Nine new car - making forces sold over 20,000 vehicles per month. Leapmotor sold 50,000 and Li Auto sold 40,000. Fourteen major automakers released their monthly sales results.

Only 3 automakers saw a decline in sales! The sales reports of 14 domestic automakers for March are out.

According to a report from CheDongXi on April 1st, just now, 14 automakers announced their sales results for March 2026, showing an obvious upward trend overall.

Based on the current available data, 9 new - force automakers delivered over 20,000 vehicles in March, while there were only 4 in February this year. Among them, Leapmotor, NIO Group, Deepal, YiPAI, Seres, XPeng, Voyah, and IM Motors had a month - on - month delivery growth of over 70% in March.

Among them, Leapmotor, the champion of new - force vehicle deliveries in March, achieved its best result since the beginning of this year, delivering over 50,000 vehicles in a month, 20,000 more than last month.

Li Auto also directly reached 40,000 vehicles, taking the second place in new - force vehicle deliveries in March, recovering from the sales slump and achieving growth both year - on - year and month - on - month.

Xiaomi Auto delivered over 20,000 vehicles in March. There was not much overall change compared with the delivery volume in February. The new - generation SU7 delivered over 7,000 vehicles in its first week.

As of the time of publication, Hongmeng Zhixing and AITO have not announced their sales data. However, Seres announced the sales data of its new - energy vehicles. Seres sold 22,700 new - energy vehicles in March, a year - on - year increase of 21%. Its main - selling model, AITO, is still in the off - season of model transition.

Among the three leading private automakers, BYD sold 300,200 vehicles in March, a year - on - year decrease of 20% and a month - on - month increase of 58%. Among them, the export volume was close to 120,000 vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 65%.

Geely sold 233,000 vehicles in March, with little year - on - year change and a month - on - month increase of 13%. Great Wall Motor sold a total of 106,200 new vehicles in March 2026, a year - on - year increase of 8% and a month - on - month increase of 46%.

Overall, most of these 14 automakers achieved month - on - month growth. Only BYD, XPeng, and Xiaomi saw a slight year - on - year decline. Their future market performance is worth looking forward to.

▲ Sales of some domestic automakers in March 2026

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Leapmotor 50,000, Li Auto 40,000

NIO and XPeng step up the new - car battle

The monthly sales reports of 11 new - force automakers are out.

According to the monthly sales ranking of new - force automakers from high to low, Leapmotor delivered 50,000 vehicles in March, a year - on - year increase of 35%. Compared with the 28,100 vehicles delivered in February, the month - on - month growth was 78%, selling over 20,000 more vehicles.

▲ Leapmotor's delivery volume in March 2026

Leapmotor's sharp sales increase in March is mainly due to the continuous increase in the sales of existing models.

▲ Leapmotor A10

However, it is worth noting that Leapmotor's sales target for this year is 1 million vehicles. In the first quarter of this year, Leapmotor's cumulative sales just exceeded 110,000 vehicles. Leapmotor may face great sales pressure in the remaining time of this year.

While announcing the sales victory in March, Leapmotor officially pre - heated again that the D19 will be launched on April 16th. Coupled with the gradual roll - out of new models in the A series and the facelifts of models in the B and C series, multiple models are expected to boost Leapmotor's sales to a new high.

Li Auto delivered 41,100 vehicles in March, a year - on - year increase of 12% and a month - on - month increase of 56%. It recovered from the sales pain and ranked second in the delivery volume of new - force automakers in March.

▲ Li Auto's delivery volume in March 2026

Li Auto's sales recovery is due to two aspects. On the one hand, the production capacity bottleneck of the Li i6 was completely solved after the Spring Festival, and the delivery volume continued to climb, exceeding 24,000 vehicles in March. On the other hand, it also benefited from the steady increase in the order volume of the Li i8, with a month - on - month increase of over 100% in March.

This also allowed Li Auto to achieve a delivery result of over 40,000 vehicles in March without a new - car launch and during the product transition period, showing strong product strength and terminal operation ability.

