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China September 2011: General Motors places 3 models in Top 4!

October 25th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

Chevrolet Sail

* NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 243 (all) best-selling models: see ’Read more’ *

Things are starting to look very good indeed for General Motors in China, with the group placing 3 models in the Top 4 for the very first time. The Buick Excelle confirms it is the country’s favourite car and holds the pole position for the 2nd month in a row with 27,992 sales, reinforcing its 2011 top spot at 191,495 units, ahead of the VW Lavida, back to a more traditional level after a couple of months off, ranking #2 in September with 23,852 sales and year-to-date at 176,362 units.

The Chevrolet Cruze rounds up the podium with 23,212 sales, its third highest monthly volume ever, and the third GM model in the Top 4 this month is the Chevrolet Sail, beating all the nameplate’s records: best ever monthly volume at 20,958 and best-ever ranking at #4. Previous records were 17,268 (Jan ’11) and #8 (Jul ’11)… The VW Bora is also in great shape, up to #5 in September and #6 year-to-date, as is the Honda CR-V up to an outstanding 6th place.

BYD L3

Further down the ranking, notice the Kia K2 (the Chinese version of the new gen Rio) up to #34 at 10,478 units, the BYD S6 getting closer to the Top 50 at #53 with 7,547 sales, the new Chery E5 up 13 spots on August to #58 at 7,073 units and the BYD L3 up a massive 60 spots to #75 and 5,407 sales.

Brilliance H530

As far as new models are concerned, the Mazda3 Starcheng lands directly at #78 with 5,086 sales, the Brilliance H530 is already knocking at the Top 100′s door at #101 and 3,787 units for its 2nd month and the Baojun 630 is up 25 spots and 125% on August to #143 with 1,945 sales. The Nissan Murano has kicked-off production in China and lands at #189 with 582 units.

Note the BMW 7 Series, an import therefore not in this ranking, would hover around the 100th position with a very impressive 3,760 sales, up 57% year-on-year…

Previous month: see the Chinese August 2011 Top 245 best-selling models here.

Full September 2011 Top 243 Ranking Table below.

China September 2011:

