SAIC IM Deliveries : 2025-26 (Q1-Q3)

SAIC's premium marque, IM is small by Chinese standards. With a mere 13,851 deliveries in three months of 2026, it barely registers in a market the size of China. There are some exports included in that too. 

IM says of itself "IM is an industry leading BEV brand characterised by impeccable taste and a futuristic mindset. In out pursuit of innovation, we explore new possibilities for intelligent and amazing travel experiences."

One thing Chinese brands consistently get wrong is overly intrusive technology and IM is no different. They need to dial it back for Western markets. 

With volume well short of 2025, I'm (no pun) surprised that the brand is up 40% with only three months to go. There is likely to be a spike in volume for Q4 as that does seem to happen with Chinese car firms.

The name IM stands for Intelligent Mobility. The bar is set high and ownership reviews are for the most part very favourable. SAIC is trying hard with IM. In a market full of aspiring premium EVs, even getting noticed isn't easy. 

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Data & photo source: SAIC. 

SAIC Global Sales (China Production): 2009-26 (Q1-Q3)

SAIC is a state owned car company with its headquarters in Shanghai. It was founded in 1955 and gained much success in joint ventures with foreign car companies VW (since 1984) and GM (1988). 

It also eventually acquired MG Rover technology without the Rover name. They instead created their own similar sounding brand, Roewe (photo above). It still runs the SAIC Motor UK Technical Centre. 

So what is covered by SAIC Motor here? Roewe (commenced 2006), MG (2007) and Rising Auto (2020 - briefly as the R brand/photo below). Sales were 90,396 in 2009 and they rose substantially since then, up to 230,020 in 2013. Then it was up and down, overall going up. 

The peak was 2023 at just under a million but then the company hit a speed bump the following year, down to 707,015. 2025 was another solid increase. 2026 is for the first half the year and deliveries are already up 45% YOY.

It looks like 2026 will be a record year, with deliveries over nine months now equalling a complete 2025. It should beat it easily, infact. 

MG fills the value for money base brand, Roewe is considered upper mainstream and Rising Auto as a more premium electric subbrand of Roewe. 

Land Rover Global Model Deliveries : 2025-26 (Q1-Q3)

H1 2026 deliveries were down on H1 2025, -12% YOY. The good news is by the end of the third quarter, deliveries were down just 8% Sales have been affected by a series of negative situations impacting on the company. Quoting JLR, "...Volumes impacted by US tariffs, China market challenges....in addition to production stoppages following the cyber incident". Since that quote, the onging disruptions in the Middle East could be added. 

All models were down with the exception of the Defender, up 3%.  The Discovery Sport is ending its 11 year production run in December, 2026. The closely related Range Rover Evoque will remain and becomes the entry level SUV. 

Data & photo source: JLR. (Velar & RR Sport).

Regional: North America remains the biggest region for Land Rover, with 30% of the total delivered. The UK had a strong September, pushing up to 24% share. China is now down to just 12% of deliveries, well down on a peak of 27% a few years back, MENA (Middle East & North Africa) suffered with the coflict in the region. Two of the regions that did best (UK and Europe) in terms of limiting the sales fall are the two closest to the manufacturing plants. 

The Middle East is presumably hit by the upheavals in the region. In China, locally made Land Rovers have ceased and only imported models are now being sold. Big ticket vehicles face even higher duty than mainstrean ones, which won't be helping either.  

The local distributor Chery is about to release the Freelander brand. JLR handles the design and styling, while Chery deals with the engineering, technology, and manufacturing. It's a stand alone brand, using Chery’s electric platforms.