Changan Automobile sees 2020 sales jump 13.98% year on year

Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (Changan Automobile) said its new vehicle sales reached 2,003,663 units in 2020, up by 13.98% compared to the previous year. It sold 200,616 vehicles last month, representing a year-on-year growth of 3.57%.

By the end of December 2020, the Chongqing-based automaker had gained year-over-year increase for the ninth month in a row.

Most subsidiaries posted growth in full-year sales. Hefei Changan was the fastest-growing one with a surge of up to 74.25%. Both Chongqing Changan and Changan Ford boasted double-digit rise as well.

Ford Edge; photo credit: Changan Ford

Changan Ford scored year-on-year monthly sales growth for nine consecutive months as of Dec. 2020. Notably, the growth was standing over 40% through the fourth quarter.

The Sino-Japanese automaker Changan Mazda saw its annual sales edge up 2.76% to 137,300 units.

Changan Automobile said its sales of self-owned brands jumped 12.9% from a year earlier to 1,503,605 units, of which 978,398 units (+20.6% YoY) were PVs.

UNI-T; photo credit: Changan Automobile

With regard to specific models, the annual sales of the UNI-T, the first mass-produced model of Changan’s premium car sequence “Gravity”, amounted to 68,556 units. On a monthly basis, the sales surpassed 10,000 units for six straight months.

The second production model surnamed “UNI” will be the UNI-K. The automaker offered the first glimpse of the concept version “Vision-V” at the Auto China 2020.

CS75; photo credit: Changan Automobile

Moreover, the sales of three key SUV models—the CS75, the CS55 and the CS35—reached 266,824 units, 109,929 units and 95,211 units respectively last year. The company also sold 174,912 Eado sedan through 2020.