Pos Model Sept Aug 2011 Pos 2010
1 Buick Excelle 27,994 1 191,497 1 5
2 VW Lavida 23,852 6 176,362 2 2
3 Chevrolet Cruze 23,212 4 162,091 4 7
4 Chevrolet Sail 20,962 9 135,554 10 40
5 VW Bora 20,195 8 148,138 6 8
6 Honda CR-V 20,018 7 108,819 18 19
7 VW Jetta 19,819 10 165,207 3 4
8 Hyundai Elantra Yuedong 18,800 5 151,803 5 3
9 VW Passat 18,043 2 119,161 12 21
10 Ford Focus 16,369 15 141,578 9 9
11 Nissan Sunny 16,113 18 116,005 13  -
12 Hyundai Verna 15,963 16 96,883 23 94
13 VW Polo 15,624 43 104,043 20 22
14 Toyota Corolla 15,548 3 122,098 11 10
15 Nissan Teana 15,193 19 111,685 14 18
16 Honda Accord 14,780 13 111,010 16 11
17 Chery QQ 14,769 31 111,677 15 13
18 FAW Xiali N-Series 14,571 20 142,558 8 6
19 BYD F3 13,521 25 146,231 7 1
20 VW Tiguan 13,387 12 100,709 22 62
21 Toyota Camry 13,345 11 106,296 19 12
22 Buick Excelle XT/GT 13,221 22 101,309 21 45
23 Great Wall Tengyi C30 12,920 27 109,864 17 60
24 Kia Forte Furuidi 12,641 30 94,946 26 30
25 Nissan Qashqai 12,514 42 77,814 36 73
26 Toyota Corolla EX 12,444 14 83,977 31 42
27 Nissan Bluebird Sylphy 11,862 28 96,792 24 17
28 Citroen C-Quatre 11,727 37 85,927 30 29
29 VW Sagitar 11,589 21 95,998 25 27
30 Skoda Octavia 11,250 23 94,863 27 25
31 Nissan Tiida 11,139 24 74,512 40 14
32 Hyundai Elantra 10,702 36 90,286 29 15
33 Honda City 10,657 38 82,951 33 20
34 Kia K2 10,478 41 22,376 123  -
35 Toyota RAV4 10,358 45 65,097 49 35
36 Audi A6L 10,352 17 82,827 34 26
37 Hyundai Sonata 10,015 47 40,355 83  -
38 VW Golf 9,805 26 75,405 38 77
39 Toyota Highlander 9,462 32 66,418 48 46
40 Great Wall Hover H3/H5 8,986 34 92,331 28 23
41 Nissan Livina 8,976 35 73,961 42 24
42 VW Magotan 8,922 44 59,314 54 49
43 Mazda6 8,780 80 69,023 46 36
44 VW Santana Vista 8,705 56 83,162 32 31
45 Buick Regal 8,589 53 58,295 55 48
46 Audi A4L 8,474 33 63,424 50 75
47 Buick LaCrosse 8,200 40 82,210 35 32
48 Chery Fulwin 2 8,188 58 59,894 52 56
49 Chery Tiggo 8,079 29 75,935 37 69
50 Hyundai ix35 8,001 39 74,413 41 72
51 Toyota Reiz 7,776 49 44,909 77 84
52 Dongfeng Joyear 7,600 55 54,617 62 148
53 BYD S6 7,547 57 23,243 117  -
54 Soueast V3 Lingyue 7,382 54 47,119 69 53
55 Emgrand EC7 7,375 48 69,926 44 61
56 JAC Heyue/Heyue RS 7,299 46 61,436 51 63
57 Gleagle Freedom Ship 7,227 68 56,221 58 37
58 Chery E5 7,073 71 15,901 140  -
59 ChangAn Benben Mini 6,771 73 69,635 45 79
60 VW Santana 6,502 59 74,668 39 28
61 BYD F0 6,492 66 73,615 43 16
62 Citroen C-Elysée 6,229 64 48,772 66 58
63 Suzuki SX4 6,171 70 53,105 64 67
64 Suzuki Big Dipper 6,121 105 39,722 86 59
65 Haima Family 6,064 60 56,136 59 74
66 Audi Q5 5,993 52 39,567 87 115
67 Suzuki Alto 5,973 79 46,500 70 102
68 JAC Refine 5,840 101 44,887 78 71
69 Roewe 350 5,826 87 47,917 67 99
70 Ford Mondeo 5,789 95 42,323 81 86
71 Ford Fiesta 5,749 78 45,695 73 55
72 FAW Besturn B50 5,690 67 67,093 47 43
73 Gleagle King Kong 5,620 74 45,277 76 57
74 BMW 5-Series L 5,519 61 51,724 65 97
75 BYD L3 5,407 135 21,289 125  -
76 Brilliance Junjie FSV 5,204 63 29,513 103 105
77 Zotye 5008 5,091 75 53,357 63 38
78 Mazda3 Starcheng 5,086  - 5,086 190  -
79 Peugeot 307 5,007 94 38,080 89 68
80 Suzuki Lingyang 4,967 86 39,494 88 103
81 ChangAn CX20 4,872 106 29,877 102 189
82 FAW Xenia S80/M80 4,857 115 27,683 106 91
83 Chevrolet Spark 4,778 51 54,833 60 51
