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China May 2012: Chevrolet Sail leads the way, Ford Focus #2

June 16th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Chevrolet Sail

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Reshuffle atop the Chinese models ranking in May: for the first time ever, the Chevrolet Sail is the best-selling model in the country with 30,163 sales, 27,579 of which are the sedan version. This pole position is the culmination of consistent growth over the last 12 months since the new model was released, with its previous best ranking being #2 last March. The Sail is only the third model in Chinese history to sell over 30,000 monthly units after the BYD F3 which last passed this milestone in March 2010 and the VW Passat last January.

Ford Focus

The other great performer this month in China is the new generation Ford Focus up to 2nd place with 23,140 sales, ahead of the Buick Excelle down to #3 after 3 consecutive months on top at 23,085 units. The Excelle is still #1 year-to-date by far with 122,642 sales vs. 112,274 for the Sail. This means that potentially for the first time ever the Chinese podium is composed of 100% American models.

Venucia D50

The VW Magotan breaks into the Chinese Top 10 for the first time at #9 with a best-ever 17,612 units, the Audi A6L is up 5 spots on April to #14 with an outstanding 15,208 sales (vs. 4,840 in Germany!), the VW Sagitar is up 20 to #15, the VW Golf up 2 to #19, the BMW 5 Series L up 14 to #28 and the Chery Fulwin 2 up 23 to #44.

FAW Oley

With sales of the Great Wall Haval H3/H5 and H6 now counted separately, there is no Chinese model in the Top 20! The local best-seller is the Chery QQ at a weak #22, followed by the FAW Xiali N3/N5 at #24, the Great Wall Haval H6 at #29, the BYD F3 at #35, the Chery Tiggo at #36 and the Great Wall Voleex C30 at #38.

Great Wall Haval M4

Launched last month, the Venucia D50, Nissan’s first attempt at a low-cost brand/model is already up 69% and 45 spots to land at #77 with 4,816 sales, only 197 units below the Baojun 630, GM’s low-cost brand/model, and well above the Ciimo Si Ming also launched in April but down 17 ranks to #135.

Zotye Z300

The FAW Weizhi V5 is up 49 spots to #110, the Great Wall Hover M4 is up 486% and 85 ranks to #112 with 3.118 units, the GAC Trumpchi GS5 is up 75% to #188 and the Gonow Aoosed GX5 up 371% to #207. There are three new entrants in the Chinese ranking this month: the FAW Oley lands directly at #100 with 3,425 units, the Zotye Z300 is #198 with 583 sales and the Roewe 950 is #218 with 315 units.

Previous month: China April 2012: Two more low-cost brands make their debut

One year ago: China May 2011: VW Lavida on top, Nissan Sunny in Top 10

Full May 2012 Top 264 Ranking Table below.

China May 2012:

