SAIC Motor sold 430,000 vehicles in October, its strongest monthly performance of 2026, extending a run of month-on-month gains that began in the second half of the year, according to figures released by the Shanghai-based automaker on November 1 and reported by Chinese outlet D1EV.
For the first ten months of the year, SAIC delivered 3.577 million vehicles. The company said its sales structure continued to improve, with self-owned brands accounting for 73.7% of total volume, up 9.3 percentage points from a year earlier. Self-brand sales reached 2.638 million units in the January-October period, up 12.3%.
EVs and exports lead growth
New-energy vehicle (NEV) sales rose 25.1% year on year in October to 259,000 units. Over the first ten months, SAIC sold 1.647 million NEVs, up 27.7%, a pace the company said outpaced the industry average. The figure includes BEVs (battery-electric vehicles) and PHEVs (plug-in hybrids).
Among the group's brands, SAIC Passenger Vehicle sold 991,000 units in the first ten months, up 43.8%, with NEV volume surging 157.4% to 491,000 units. The Roewe Jiayue 07 sedan reportedly received more than 10,000 orders within 1 minute 53 seconds of its launch, while the MG4 and MG 07 each sustained monthly sales above 10,000 units.
SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 1.217 million vehicles in the January-October period, including 720,000 NEVs. The Huajing S model delivered more than 7,500 units in October, its sixth consecutive month of growth. Imec (智己) sold 68,000 vehicles over ten months, up 21.2%, with the new-generation Imec LS6 surpassing 8,000 cumulative deliveries since its September launch.
Joint-venture brands also contributed: SAIC Volkswagen sold 74,000 NEVs in the first ten months, up 49.1%, while SAIC-GM sold 106,000, up 56.2%.
Europe drives overseas push
Overseas sales reached 163,000 units in October, up 67.3% year on year, and 1.328 million units over the first ten months, up 54%. In Europe, SAIC's largest overseas market, the MG brand sold 320,000 units in the January-October period, up 24.7%.
In the UK, MG sold more than 18,000 units in September, a record for the brand. In Germany, orders for the MG4 EV Urban surpassed 16,000 units, and MG's total order volume across its model range rose 177% year on year in the third quarter. In Poland, MG sales grew 88% in September and 44% for the first nine months.
SAIC said recent launches including the new-generation Imec LS6, the SAIC Volkswagen ID.ERA 8X and the Roewe Jiayue 07 had been well received, and that it expects continued month-on-month sales growth through the year-end shopping season.