84 Chery Cowin 2 4,722 111 37,079 90 50
85 Peugeot 408 4,566 107 42,289 82 100
86 Buick GL8 4,559 50 54,732 61 83
87 BYD G3 4,498 76 46,314 71 89
88 Kia Sportage R 4,438 69 46,151 72 157
89 Kia Cerato 4,359 85 45,616 74 41
90 Gleagle Panda/GX2 4,317 109 33,322 98 104
91 Skoda Superb 4,300 96 37,013 91 110
92 Hyundai Tucson 4,294 98 39,870 85 78
93 Lifan 620 4,233 83 40,013 84 109
94 Honda Odyssey 4,173 103 21,892 124 92
95 Brilliance Junjie FRV (BS2) 4,121 92 56,412 57 47
96 Peugeot 207 4,111 89 35,978 93 101
97 Chevrolet Aveo 4,043 65 16,245 137 185
98 Kia Sportage 4,039 97 33,520 97 66
99 Dongfeng Fengshan H30/S30 4,013 123 23,469 116 122
100 Kia K5 4,001 90 22,536 121  -
101 Brilliance H530 3,787 162 4,864 192  -
102 ChangAn Yuexiang 3,786 120 45,433 75 33
103 Chery A3 3,610 122 27,800 105 76
104 VW Touran 3,594 119 21,134 126 130
105 Mercedes E-Klasse 3,567 113 26,527 107 131
106 Gleagle Vision 3,533 99 35,774 94 70
107 Suzuki Swift 3,504 112 30,808 101 87
108 Peugeot 508 3,417 72 7,961 175  -
109 Toyota Crown 3,385 138 17,493 132 93
110 Lifan 520/520i 3,345 93 32,105 100 114
111 FAW Weizhi 3,300 116 24,139 113 108
112 Toyota E’Z Yizhi 3,284 137 7,268 179  -
113 Roewe 550 3,264 91 32,143 99 44
114 Shanghai Englon SC7 3,257 104 34,687 95 88
115 MG 3 3,163 124 15,946 139 169
116 Skoda Fabia 3,000 82 36,476 92 106
117 Linian S1 2,933 141 16,392 136  -
118 Citroen C5 2,914 114 25,279 111 111
119 Chery Cowin 3/A5 2,701 125 34,537 96 54
120 VW CC 2,676 84 28,278 104 146
121 Lianhua L3 2,650 133 21,058 127 125
122 Mazda6 Ruiwing 2,608 127 25,017 112 98
123 Haima 7 Knight 2,592 108 18,321 130 152
124 Honda Fit 2,541 146 14,990 143 113
125 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2,508 130 16,759 135 127
126 JAC Tongyue 2,507 62 44,699 79 96
127 MG 6 2,477 102 20,011 128 133
128 Hyundai Sonata MoInca 2,422 128 23,595 115 107
129 FAW Weizhi V2 2,418 142 8,921 169  -
130 Kia Rio 2,408 140 25,618 110 95
131 Nissan X-Trail 2,385 131 22,599 120 116
132 Chery A1 2,313 145 15,122 142 150
133 Great Wall Florid 2,278 110 26,995 108 81
134 FAW Besturn B70 2,231 136 22,426 122 90
135 Toyota Yaris 2,122 118 13,512 151 124
136 Dongfeng Shuai 2,113 150 17,314 133 136
137 Chery Cowin 1 2,108 147 23,725 114 128
138 Mercedes C-Klasse 2,093 134 18,866 129 123
139 VW Polo Jinqu/Jinqing 2,081 100 13,971 147  -
140 BMW 3-Series 2,078 88 23,177 118 138
141 Toyota Prado 2,058 126 14,983 144 153
142 Jiangnan Alto 2,037 117 23,120 119 119
143 Baojun 630 1,945 168 2,814 202  -
144 Honda Spirior 1,922 149 13,851 148 135
145 Jinbei Granse/S50 1,841 139 13,743 149 142
146 Haima Freema 1,730 121 16,041 138 121
147 Shanghai Englon SC5/Golden Eagle 1,693 152 13,674 150 155
148 Dongfeng Future 1,630 132 16,983 134 80
149 Hyundai Accent 1,597 154 17,595 131 65
150 Suzuki Liana 1,567 161 15,527 141 193
151 Chevrolet Epica 1,566 129 26,528 109 82
152 Lifan 320 1,562 143 12,490 157 172
153 ChangAn Zhixiang/CX30 1,448 157 9,724 163 171
154 GAC Trumpchi 1,448 171 9,475 166  -
155 Haima 2 Cupid 1,404 153 14,343 145 120
156 Emgrand EC8 1,384 144 12,411 158  -
157 Haima Prince 1,338 181 9,171 168 180
158 Great Wall Hover M2 1,284 159 14,166 146 139
159 Zotye Z200 1,273 165 5,422 188  -
160 Nissan March 1,244 167 12,935 153 154