Pos Model May Apr 2012 Pos 2011
1 Chevrolet Sail 30,163 6 112,274 2 6
2 Ford Focus 23,140 3 82,540 9 9
3 Buick Excelle 23,085 1 122,642 1 1
4 VW Jetta 22,328 2 97,412 5 4
5 VW Lavida 19,705 5 97,682 4 2
6 Chevrolet Cruze 18,977 12 96,942 6 3
7 VW Bora 18,568 7 90,986 7 5
8 Hyundai Elantra Yuedong 18,525 9 80,791 10 8
9 VW Magotan 17,612 11 63,549 20 47
10 Toyota Corolla 16,975 14 75,114 13 11
11 Nissan Tiida 16,334 17 74,698 14 35
12 Hyundai Verna 16,107 8 83,382 8 21
13 Honda CR-V 16,034 10 70,108 15 14
14 Audi A6L 15,208 19 58,127 23 33
15 VW Sagitar 14,575 35 48,198 32 25
16 Toyota Camry 14,241 28 64,119 19 19
17 VW Tiguan 14,102 18 77,497 11 23
18 Nissan Sunny 12,503 16 69,953 16 15
19 VW Golf 12,214 21 48,089 33 41
20 Buick Excelle XT/GT 11,985 22 69,707 17 22
21 Skoda Octavia 11,851 27 58,820 22 26
22 Chery QQ 11,847 20 56,090 25 17
23 VW Passat 11,703 4 101,810 3 12
24 FAW Xiali N3/N5 11,654 15 77,457 12 7
25 VW Santana 11,601 33 40,212 47 44
26 Kia K2 11,536 23 54,375 28 78
27 Nissan Bluebird Sylphy 11,177 25 51,148 29 27
28 BMW 5-Series L 11,042 42 37,899 49 68
29 Great Wall Haval H6 10,950  n/a 10,950 134  -
30 VW Polo 10,907 34 45,527 36 29
31 Toyota Corolla EX 10,906 26 55,295 26 30
32 Toyota RAV4 10,758 32 49,779 31 40
33 Nissan Livina 10,450 44 44,627 38 39
34 Audi A4L 10,290 39 45,375 37 49
35 BYD F3 10,081 45 57,794 24 10
36 Chery Tiggo 9,133 40 44,550 39 42
37 Nissan Qashqai 9,029 24 54,738 27 34
38 Great Wall Voleex C30 8,817 29 59,706 21 20
39 Citroen C-Quatre 8,736 43 43,342 43 31
40 Hyundai Sonata 8,522 38 43,466 42 60
41 Emgrand EC7 8,289 37 46,899 35 43
42 Honda City 7,867 36 43,755 41 28
43 Hyundai ix35 7,849 57 34,181 53 38
44 Chery Fulwin 2 7,356 67 23,992 80 51
45 Honda Accord 7,213 31 47,464 34 13
46 VW Santana Vista 7,103 30 44,516 40 36
47 Kia Forte Furuidi 7,059 51 40,344 45 24
48 Hyundai Elantra 6,938 48 40,774 44 32
49 Audi Q5 6,928 49 35,238 52 77
50 Nissan Teana 6,897 47 50,086 30 16
51 Toyota Reiz 6,642 55 29,027 62 66
52 Great Wall Haval H3/H5 6,576 n/a 65,598 18 18
53 BYD S6 6,518 65 38,283 48 75
54 Haima Family 6,331 68 26,892 68 55
55 Kia Sportage R 6,189 62 26,892 69 70
56 Ford Mondeo 6,104 56 26,344 70 69
57 ChangAn Benben Mini 5,981 125 36,152 50 48
58 Roewe 350 5,773 61 27,687 65 71
59 Toyota Highlander 5,732 75 30,042 59 45
60 JAC Heyue/Heyue RS 5,670 52 33,258 54 54
61 Buick Regal 5,621 66 31,186 57 56
62 Dongfeng Joyear 5,600 54 29,332 61 58
63 BYD L3 5,529 87 29,675 60 110
64 Soueast V3 Lingyue 5,515 63 28,601 64 62
65 Dongfeng Future 5,511 69 29,021 63 131
66 Suzuki Alto 5,445 85 22,991 84 82
67 Chery E5 5,336 98 25,702 72 112
68 Ford Fiesta 5,164 64 25,641 74 73
69 Citroen C-Elysée 5,157 78 25,476 75 67
70 Buick LaCrosse 5,048 50 35,625 51 37
71 Baojun 630 5,013 59 33,066 55 145
72 Honda Civic 5,009 58 40,336 46 57
73 Peugeot 308 4,978 72 27,370 67 185
74 Buick GL8 4,917 60 25,863 71 65
75 Mazda3 Xingcheng 4,882 76 24,005 79 140
76 Suzuki SX4 4,861 83 23,106 83 64
77 Venucia D50 4,816 122 7,661 161  -
78 JAC Refine 4,751 79 22,944 85 79
79 Suzuki Beidouxing 4,664 77 30,995 58 80
80 Mazda6 4,663 46 32,182 56 46
81 Gleagle King Kong 4,661 71 27,685 66 63
82 Kia K5 4,532 84 20,146 88 114
83 Honda Crosstour 4,513 82 9,723 142 229
84 Peugeot 408 4,384 81 22,105 86 87
85 Zotye 5008 4,156 73 24,449 78 59
86 VW Polo Jinqu/Jinqing 4,098 110 15,209 105 96
87 ChangAn CX20 4,041 94 25,689 73 105
88 Mercedes E-Klasse L 3,999 96 12,093 125 100
89 Great Wall Voleex C50 3,983 95 11,649 131  -
90 Honda Fit 3,880 88 14,605 107 146
91 MG 3 3,826 101 14,569 108 143
92 Shanghai Englon SC7 3,802 89 23,733 81 90
93 Suzuki Swift 3,799 97 19,276 90 103
94 Dongfeng Fengshan H30/S30 3,698 86 23,241 82 122
95 Brilliance Junjie FSV 3,697 116 14,609 106 108
96 Lifan 620 3,593 106 17,968 95 84
97 Brilliance V5 3,525 91 16,675 99 n/a
98 Kia Sportage 3,436 108 18,497 93 99
99 Brilliance Junjie FRV 3,428 130 11,817 128 72
