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China February 2012: When will Chinese cars rule at home?

March 21st, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Will the 2013 BYD F3 reclaim the title of best-selling car in China?

* See the Top 100 best-selling Chinese models by clicking on the title! *

Chinese models are improving their quality and design year after year and are starting to climb the sales ranks of many export countries. But before you can rule overseas, you need to rule at home, right? That’s what the Japanese and Korean industries did after all – granted, with the help of very restrictive import laws.

The facelifted model should help reboot local sales of Chery QQ

The thing is, Chinese brands are far from ruling in China, and things seem to be getting worse. One year ago, there were 34 Chinese models in the overall Top 100. This figure has gone down to 29 over the Full Year 2011 and 31 this month. Local models are stuck at the bottom of the ranking, with 59 locals between #101 and #200 and 37 between #200 and #250… Brand-wise, only BYD and Great Wall rank are in the Top 10.

FAW Xiali N5

Another recent big change and probably one of the main reasons the weakness of Chinese locals has been under the spotlight lately is the weakening of the BYD F3, formerly the best-selling passenger car overall but now only #4 among locals…The new generation can’t come fast enough. An old favourite, the FAW Xiali N3/N5, has reclaimed the pole position both over the Full Year 2011 and in February. Great Wall keeps improving, placing 2 models on the podium (vs. none one year ago): the Voleex C30 and Haval H3/H5/H6.

Chery E5

In 5th place this month, the Chery QQ is another local model that is starting to show signs of ageing – and will be renewed soon. Will it be enough to reverse the fortune of an entire industry? Probably not. Hope? There are 4 local newcomers (ie less than one year old) in the overall Top 100 this month: the BYD S6 is #7 Chinese/#29 overall, the Baojun 630, a genuine success story, is #9/44, the Chery E5 is #19/66 and the BYD G6 is #29/91.

Emgrand EC8

Other good performers among local models in February include the BYD L3 up from #49 Chinese one year ago to #10 this month, ChangAn CX20 up from #31 to #17, DongFeng Future up from #41 to #20, DongFeng Fengshang H30/S30 up from #39 to #25 and the Emgrand EC8 up from #69 to #36.

General Chinese post: China February 2012: Buick Excelle leads, Chevrolet Malibu arrives

One year ago: China February 2011: VW Lavida #1, VW Tiguan in Top 10, Sunny up

Full February 2012 Chinese models Top 100 Ranking Table below.

China February 2012 – Chinese models only:

