The Chinese group's ten-month total reaches 3.577 million, with new energy vehicles at 1.647 million and overseas sales up 54 percent.
SAIC Motor reported group sales of 430,000 vehicles in October, its highest monthly figure this year. From January to October the Chinese maker sold 3.577 million units, including 1.647 million new energy vehicles, while overseas sales reached 1.328 million, up 54 percent.
SAIC Motor sold 430,000 vehicles in October, the best monthly total the Chinese group has recorded this year, and it says sales have risen from one month to the next since the second half began. Across January to October the group delivered 3.577 million units.
The weight of that total sits with brands SAIC builds and sells under its own name. Those self-owned brands moved 335,000 cars in October, up 9.7 percent on a year earlier and the tenth month in a row of annual growth. For the ten months they reached 2.638 million units, up 12.3 percent, which is 73.7 percent of group volume and 9.3 percentage points more than at this point last year.
Brand by brand
| Brand | October | January to October |
|---|---|---|
| SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle | 124,000 (up 32.7 percent) | 991,000 (up 43.8 percent) |
| Maxus | 32,000 (up 62.5 percent) | 248,000 (up 37.2 percent) |
| SAIC-GM-Wuling | 157,000 | 1.217 million |
| IM Motors | - | 68,000 (up 21.2 percent) |
IM Motors is the premium electric brand in the group, and SAIC says deliveries of the new-generation IM LS6 have passed 8,000 since it went on sale in September. The Roewe Jiayue 07 took more than 10,000 firm orders within 1 minute and 53 seconds of its launch, according to the company, while the MG4 and MG 07 each continue to sell more than 10,000 a month.
Electrified models lead the way
New energy vehicles, the Chinese term covering battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars, made up 259,000 of the October sales, a rise of 25.1 percent on the same month of 2025. Over ten months the group sold 1.647 million, up 27.7 percent, a pace SAIC says is well ahead of the industry average.
- SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle: 491,000 new energy vehicles, up 157.4 percent
- Maxus: 91,000, up 82.9 percent
- SAIC-GM-Wuling: 720,000, with the Huajing S delivering more than 7,500 in October for a sixth straight month of growth
- SAIC Volkswagen: 74,000, up 49.1 percent
- SAIC-GM: 106,000, up 56.2 percent
Overseas sales
Exports and overseas production are growing faster than the home market. Between January and October SAIC sold 1.328 million vehicles abroad, up 54 percent, and 163,000 of them were sold in October alone, 67.3 percent more than a year before.
Europe remains the largest overseas region. MG sold 320,000 cars there over the ten months, up 24.7 percent. In the United Kingdom the company reports more than 18,000 MG sales in September, the best month the brand has had in that market. German buyers placed more than 16,000 orders for the MG4 EV Urban, and MG orders across its German range were up 177 percent year on year in the third quarter. In Poland, September sales climbed 88 percent, and the cumulative figure through September was 44 percent higher than a year earlier.
What SAIC expects next
The group points to a run of recent launches, among them the new IM LS6, the SAIC Volkswagen ID. ERA 8X and the Roewe Jiayue 07, as the models carrying demand into the final stretch of the year. With those cars ramping up production and the year-end buying peak under way, SAIC says it expects to keep monthly sales rising and to push full-year results higher.
