China December 2010: Great Wall Tengyi #3, BYD F3 #1 in 2010 Now with Top 200 best selling models in 2010
*Thanks to DC at www.autoweek.nl for the Full Year 2010 Top 200! See ‘Read more’ below*
This month, 3 Chinese models land in the Top 6, a feat rare enough to be noticed. The BYD F3, after months spent outside the podium, comes back to #1 to cap off a fantastic year: it is the best selling car in China in 2010 with 263,947 sales. It was #1 in January, February, March, May and December.
Known for its SUVs and pick-ups, Great Wall establishes itself as a generalist car manufacturer with the Tengyi C30 sedan which enters the very short list of Chinese cars having featured on the podium in their own country. Launched in June, it is #3 this month with a very impressive 24,723 sales. Lastly, the FAW Xiali N3/N5 continues its good run at #6 both in December and in 2010.
The VW Lavida stays above 25k monthly sales and finishes the year in 2nd place with 251,615 units. It was #1 in June, October & November. The Hyundai Elantra Yuedong is #3 (233,344 sales), followed by the VW Jetta (224,523 sales, #1 in April, July & August) and Buick Excelle (222,494, #1 in September).
Full Year 2010 Top 200, Top 10 in pictures & December 2010 Top 100: click on ‘Read more’ below.
China Full Year 2010 Top 10 in pictures:
1. BYD F3 263,947 sales (see above)
3. Hyundai Elantra Yuedong 233,344 sales
5. Buick Excelle 222,494 sales
6. FAW Xiali N3/N5 198,680 sales
7. Chevrolet Cruze 187,737 sales
10. Toyota Corolla 172,055 sales
China Full Year 2010 Top 200:
| Pos | Model | 2010 |
| 1 | BYD F3 | 263,947 |
| 2 | VW Lavida | 251,615 |
| 3 | Hyundai Elantra Yuedong | 233,344 |
| 4 | VW Jetta | 224,523 |
| 5 | Buick Excelle | 222,494 |
| 6 | FAW Xiali N3/N5 | 198,680 |
| 7 | Chevrolet Cruze | 187,737 |
| 8 | VW Bora | 172,537 |
| 9 | Ford Focus | 172,270 |
| 10 | Toyota Corolla | 172,053 |
| 11 | Honda Accord | 171,679 |
| 12 | Toyota Camry | 161,410 |
| 13 | Chery QQ | 157,061 |
| 14 | Nissan Tiida | 153,906 |
| 15 | Hyundai Elantra | 152,641 |
| 16 | BYD F0 | 148,457 |
| 17 | Nissan Bluebird Sylphy | 142,511 |
| 18 | Nissan Teana | 140,842 |
| 19 | Honda CR-V | 140,000 |
| 20 | Honda City | 132,635 |
| 21 | VW Passat Lingyu | 130,971 |
| 22 | VW Polo | 125,835 |
| 23 | Great Wall Hover H3/H5 | 119,815 |
| 24 | Nissan Livina | 114,949 |
| 25 | Skoda Octavia | 113,226 |
| 26 | Audi A6L | 112,125 |
| 27 | VW Sagitar | 110,689 |
| 28 | VW Santana | 110,175 |
| 29 | Citroen C-Quatre | 106,357 |
| 30 | Kia Forte Furuidi | 105,750 |
| 31 | VW Santana Vista | 104,800 |
| 32 | Buick LaCrosse | 104,378 |
| 33 | ChangAn Yuexiang | 103,980 |
| 34 | Honda Civic | 101,000 |
