Shanghai (Gasgoo)- On January 4, SAIC Motor released its 2025 annual results, pointing to steady, broad-based growth. The group sold 4.507 million vehicles for the year, a 12.3% increase from a year earlier; retail sales reached 4.67 million, underscoring solid demand.
In-house brands were the main engine of that expansion. In 2025, sales of SAIC's own marques — including Roewe, MG, IM Motors, SAIC Maxus, Wuling and Baojun — climbed to 2.928 million, up 21.6% year on year. Their share of the total continued to rise, a sign of progress in brand elevation and competitiveness.
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The new-energy business kept up a rapid pace, setting another record. Full-year NEV sales reached 1.643 million, up 33.1%, underscoring SAIC's continued acceleration in its electrification push.
Overseas operations remained resilient as globalization deepened. In 2025, SAIC's overseas sales totaled 1.071 million, up 3.1%, keeping the company among the leaders in China's auto industry.
Europe stood out. MG sold more than 300,000 vehicles for the year, nearly 30% higher than a year earlier, with cumulative sales now approaching 1 million — evidence that Chinese brands are breaking into the mainstream in this automotive stronghold.
In India and Thailand, MG also sold 70,000 and 29,000 vehicles, respectively, both posting significant growth. SAIC has built an overseas footprint anchored by one "300,000-class" region (Europe) and five "50,000-class" regions (the Americas, Middle East, Australia & New Zealand, ASEAN and South Asia). Its products and services now cover more than 170 countries and regions worldwide, and cumulative overseas sales have topped 6 million units.
Taken together, SAIC Motor's 2025 report card shows not just the steady expansion of overall scale, but higher-quality growth driven by the rise of its in-house brands, leadership in NEVs and stronger global operations — laying a firmer base for future competition and adding momentum to Chinese automakers' push upmarket.