The NIO Group also announced good news. In March 2026, it delivered 35,500 new vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 136% and a month - on - month increase of 71%.

▲ NIO's delivery volume in March 2026

Among them, the NIO brand delivered 22,500 new vehicles, a year - on - year increase of 120% and a month - on - month increase of 48%.

The obvious year - on - year sales growth of the NIO Group in March is mainly due to the popularity of the NIO ES8. Currently, the new NIO ES8 has completed its 80,000th cumulative delivery in 181 days and has won the sales championship of large SUVs for three consecutive months.

▲ The new NIO ES8

LeDao and Firefly also performed remarkably. The LeDao brand delivered 6,877 new vehicles in March, a year - on - year increase of 43% and a month - on - month increase of 131%. The Firefly brand delivered 6,119 new vehicles in March, a month - on - month increase of 130%.

On this basis, the NIO Group officially announced today that it will enter a stage of intensive new - product launches.

▲ NIO's official announcement of new - car launch time

The new ES6, EC6, ET5, and ET5T will be launched on April 2nd. Compared with the positioning and price - cut strategy of the NIO ES8, the prices of these 4 models to be facelifted by NIO will undoubtedly be more affordable and will shoulder more responsibilities for large - scale sales.

In addition, the 2026 version of the LeDao L90 will be launched in late April, and the NIO ES9, LeDao L80, and the facelifted Firefly models are also on the way.

Xiaomi Auto still maintained its conservative style and did not announce the specific delivery volume. It only officially announced that the delivery volume in March also exceeded 20,000 vehicles, remaining relatively stable compared with the delivery volume of over 20,000 vehicles in February this year.

▲ Xiaomi Auto's delivery volume in March 2026

It is worth noting that the new - generation SU7 was officially launched on March 19th and started delivery on March 23rd, delivering over 7,000 vehicles in its first week.

▲ The new - generation SU7 delivered over 7,000 vehicles in its first week

Although it seems that Xiaomi Auto's sales did not climb significantly in March, according to multiple industry sources, as of March this year, Xiaomi may have prepared the production of 16,000 new - generation SU7s. Lei Jun also confirmed that production preparation started two months in advance before the new car was launched, and there may be a tilt in the production - capacity strategy.

According to previous public reports, Xiaomi may launch 3 extended - range models in the second half of this year, and two more models (possibly including the extended - version of Xiaomi SU7) may be launched within this year. Multiple new models are expected to help Xiaomi strive for the annual sales target of 550,000 vehicles.

XPeng Auto delivered a total of 27,400 vehicles in March 2026, a year - on - year decrease of 17% and a month - on - month increase of 80%. The month - on - month sales growth in March may be related to the increase in the sales and market demand of models with dual - function capabilities.

▲ XPeng Auto's delivery volume in March 2026

On March 19th, XPeng officially pushed the second - generation VLA system. According to He Xiaopeng, the chairman and CEO of XPeng Auto, the second - generation VLA doubled the in - store test - drive volume month - on - month, and the sales proportion of high - end models such as Ultra and Ultra SE equipped with this system more than doubled.

On April 2nd, which is tomorrow, the MONA M03, the best - selling model under XPeng, will be facelifted and launched, which is expected to further drive sales growth.

Voyah delivered 15,000 vehicles in March, a year - on - year increase of 50% and a month - on - month increase of 80%. The sales growth is related to the consecutive launches of multiple strategic models by Voyah in March.

In March this year, the high - end MPV Dreamer under Voyah reached the milestone of 200,000 vehicles offline and launched the champion version. The flagship SUV Voyah Taishan Ultra was put into mass production and delivered, and the Black Warrior version was also launched simultaneously. The Voyah Taishan X8 made its debut in the same month and may be launched in April.

▲ Voyah's delivery volume in March 2026

According to the plan, Voyah will also bring a brand - new FUV codenamed "FE" and a 500,000 - level MPV codenamed "Mount Everest" this year. It can be predicted that the competition in the automotive market this year will still be fierce.

In addition to the above new - force automakers, Hyper, Deepal, and YiPAI