161 Riich M1 1,218 191 6,629 183 129
162 Huanghai Aurora 1,208 148 12,722 155 141
163 Changfeng Black King DUV 1,083 158 13,032 152 151
164 Citroen C2 1,048 179 7,244 180 168
165 Karry Youya 1,015 190 6,739 182 134
166 Toyota Vios 1,014 163 9,328 167 112
167 Hawtai Santa Fe 984 166 47,633 68 52
168 JMC Yusheng/Baowei 967 169 7,969 173  -
169 Zotye Multiplan 952 176 8,351 171 177
170 Kia Soul 933 182 7,745 177 147
171 Riich X1 915 156 10,537 161 143
172 Roewe W5 882 170 1,751 218  -
173 Mitsubishi Pajero 848 185 7,547 178 162
174 Hyundai i30 842 164 8,858 170 132
175 Volvo S80 L 833 172 7,113 181 159
176 Mazda2 814 178 7,962 174 137
177 Landwind X8/X6/X9 783 184 9,672 164 156
178 Mercedes Viano 730 177 5,573 186 176
179 Nissan Paladin 705 173 5,951 184 165
180 Nissan NV200 701 151 11,828 160 158
181 BAW Jeep B40 684 160 5,804 185 166
182 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 682 174 5,110 189 178
183 Great Wall C20R/Phenom 669 200 1,087 224 163
184 Lifan X60 656 187 1,857 214  -
185 Mazda8 654 180 4,839 193  -
186 Brilliance Splendor/Junjie (BS4) 648 195 9,907 162 118
187 Cadillac SLS 631 186 5,454 187 182
188 Hyundai Sonata NFC 619 197 8,122 172 126
189 Nissan Murano 582  - 582 233  -
190 JAC Rein 569 175 9,598 165 140
191 Volvo S40 528 196 3,824 196 181
192 Riich G5 519 237 675 230  -
193 Zhongxing Landmark 478 183 12,152 159 149
194 Rely V5 457 188 4,880 191 161
195 Mercedes Vito 452 193 2,294 210  -
196 Rely X5 375 207 785 228  -
197 Changhe Ideal 358 214 2,316 209  -
198 BJC Warrior 358 189 1,354 220 190
199 Roewe 750 317 194 3,437 199 175
200 Mitsubishi Lancer 303 206 3,308 200 187
201 Changfeng CS7 Feiteng 294 198 3,549 197 160
202 BYD M6 292 201 2,632 205  -
203 Great Wall Tengyi V80 289 202 4,199 194 183
204 Foton MP-X 280 209 2,868 201 188
205 Buick Park Avenue 246 204 1,350 221 194
206 FAW Vela 230 218 2,044 212 186
207 Foton MP-X Midi 220 199 3,511 198 173
208 Ford S-Max 216 217 2,775 203 184
209 Kia Optima 211 211 1,541 219 196
210 Tianqi Meiya Haishi 210 210 465 234  -
211 Dongfeng Oting 202 226 1,948 213 198
212 Mazda3 193 77 44,346 80 64
213 Mitsubishi Zinger 181 223 874 227  -
214 Hafei Saima 179 225 2,264 211 197
215 BYD F6 163 205 12,740 154 85
216 Gonow GX6/GS1/Jetstar 162 212 1,039 225 167
217 Dongfeng Yumsun 130 222 583 232  -
218 Hawtai Terracan 128 228 2,408 207 192
219 Citroen C-Triomphe 120 244 276 241  -
220 Shanghai Englon TX4 114 208 934 226  -
221 Changfeng CS6 114 215 752 229 195
222 Hafei Lobo 106 230 2,523 206 145
223 JAC Yueyue 104 219 2,398 208  -
224 JAC Binyue 88 221 405 236 199
225 Mitsubishi Galant 87 227 454 235  -
226 MG 7 83 220 284 240  -
227 Brilliance Grandeur Zunchi (BS6) 79 229 1,839 215 174
228 Hafei Saibao 75  - 75 n/a  -
229 Honda Accord Crosstour 72 224 1,753 217  -
230 ChangAn Benben Love/i 64 240 1,146 222 144
231 Tianqi Meiya SUV 52 231 205 244  -
232 BYD F3DM 46 234 303 239  -
233 Karry Youyi 43 245 72 n/a  -
234 Riich G6 39 239 50 n/a  -
235 Hawtai B11 30 238 2,710 204  -
236 Chery Eastar 30 235 261 243  -
237 Landwind Fashion 27 216 345 238  -
238 BAW (Beijing) Luba 21 232 366 237  -
239 BYD e6 10 203 273 242  -
240 Chery QQme 7 241 30 n/a  -
241 Haima 3 2 233 1,836 216 179
242 FAW Vizi 1 242 151 245  -
243 Chrysler Grand Voyager 1  - 1 n/a  -