| 35 | Toyota RAV4 | 98,057 |
| 36 | Mazda6 | 94,369 |
| 37 | Geely Freedom Ship | 93,583 |
| 38 | Zotye 5008/2008 | 93,502 |
| 39 | Chevrolet Lova | 85,545 |
| 40 | Chevrolet Sail | 84,752 |
| 41 | Kia Cerato | 82,746 |
| 42 | Toyota Corolla EX | 82,743 |
| 43 | FAW Besturn B50 | 82,576 |
| 44 | Roewe 550 | 81,790 |
| 45 | Buick Excelle XT/GT | 81,652 |
| 46 | Toyota Highlander | 80,841 |
| 47 | Brilliance Junjie FRV (BS2) | 80,820 |
| 48 | Buick Regal | 79,358 |
| 49 | VW Magotan | 78,859 |
| 50 | Chery Cowin 2 | 78,788 |
| 51 | Chevrolet Spark | 77,800 |
| 52 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 77,159 |
| 53 | Soueast V3 Lingyue | 75,791 |
| 54 | Chery Cowin 3/A5 | 75,630 |
| 55 | Ford Fiesta | 75,198 |
| 56 | Chery Fulwin 2 | 74,605 |
| 57 | Geely King Kong | 74,106 |
| 58 | Citroen C-Elysée | 71,819 |
| 59 | Suzuki Big Dipper | 71,738 |
| 60 | Great Wall Tengyi C30 | 71,689 |
| 61 | Geely Emgrand EC7 | 70,308 |
| 62 | VW Tiguan | 70,112 |
| 63 | JAC Heyue/Heyue RS | 69,317 |
| 64 | Mazda3 | 68,616 |
| 65 | Hyundai Accent | 68,463 |
| 66 | Kia Sportage | 67,740 |
| 67 | Suzuki SX4 | 65,651 |
| 68 | Peugeot 307 | 65,506 |
| 69 | Chery Tiggo | 65,032 |
| 70 | Geely Vision | 64,839 |
| 71 | JAC Refine | 64,671 |
| 72 | Hyundai ix35 | 63,278 |
| 73 | Nissan Qashqai | 62,075 |
| 74 | Haima Family | 61,926 |
| 75 | Audi A4L | 59,385 |
| 76 | Chery A3 | 58,723 |
| 77 | VW Golf | 57,517 |
| 78 | Hyundai Tucson | 56,527 |
| 79 | ChangAn Benben Mini | 56,392 |
| 80 | Dongfeng Future | 55,395 |
| 81 | Great Wall Florid | 54,029 |
| 82 | Chevrolet Epica | 53,791 |
| 83 | Buick GL8 | 52,127 |
| 84 | Toyota Reiz | 51,784 |
| 85 | BYD F6 | 51,651 |
| 86 | Ford Mondeo | 51,586 |
| 87 | Suzuki Swift | 50,989 |
| 88 | Geely Englon SC7 | 50,591 |
| 89 | BYD G3 | 50,416 |
| 90 | FAW Besturn B70 | 49,635 |
| 91 | FAW Senya M80 | 48,499 |
| 92 | Honda Odyssey | 45,810 |
| 93 | Toyota Crown | 45,161 |
| 94 | Hyundai Verna | 44,359 |
| 95 | Kia Rio | 44,024 |
| 96 | JAC Tongyue | 43,579 |
| 97 | BMW 5-Series L | 43,270 |
| 98 | Mazda6 Ruiwing | 43,082 |
| 99 | Roewe 350 | 42,437 |
| 100 | Peugeot 408 | 41,981 |
| 101 | Peugeot 207/206 | 41,878 |
| 102 | Suzuki Alto | 41,729 |
| 103 | Suzuki Lingyang | 41,644 |
| 104 | Geely Panda | 41,044 |
| 105 | Brilliance FSV | 40,823 |
| 106 | Skoda Fabia | 39,278 |
| 107 | Hyundai Sonata MoInca | 38,885 |
| 108 | FAW Weizhi | 38,575 |
| 109 | Lifan 620 | 38,062 |
| 110 | Skoda Superb | 37,796 |
| 111 | Citroen C5 | 35,001 |
| 112 | Toyota Vios | 34,689 |
| 113 | Honda Fit | 33,575 |
| 114 | Lifan 520/520i | 32,947 |
| 115 | Audi Q5 | 32,557 |
| 116 | Nissan X-Trail | 32,011 |
| 117 | Great Wall Hover M1 | 30,289 |
