SAIC Motor Corporation, the seventh largest automobile manufacturer globally and China's largest automaker, sold 6.93 million vehicles in the calendar year 2017. The company registered an overall growth of 6.8 per cent compared to 6.49 million vehicles sold in the year-ago period.

SAIC's self-owned passenger car brands MG and Roewe became the new engines for growth, driving more than 50% of SAIC's overall sales growth in 2017. Sales of MG and Roewe surged 62 per cent at over 520,000 units in 2017, compared with 320,000 units sold in 2016. This was preceded by 90 per cent growth recorded in 2016, compared with 170,000 units sold in 2015.

With the strong performance by MG and Roewe brands, SAIC Motor further widened the lead with the No.2 player in China in 2017 to over 2.7 million vehicles, compared with a lead of about 2 million units in 2016. In China, SAIC Motor Corporation now enjoys a domestic market share of 23.2%, an increase of 0.6 percentage points against the corresponding period last year.

As a result, SAIC Motor also increased its dominance as one of the biggest corporations in the world moving to Rank 41 in Fortune 500 Companies compared to Rank 46 achieved in 2016.

The incremental sales were boosted by electrification and "Internet Car" models such as the MG ZS compact SUV, MG 6 sedan and Roewe's RX5 crossover. SAIC has aggressive plans to make full use of its own leading technology advantages by introducing new energy vehicles and new products.

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