Source: www.autoweek.nl, www.chooseauto.com.cn, www.autonews.com

Note: This ranking only takes into account models produced in China – no imports are included.

Categories: China
  1. Miguel Figueira
    October 27th, 2011 at 18:15 | #1
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    @Pedro
    Of course it depends of eachone tastes! For me Italian cars where and are quite elegant in style. Alfa romeo has wonderful cars and was nominated the marque with the best design. Who can be indiferent to some models such as the giulietta, Alfetta, 156, 159, Spider, GTV, Giulia… very few people!!!

  2. Danijel
    October 27th, 2011 at 18:14 | #2
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  3. Pedro
    October 27th, 2011 at 04:45 | #3
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    Miguel Figueira :@Pedro I´m very sorry. Chrysler is the latin one. Fiat buys it. otherwise it went bankrupt!! Fiat and Alfa have no expression in China. Are they importde?? I do not think so! They do not like this kind of elegant latin cars! About Lancia, the Chinese do not even know its existence!!!

    Yes, Fiat imports to China:

    http://www.gopctex.com/2011/fiat-china-news-import-prices-and-a-new-jv/

    If these are “elegant cars” is a matter of taste. To me they’re not very elegant.

  4. Miguel Figueira
    October 26th, 2011 at 18:08 | #4
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    @Pedro
    I´m very sorry. Chrysler is the latin one. Fiat buys it. otherwise it went bankrupt!! Fiat and Alfa have no expression in China. Are they importde?? I do not think so! They do not like this kind of elegant latin cars! About Lancia, the Chinese do not even know its existence!!!

  5. Pedro
    October 26th, 2011 at 02:12 | #5
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    @Miguel Figueira

    Fiat is now american (Chrysler), not “latin”. Anyway, as imported cars they are not listed in the official charts from matt.

  6. Miguel Figueira
    October 26th, 2011 at 01:40 | #6
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    @Danijel
    I don´t think so! They are too cold to buy latin cars!!!

  7. Danijel
    October 26th, 2011 at 01:36 | #7
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    Fiat, Alfa sales in China?

  8. Pedro
    October 21st, 2011 at 02:10 | #8
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    @matgasnier

    Some september-sales figures of imported Audis can be found here:

    http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-10/17/content_13909719.htm

    1,400 A8
    1,600 Q7
    3,000 TT

  9. Pedro
    October 20th, 2011 at 02:41 | #9
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    Audi A8 ist not produced in China.

  10. NismoBoy
    October 19th, 2011 at 02:35 | #10
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    Infiniti China figures please?

  11. Steam
    October 17th, 2011 at 23:55 | #11
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    VW Lavida seems to be recovering, but #1 during the whole year seems to be far away.

  12. Miguel Figueira
    October 17th, 2011 at 18:15 | #12
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    @MFabio83
    Thanks Fabio. VW/Audi have a huge production line in China. That´s why they sell large numbers there. An Audi A6 is cheaper than a Lexus IS!

  13. MFabio83
    October 17th, 2011 at 04:39 | #13
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    @Miguel
    Yes, it is. with a Joint-Venture between VW and FAW.

    [...]FAW-Volkswagen, a joint venture between FAW Group and Volkswagen AG, produces a wide range of premium passenger and commercial vehicles. Current products include the Volkswagen Bora, Caddy MPV, Golf, Jetta, and Sagitar; and Audi A4, A6, A8, and Q7.[...]

    http://www.germancarblog.com/2006/08/audi-new-sales-division-in-china.html

  14. Miguel
    October 17th, 2011 at 03:27 | #14
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    @Pedro
    I think the Audi A8 is produced in China. The A4 and A6 are!

  15. Rutger (D-C)
    October 16th, 2011 at 21:05 | #15
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    Sales figures of the imported BMW 7 Series (Source: Automotive News):

    July: 3,696
    August: 3,074
    January-August: 22,295

    It’s selling extremely well for such an expensive vehicle!

  16. Pedro
    October 16th, 2011 at 19:49 | #16
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    It’s a pity that imported cars (A8, Phaeton, A1 etc) are not listed. No chance to get these figures ?

    • matgasnier
      October 16th, 2011 at 20:07 | #17
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      Hi Pedro,
      I can’t find them anywhere :-(
      If anyone has them please comment on here!
      cheers
      Matt

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