China LCV January 2012: A newcomer in the Top 5
ChangAn NangLing (aka Starlight) with ChangAn Minibus in background
* See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Rutger & Austin *
For once the LCV market behaves worse than the overall Chinese market, very shy in this start of year, at -28% on January 2011 to 363,041 registrations. The Wuling Sunshine is unsurprisingly #1 again with 47,152 sales, albeit down 36% year-on-year. As usual let’s compare this figure to the amount of Ford F-Series sold in the same period in the US (38,493) and the number of VW Golfs sold in the whole of Europe that same month (36,799) to understand the scale of the Sunshine’s performance even in freefall compared to January last year…
The Wuling Rongguang/Xingwang ranks #2 for the 6th consecutive month at 31,708 units (-17%), followed by the ChangAn Mini Bus with 28,358 sales, down 21%. Very rare event, there is a newcomer in the LCV Top 5 in China this month! It is the ChangAn Nangling ranking 5th at 19,367 units, down 17%. Now I am not 100% that this is the right picture above so if you personally know the ChangAn please either confirm or infirm and post the correct picture by commenting on this article!
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Full January 2012 Top 5 Ranking Table below.
China LCV January 2012:
| Pos | Model | Jan | /11 | Dec | 2011 | Pos |
| 1 | Wuling Sunshine | 47,152 | -36% | 1 | 731,749 | 1 |
| 2 | Wuling Rongguang/Xingwang | 31,708 | -17% | 2 | 382,762 | 2 |
| 3 | ChangAn Mini Bus | 28,358 | -21% | 3 | 339,202 | 4 |
| 4 | DongFeng Mini Bus | 21,687 | -17% | 4 | 237,945 | 5 |
| 5 | Changan Nangling | 19,367 | -17% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Source: www.autonews.com
Sales by marque in Denmark from Januray 2012: source: http://www.forocoches.es
1.Toyota 1.407
2.Chevrolet 1.367
3.Peugeot 1.243
4.Ford 1.057
5.Kia 1.018
6.Hyundai 910
7.Citroën 865
8.Suzuki 638
9.Opel 566
10.VW 541
11.Fiat 512
12.Skoda 489
13.Mazda 421
14.Renault 395
15.Nissan 345
16.Mercedes 233
17.BMW 172
18.Honda 152
19.Audi 147
20.SEAT 141
21.Mitsubishi 51
22.Volvo 46
23.Smart 30
24.MINI 18
25.Land Rover 7
26.Lexus 3
27.Subaru 3
28.Chrysler 1
29.Ferrari 1
30.Jaguar 1
31.Lotus 1
32.Maserati 1
33.Porsche 1
34.Saab 1
35.Cadillac 1
I guess the Changan Mini Bus is both the Changan Star (S460) http://car.bitauto.com/changanzhixing/ and Star 2 http://car.bitauto.com/changanzhixing2/
The Nangling is probably the Starlight: http://car.bitauto.com/changanxingguang/
Another Changan bread van offering is the Changan Taurus, which was introduced at the end of 2010: http://car.bitauto.com/jinniuxing/
Thanks Rutger, Austin for this clarification, changing the main image on this post now!
cheers
Matt
Confirmation, basically. The Honor was not even for sale last month. It was just listed…
http://www.carnewschina.com/2012/02/23/changan-ounuo-mpv-listed-priced-in-china/
I want to say its the older looking Maxi, Star, SC, not the Honor as pictured.