Volkswagen Germany. The future model will be built based on the Volkswagen Group's pure electric MEB platform, and the first model is planned to be put into production in 2023. The Jianghu sees only the masses, not the Jianghuai River.

On December 9, Jianghuai Motor Co., Ltd. announced that its sales volume in November was 41140 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 23.67%; From January to November, the cumulative sales volume reached 417000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 7.72%. Achieving approximately 93% of the annual sales target is a high probability event.

In terms of vehicle types, in November, the sales of passenger cars in Jianghuai reached 164.77 million units, a year-on-year increase of 51.4%. Passenger cars have been growing for four consecutive months and continue to improve. From January to November, the total sales volume was 139278 vehicles, down 6.97% year-on-year.

Among them, the sales volume of SUVs in November was 10604 units, a year-on-year increase of 103.88%. The total sales volume from January to November was 76205 units, a year-on-year decrease of 7.98%. Although Jianghuai has gathered multiple SUV models, there is no major sales model, with a total sales volume of only 10000 vehicles, which can only be said to be too small a base.

The sales volume of sedans in November was 2830, a year-on-year increase of 34.5%; From January to November, the total sales volume was 32687 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%. From the perspective of sales volume, Jiayue was not enough to take the lead.

The sales volume of MPV models in November was 3043, down 15.02% year-on-year; From January to November, the total sales volume was 30386 vehicles, down 15.31% year-on-year. Jiangqi Group has made the "Ruifeng" business vehicle brand independent, focusing on creating the M and L series of Ruifeng series.

Overall, Jiangqi Group's passenger vehicles are still relatively weak, and it may be a helpless choice to gradually weaken passenger vehicles and focus on building three product lines of commercial vehicles.

commercial vehicle

In November, Jianghuai commercial vehicle sales totaled 24663 vehicles, up 10.2% year-on-year; From January to November, the cumulative sales volume was 277457 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 17.0%. Jianghuai commercial vehicles have a good momentum, with double-digit growth both monthly and overall.

Among them, the sales volume of light trucks in November was 177.27 million, up 6.6% year-on-year; From January to November, the cumulative sales volume was 2005.83 million units, 13.3% year-on-year.

In November, 4013 heavy trucks were sold, a year-on-year increase of 17.8%; From January to November, the cumulative sales volume was 50138 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 45.0%.

The sales volume of large, medium, and light buses was 801 units, with a total sales volume of 4592 units from January to November, a significant decline.

In November, the export sales volume was 3315 vehicles, up 2.6% year-on-year; The total export volume from January to November was 31833 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 25.85%.

It is worth mentioning that the sales volume of pure electric passenger vehicles was 5820, with a year-on-year increase of 120.79%; From January to November, the total sales volume was 42548 vehicles, a year-on-year decrease of 22.87%. Jianghuai passenger vehicles have shown no improvement, and Jianghuai Automobile plans to invest 1 billion yuan in the construction of a vehicle body parts project, and intends to transform its new energy business by leveraging the Sihao brand.

Careful people can find that the Sihao brand should be abandoned by the Volkswagen Anhui strategy. The Volkswagen Anhui new model is based on the pure electric MEB platform, and the first model is planned to be put into production in 2023, which means that Sihao is not planned. Meanwhile, at the 2020 Guangzhou Auto Show, Sihao brand displayed a variety of models, but these models were somewhat familiar. Most of the new cars displayed by Sihao were originally fuel vehicles and new energy vehicles of the Jianghuai brand, which were "upgraded".