| 118 | Brilliance Splendor (BS4) | 30,046 |
| 119 | Jiangnan Alto | 28,925 |
| 120 | Haima 2 Cupid | 28,750 |
| 121 | Haima Freema | 28,112 |
| 122 | Dongfeng Fengshan H30/S30 | 28,018 |
| 123 | Mercedes C-Klasse | 27,075 |
| 124 | Toyota Yaris | 27,063 |
| 125 | Europestar L3 | 26,404 |
| 126 | Hyundai Sonata NFC | 25,653 |
| 127 | Mitsubishi Lancer EX | 24,690 |
| 128 | Chery Cowin 1 | 24,432 |
| 129 | Riich M1 | 22,848 |
| 130 | VW Touran | 22,380 |
| 131 | Mercedes E-Klasse | 22,304 |
| 132 | Hyundai i30 | 19,858 |
| 133 | MG 6 | 19,569 |
| 134 | Karry Youya | 19,438 |
| 135 | Honda Spirior | 19,403 |
| 136 | Dongfeng Shuai | 19,343 |
| 137 | Mazda2 | 19,311 |
| 138 | BMW 3-Series | 19,280 |
| 139 | Great Wall Hover M2 | 19,258 |
| 140 | JAC Rein | 18,862 |
| 141 | Huanghai Aurora | 18,251 |
| 142 | Jinbei Granse | 18,113 |
| 143 | Riich X1 | 18,006 |
| 144 | ChangAn Benben Love/i | 17,578 |
| 145 | Hafei Lobo | 17,433 |
| 146 | VW CC | 17,353 |
| 147 | Kia Soul | 17,264 |
| 148 | Dongfeng Joyear | 17,147 |
| 149 | Zhongxing Landmark | 16,962 |
| 150 | Chery A1 | 16,038 |
| 151 | Changfeng Black King DUV | 16,034 |
| 152 | Haima 7 Knight | 15,528 |
| 153 | Toyota Prado | 15,294 |
| 154 | Nissan March | 14,705 |
| 155 | Geely Golden Eagle | 13,332 |
| 156 | Landwind X8/X6/X9 | 12,452 |
| 157 | Kia Sportage R | 11,713 |
| 158 | Nissan NV200 | 11,670 |
| 159 | Volvo S80 L | 11,553 |
| 160 | Changfeng CS7 Feiteng | 10,363 |
| 161 | Rely V5 | 10,359 |
| 162 | Mitsubishi Pajero | 10,177 |
| 163 | Great Wall Phenom | 10,028 |
| 164 | Cadillac SRX | 9,192 |
| 165 | Nissan Paladin | 8,691 |
| 166 | BAW Jeep B40 | 8,255 |
| 167 | Gonow GX6/GS1/Jetstar | 8,236 |
| 168 | Citroen C2 | 8,111 |
| 169 | MG3 SW | 8,010 |
| 170 | FAW Xiali V2 | 7,998 |
| 171 | ChangAn Zhixiang/CX30 | 7,692 |
| 172 | Lifan 320 | 7,510 |
| 173 | Foton MP-X Midi | 7,255 |
| 174 | Brilliance Grandeur (BS6) | 7,175 |
| 175 | Roewe 750 | 6,774 |
| 176 | Mercedes Viano | 6,638 |
| 177 | Zotye Multiplan | 6,271 |
| 178 | Toyota Land Cruiser 200 | 6,149 |
| 179 | Haima 3 | 5,951 |
| 180 | Haima Prince | 5,911 |
| 181 | Volvo S40 | 5,537 |
| 182 | Cadillac SLS | 5,200 |
| 183 | Great Wall Tengyi V80 | 5,110 |
| 184 | Ford S-Max | 5,049 |
| 185 | Chevrolet Aveo | 5,040 |
| 186 | FAW Vela | 4,941 |
| 187 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 4,812 |
| 188 | Foton MP-X | 4,609 |
| 189 | ChangAn CX20 | 4,372 |
| 190 | BJC Warrior | 4,371 |
| 191 | JMC Baowei | 4,295 |
| 192 | Hawtai Terracan | 4,280 |
| 193 | Suzuki Liana | 3,921 |
| 194 | Buick Park Avenue | 3,368 |
| 195 | Changfeng CS6 | 3,347 |
| 196 | Kia Optima | 3,336 |
| 197 | Hafei Saima | 3,222 |
