IM Motors is the premium brand of the SAIC group
- The IM Motors brand (“Intelligence in Motion”) was created in December 2020 by the SAIC group – which produces Volkswagen, Buick, Chevrolet, and Cadillac vehicles under license, but also owns its own brands such as MG, Maxus, and Roewe, the last vestiges of the defunct British MG-Rover group – in partnership with the Chinese technology companies Zhangjiang Hi-Tech and Alibaba Group. SAIC is also the majority owner of the Chinese brands Baojun and Wuling .
- IM Motors is the luxury or premium brand of the SAIC group, specializing in battery electric vehicles, which presented its first models in 2021. In 2023, SAIC and Audi announced their partnership under which SAIC will provide the ADP platform used by the premium brand IM Motors for future battery electric Audi models produced in China.
- Today, the IM Motors range comprises five models, including two sedans (L6, L7) and three SUVs (LS6, LS7, LS9): L6 (D-segment sedan, BEV, 4.93 m long, 19,619 units produced in China over 11 months to 2025), L7 (E-segment sedan, BEV, 5.10 m long, 105 units), LS6 (D-segment SUV, BEV or PHEV, 4.90 m long, 48,729 units), LS7 (E-segment SUV, BEV, 5.05 m long, 547 units) and LS9 (E-segment SUV, REEV, 5.28 m long, 3,388 units).
- IM Motors' production volume was 72,388 units in the first 11 months of 2025, which suggests a volume of 80,000 units for the whole year, compared to 65,393 in 2024, 38,442 in 2023, 6,202 in 2022 and 269 in 2021.
- IM Motors is one of the smaller Chinese premium carmakers, but the position of each is likely to change significantly in the coming years, as this premium market has not yet reached maturity.