Chery/Omoda-Jaecoo Deliveries: 2025-26 (Q1-Q3)

Chery has numerous brands and trying to put it all together accurately isn't easy. This data is Chery, Omoda and Jaecoo. The new Lepas brand is also included, I think I'm right in assuming. Any others I don't know about. 

The company is working hard with these brands and is having success. For twelve months of 2025, 1.7 million found new homes and in nine months of 2026, 1.5 million. Take away Q4 from the 2025 figure, and volume is up 23%. 

There is no further breakdown of data but at least it is now coming through with sufficient consistency to report on a quarterly basis, as I do with global brand sales. 

Data & photo source: Chery Automobile.

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. 

For more on IM, click here.

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. The data excludes cars made at overseas plants, which amounts to 90,000 YTD.

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