| 198 | Dongfeng Oting | 3,141 |
| 199 | JAC Binyue | 3,062 |
| 200 | Shanhgai Maple Marindo C31/C32 | 2,943 |
China December 2010 Top 100:
| Pos | Model | Dec | Nov | 2010 | Pos |
| 1 | BYD F3 | 26,594 | 6 | 263,947 | 1 |
| 2 | VW Lavida | 25,017 | 1 | 251,615 | 2 |
| 3 | Great Wall Tengyi C30 | 24,723 | 20 | 71,689 | 60 |
| 4 | Hyundai Elantra Yuedong | 19,719 | 4 | 233,344 | 3 |
| 5 | Toyota Corolla | 19,036 | 9 | 172,053 | 10 |
| 6 | FAW Xiali N3/N5 | 18,874 | 2 | 198,680 | 6 |
| 7 | Buick Excelle | 17,122 | 7 | 222,494 | 5 |
| 8 | Ford Focus | 16,891 | 10 | 172,270 | 9 |
| 9 | VW Polo | 16,830 | 18 | 125,835 | 22 |
| 10 | Chevrolet Sail | 16,417 | 11 | 84,752 | 40 |
| 11 | Chevrolet Cruze | 16,040 | 3 | 187,737 | 7 |
| 12 | Honda Accord | 15,336 | 12 | 171,679 | 11 |
| 13 | VW Santana Vista | 15,213 | 33 | 104,800 | 31 |
| 14 | BYD F0 | 14,887 | 16 | 148,457 | 16 |
| 15 | Great Wall Hover H3/H5 | 14,411 | 25 | 119,815 | 23 |
| 16 | Toyota Camry | 14,015 | 14 | 161,410 | 12 |
| 17 | Nissan Tiida | 13,738 | 35 | 153,906 | 14 |
| 18 | Honda City | 13,320 | 17 | 132,635 | 20 |
| 19 | Chery QQ | 13,219 | 13 | 157,061 | 13 |
| 20 | VW Jetta | 12,480 | 5 | 224,523 | 4 |
| 21 | Nissan Bluebird Sylphy | 12,153 | 19 | 142,511 | 17 |
| 22 | VW Bora | 12,102 | 8 | 172,537 | 8 |
| 23 | Honda CR-V | 11,832 | 15 | 140,000 | 19 |
| 24 | Toyota Corolla EX | 11,641 | 22 | 82,743 | 42 |
| 25 | Kia Forte Furuidi | 11,268 | 28 | 105,750 | 30 |
| 26 | Nissan Livina | 11,207 | 36 | 114,949 | 24 |
| 27 | Geely Freedom Ship | 11,012 | 39 | 93,583 | 37 |
| 28 | Mazda6 | 10,991 | 42 | 94,369 | 36 |
| 29 | VW Passat Lingyu | 10,981 | 21 | 130,971 | 21 |
| 30 | Citroen C-Quatre | 10,969 | 27 | 106,357 | 29 |
| 31 | Nissan Teana | 10,849 | 34 | 140,842 | 18 |
| 32 | Hyundai Elantra | 10,822 | 23 | 152,641 | 15 |
| 33 | ChangAn Yuexiang | 10,573 | n/a | 103,980 | 33 |
| 34 | Hyundai Verna | 10,526 | 32 | 44,359 | 94 |
| 35 | Mazda3 | 10,425 | 43 | 68,616 | 64 |
| 36 | Toyota RAV4 | 10,012 | 37 | 98,057 | 35 |
| 37 | ChangAn Benben Mini | 9,956 | 30 | 56,392 | 79 |
| 38 | VW Santana | 9,793 | 53 | 110,175 | 28 |
| 39 | Chery Fulwin 2 | 9,750 | 49 | 74,605 | 56 |
| 40 | Buick Excelle XT/GT | 9,008 | 24 | 81,652 | 45 |
| 41 | Zotye 5008/2008 | 8,925 | 52 | 93,502 | 38 |
| 42 | Hyundai ix35 | 8,897 | 47 | 63,278 | 72 |
| 43 | Haima Family | 8,858 | 64 | 61,926 | 74 |
| 44 | Geely King Kong | 8,837 | 55 | 74,106 | 57 |
| 45 | Skoda Octavia | 8,776 | 31 | 113,226 | 25 |
| 46 | Chery Tiggo | 8,528 | 66 | 65,032 | 69 |
| 47 | Ford Fiesta | 7,852 | 59 | 75,198 | 55 |
| 48 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 7,842 | 61 | 77,159 | 52 |