Pos Pos Model Feb-12 Feb-11 Pos 2012 Pos 2011
1 8 FAW Xiali N3/N5 16,566 10,923 2 34,956 1 1
2 12 Great Wall Voleex C30 15,097 7,451 9 25,705 4 5
3 15 Great Wall Haval H3/H5/H6 14,417 9,409 4 26,137 3 4
4 16 BYD F3 13,750 12,377 1 26,338 2 2
5 23 Chery QQ 11,234 9,555 3 18,847 5 3
6 28 ChangAn Benben Mini 10,058 9,091 5 17,317 7 8
7 29 BYD S6 9,834 0  - 15,655 9 21
8 34 Emgrand EC7 9,221 6,513 10 18,749 6 7
9 44 Baojun 630 8,017 0  - 17,023 8 56
10 46 BYD L3 7,813 1,468 49 13,337 12 37
11 54 JAC Heyue/Heyue RS 6,711 4,647 20 13,466 11 12
12 55 Dongfeng Joyear 6,518 3,503 27 10,821 17 14
13 57 Haima Family 6,032 5,960 12 7,872 27 13
14 58 Chery Tiggo 5,984 5,563 15 14,054 10 6
15 60 Gleagle King Kong 5,905 5,054 18 11,542 13 17
16 61 Zotye 5008 5,858 5,843 13 10,650 19 15
17 62 ChangAn CX20 5,798 3,063 31 11,520 14 33
18 63 Soueast V3 Lingyue 5,692 3,316 28 10,724 18 16
19 66 Chery E5 5,578 0  - 9,543 24 38
20 69 Dongfeng Future 5,395 1,805 41 11,403 15 45
21 70 BYD G3 5,204 4,457 23 8,527 26 20
22 72 Roewe 350 5,030 5,318 16 9,776 23 18
23 73 Shanghai Englon SC7 4,905 4,487 22 10,209 21 28
24 79 FAW Xenia S80/M80 4,566 3,310 29 7,516 28 36
25 80 Dongfeng Fengshan H30/S30 4,538 1,875 39 11,035 16 43
26 83 FAW Besturn B50 4,391 5,808 14 10,311 20 9
27 84 JAC Refine 4,363 4,185 24 8,654 25 22
28 86 Gleagle Freedom Ship 4,257 5,271 17 10,160 22 10
29 91 BYD G6 3,794 0  - 5,544 35 81
30 94 Lifan 620 3,427 4,850 19 7,351 29 24
31 97 Roewe 550 3,324 4,540 21 5,753 33 34
32 101 Chery Cowin 2 2,856 2,272 37 5,317 36 25
33 105 Gleagle Panda/GX2 2,812 2,932 33 5,655 34 30
34 106 Dongfeng Shuai 2,793 1,281 54 4,585 42 52
35 107 Lifan 520/520i 2,753 3,557 26 6,285 31 31
36 109 Emgrand EC8 2,664 753 69 4,597 41 63
37 110 FAW Weizhi V2 2,663 1,649 45 5,211 37 47
38 113 Lianhua L3 2,601 1,525 47 5,166 38 42
39 115 Gleagle Vision 2,483 4,113 25 6,357 30 27
40 117 Chery A1 2,460 326 74 3,811 50 57
41 118 Haima Freema 2,427 924 65 4,056 45 54
42 119 JAC Tongyue 2,334 2,792 34 4,876 40 26
43 120 Haima 7 Knight 2,325 1,740 43 3,980 47 48
44 123 MG 3 2,201 0  - 4,162 44 55
45 125 Gleagle GC7 2,148 0  - 3,727 52 113
46 126 Lifan 320 2,132 1,012 60 4,537 43 59
47 127 Linian S1 2,083 0  - 3,706 53 50
48 128 Chery Cowin 1 2,055 2,263 38 3,342 58 44
49 132 ChangAn Zhixiang/CX30 1,975 1,224 57 3,800 51 66
50 133 Hawtai Santa Fe 1,954 8,183 6 3,458 57 29
51 134 Brilliance Junjie FSV 1,914 2,686 35 5,120 39 35
52 135 Chery Cowin 3/A5 1,907 3,026 32 3,986 46 32
53 136 Lifan X60 1,886 0  - 3,873 49 83
54 137 Chery A3 1,861 1,471 48 3,569 54 39
55 139 ChangAn Yuexiang 1,844 7,834 7 2,502 66 23
56 140 Brilliance V5 1,809 0  - 6,119 32 122
57 142 Great Wall C20R/Phenom 1,696 0  - 3,533 55 87
58 143 Huanghai Aurora 1,692 1,000 61 2,844 64 62
59 146 MG 6 1,602 978 63 2,902 62 51
60 147 Shanghai Englon SC5/Golden Eagle 1,583 1,386 52 3,459 56 61
61 148 Great Wall Florid 1,554 3,200 30 2,414 69 41
62 149 Haima 2 Cupid 1,549 1,355 53 2,054 74 58
63 151 Jiangnan Alto 1,525 1,874 40 2,888 63 40
64 153 Riich G3 1,469 0  - 2,906 61 110
65 154 FAW Besturn B70 1,467 2,445 36 3,189 59 46
66 155 Brilliance H530 1,337 0  - 2,952 60 64
67 156 GAC Trumpchi 1,333 1,034 59 2,058 73 65
68 157 Lianhua L5 1,299 0  - 2,600 65 84
69 158 Zotye Z200 1,291 0  - 2,442 68 75
70 159 JMC Yusheng/Baowei 1,291 0  - 2,213 70 77
71 161 Landwind X8/X6/X9 1,182 1,263 55 2,173 71 72
72 163 Brilliance Junjie FRV 1,140 7,666 8 3,898 48 19
73 166 Great Wall Haval M2 1,124 1,535 46 1,849 76 53
74 168 Changfeng Black King DUV 1,026 1,723 44 2,463 67 68
75 169 Jinbei Granse/S50 1,002 1,252 56 2,067 72 60
76 171 Haima Prince 916 999 62 1,508 77 70
77 172 JAC Rein 909 1,204 58 1,304 78 76
78 173 Great Wall Voleex C50 833 0  - 1,257 79 120
79 179 Zotye Multiplan 563 458 72 1,067 81 69
80 180 Karry Youya 541 755 68 852 84 78
81 183 Shanghai Englon TX4 500 n/a n/a 500 92 112
82 184 Hawtai B35 500 n/a n/a 749 85 118
83 189 Gonow Saboo G3/Aoosed G5 426 n/a n/a 531 91 119
84 191 JAC Yueyue 406 n/a n/a 718 86 97
85 193 Foton MP-X 400 n/a n/a 700 87 95
86 194 Zhongxing Landmark 387 942 64 678 88 71
87 195 BJC Warrior 380 n/a n/a 444 93 96
88 197 Great Wall Voleex V80 344 394 73 613 90 85
89 198 Roewe W5 334 n/a n/a 651 89 88
90 200 BYD F0 309 6,212 11 1,178 80 11
91 201 Changhe Ideal 307 n/a n/a 866 83 90
92 203 Hafei Lobo 295 n/a n/a 300 101 91
93 204 BAW Jeep 288 n/a n/a 408 94 80
94 207 Riich M1 249 565 70 379 96 79
95 208 Riich X1 212 796 67 2,052 75 67
96 209 ChangAn Eado 204 n/a n/a 333 99 121
97 210 Foton MP-X Midi 200 500 71 350 97 89
98 211 Brilliance Splendor/Junjie (BS4) 199 1,398 51 913 82 74
99 212 Hafei Saima 192 n/a n/a 279 103 100
100 213 Riich G5 189 n/a n/a 334 98 103

Source: DC at www.autoweek.nl, www.chooseauto.com.cn

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  1. tuga
    March 22nd, 2012 at 22:59 | #1
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    TireGuru :FAW Xiali N5 – that’s the coolest!

    Please define coolest*.

    *Unless of course you meant this sarcastically, in which case i’m very sorry.

  2. TireGuru
    March 22nd, 2012 at 04:38 | #2
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    FAW Xiali N5 – that’s the coolest!

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