| 49 | Citroen C-Elysée | 7,800 | 48 | 71,819 | 58 |
| 50 | Geely Vision | 7,743 | 62 | 64,839 | 70 |
| 51 | Toyota Reiz | 7,725 | 70 | 51,784 | 84 |
| 52 | Chery Cowin 3/A5 | 7,609 | n/a | 75,630 | 54 |
| 53 | Toyota Highlander | 7,594 | 56 | 80,841 | 46 |
| 54 | Soueast V3 Lingyue | 7,576 | 44 | 75,791 | 53 |
| 55 | Chevrolet Spark | 7,568 | 60 | 77,800 | 51 |
| 56 | Chery A3 | 7,537 | n/a | 58,723 | 76 |
| 57 | Chery Cowin 2 | 7,269 | 58 | 78,788 | 50 |
| 58 | Chevrolet Lova | 7,247 | 50 | 85,545 | 39 |
| 59 | FAW Besturn B50 | 7,226 | 45 | 82,576 | 43 |
| 60 | Suzuki Big Dipper | 7,181 | 68 | 71,738 | 59 |
| 61 | Mazda6 Ruiwing | 7,144 | 106 | 43,082 | 98 |
| 62 | Buick LaCrosse | 7,106 | 26 | 104,378 | 32 |
| 63 | Dongfeng Joyear | 7,009 | 73 | 17,147 | 148 |
| 64 | Geely Emgrand EC7 | 7,008 | 46 | 70,308 | 61 |
| 65 | Audi A6L | 7,000 | 38 | 112,125 | 26 |
| 66 | Kia Cerato | 6,835 | 57 | 82,746 | 41 |
| 67 | Honda Civic | 6,680 | 51 | 101,000 | 34 |
| 68 | FAW Senya M80 | 6,676 | 63 | 48,499 | 91 |
| 69 | JAC Tongyue | 6,307 | 96 | 43,579 | 96 |
| 70 | VW Magotan | 6,242 | 54 | 78,859 | 49 |
| 71 | VW Sagitar | 5,987 | 29 | 110,689 | 27 |
| 72 | Jiangnan Alto | 5,947 | 100 | 28,925 | 119 |
| 73 | Geely Englon SC7 | 5,911 | 69 | 50,591 | 88 |
| 74 | Peugeot 307 | 5,782 | 76 | 65,506 | 68 |
| 75 | Roewe 550 | 5,699 | 67 | 81,790 | 44 |
| 76 | Roewe 350 | 5,680 | 72 | 42,437 | 99 |
| 77 | Buick Regal | 5,648 | 111 | 79,358 | 48 |
| 78 | Peugeot 408 | 5,172 | 80 | 41,981 | 100 |
| 79 | Chery Cowin 1 | 5,102 | 83 | 24,432 | 128 |
| 80 | Hyundai Tucson | 5,095 | 86 | 56,527 | 78 |
| 81 | Great Wall Florid | 5,012 | 92 | 54,029 | 81 |
| 82 | Audi A4L | 5,000 | 74 | 59,385 | 75 |
| 83 | BMW 5-Series L | 5,000 | 109 | 43,270 | 97 |
| 84 | Suzuki SX4 | 4,936 | 81 | 65,651 | 67 |
| 85 | Honda Odyssey | 4,905 | 93 | 45,810 | 92 |
| 86 | Mercedes E-Klasse | 4,718 | 97 | 22,304 | 131 |
| 87 | Peugeot 207/206 | 4,641 | 85 | 41,878 | 101 |
| 88 | Ford Mondeo | 4,593 | 88 | 51,586 | 86 |
| 89 | JAC Heyue/Heyue RS | 4,306 | 41 | 69,317 | 63 |
| 90 | Kia Sportage R | 4,270 | 91 | 11,713 | 157 |
| 91 | Geely Panda | 4,172 | 101 | 41,044 | 104 |
| 92 | Kia Sportage | 4,134 | 77 | 67,740 | 66 |
| 93 | Buick GL8 | 4,124 | n/a | 52,127 | 83 |
| 94 | Suzuki Alto | 4,033 | 78 | 41,729 | 102 |
| 95 | Lifan 620 | 4,000 | 95 | 38,062 | 109 |
| 96 | BMW 3-Series | 4,000 | n/a | 19,280 | 138 |
| 97 | BYD G3 | 3,993 | 103 | 50,416 | 89 |
| 98 | VW Golf | 3,968 | 71 | 57,517 | 77 |
| 99 | Chevrolet Epica | 3,937 | 94 | 53,791 | 82 |
| 100 | Kia Rio | 3,868 | 90 | 44,024 | 95 |
Source: www.autoweek.nl, www.chooseauto.com.cn













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