100 FAW Oley 3,425  - 3,425 190  -
101 Suzuki Lingyang 3,398 109 18,256 94 89
102 BYD G6 3,340 120 16,590 100 191
103 Chery Cowin 3/A5 3,321 157 10,794 136 104
104 Skoda Fabia 3,301 92 18,808 92 95
105 Gleagle Freedom Ship 3,299 53 25,166 76 52
106 Mercedes C-Klasse 3,252 104 9,415 144 123
107 FAW Besturn B50 3,243 70 24,963 77 50
108 ChangAn Yuexiang 3,215 113 12,979 122 83
109 Chery A1 3,156 117 11,665 130 147
110 FAW Weizhi V5 3,135 159 4,778 184 135
111 Hyundai Tucson 3,119 74 19,003 91 91
112 Great Wall Haval M4 3,118 197 3,650 188  -
113 Skoda Superb 3,106 93 16,698 98 98
114 Kia Cerato 3,100 111 15,447 104 76
115 Citroen C5 3,017 129 13,002 121 115
116 Chevrolet Spark 3,015 105 19,611 89 61
117 Roewe 550 3,005 99 16,139 101 106
118 Brilliance H530 3,002 103 12,281 124 158
119 Chevrolet Aveo 2,958 112 21,774 87 128
120 Peugeot 307 2,958 128 15,735 102 93
121 Lifan X60 2,908 127 11,908 127 198
122 Toyota Crown 2,901 114 13,336 116 126
123 FAW Xenia S80/M80 2,884 107 17,395 96 109
124 Lifan 520/520i 2,839 124 14,549 109 102
125 VW CC 2,792 n/a 11,312 133 111
126 VW Touran 2,783 144 13,624 113 119
127 BYD F0 2,760 41 16,882 97 53
128 Hawtai Santa Fe 2,700 131 11,548 132 94
129 Dongfeng Shuai 2,617 123 13,115 120 139
130 Peugeot 207 2,485 147 13,173 119 97
131 Peugeot 508 2,434 141 9,836 141 164
132 ChangAn Eado 2,322 143 5,658 173  -
133 Mazda3 2,314 133 11,739 129 92
134 JAC Tongyue 2,268 100 13,235 118 86
135 Ciimo Si Ming 2,260 118 5,282 182  -
136 Jiangnan Alto 2,247 174 7,525 163 116
137 Chery Cowin 2 2,208 132 13,257 117 85
138 Chevrolet Epica 2,180 192 8,794 150 118
139 Luxgen 7 SUV 2,145 137 12,051 126 195
140 Linian S1 2,135 102 13,501 114 136
141 Nissan NV200 2,134 164 7,953 158 163
142 Great Wall Voleex C20R 2,129 134 8,248 153 203
143 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2,121 139 10,379 138 137
144 Mazda6 Ruiwing 2,113 146 8,951 147 121
145 Gleagle GX7 2,112 135 4,419 186  -
146 Toyota Prado 2,085 155 8,807 148 144
147 Mercedes GLK 2,060 169 3,404 191  -
148 Lifan 320 2,056 138 10,560 137 152
149 Lianhua L3 2,049 90 13,382 115 120
150 BMW X1 2,033 145 4,608 185  -
151 Shanghai Englon SC5/Golden Eagle 2,020 148 9,539 143 154
152 Gleagle Panda/GX2 1,891 115 13,829 112 101
153 Nissan X-Trail 1,869 126 12,658 123 130
154 Toyota E’Z Yizhi 1,730 170 6,204 170 159
155 Jinbei Granse/S50 1,687 151 7,009 165 153
156 Chevrolet Malibu 1,660 156 10,941 135  -
157 Honda Odyssey 1,635 136 9,895 139 125
158 Honda Spirior 1,600 181 7,647 162 155
159 Toyota Yaris 1,582 171 5,513 178 150
160 FAW Besturn B70 1,559 175 7,426 164 132
161 Great Wall Haval M2 1,554 165 6,416 168 141
162 Lianhua L5 1,453 121 7,908 159 200
163 Gleagle Vision 1,449 119 14,259 110 88
164 BYD G3 1,422 140 15,516 103 74
165 Riich G3 1,422 161 8,369 151 235
166 MG 6 1,407 142 8,278 152 138
167 GAC Trumpchi 1,378 163 6,367 169 161
168 Haima 2 Cupid 1,371 167 5,345 181 148
169 Haima 7 Knight 1,296 182 7,964 157 134
170 Chery A3 1,273 158 8,175 155 113
171 JAC Yueyue 1,267 186 3,402 192 218
172 Huanghai Aurora 1,250 173 6,461 167 156
173 Riich X1 1,212 162 6,095 171 165
174 Toyota Vios 1,211 185 5,575 175 169
175 MG 5 1,200 168 3,292 194  -
176 Gleagle GC7 1,148 154 8,805 149 240
177 Citroen C2 1,105 180 5,983 172 179
178 Landwind X8/X6/X9 1,087 184 5,346 180 171
179 Haima Freema 1,071 153 9,028 145 142
180 Chery Cowin 1 1,061 160 8,218 154 124
181 FAW Weizhi V2 1,024 150 9,885 140 133
182 Changfeng Black King DUV 1,000 152 8,034 156 166
183 Brilliance Splendor/Junjie (BS4) 970 188 3,326 193 174
184 Kia Soul 946 179 5,234 183 180
185 Hafei Lobo 928 178 2,735 195 209
186 Kia Rio 914 177 5,427 179 127
187 Emgrand EC8 872 190 7,891 160 157
188 GAC Trumpchi GS5 848 200 1,332 218  -
189 Hyundai Sonata MoInca 792 149 9,017 146 129
190 JMC Yusheng/Baowei 791 172 5,652 174 178
191 Great Wall Florid 783 176 5,556 176 117
192 JAC Rein 772 189 3,830 187 177
193 Mitsubishi Pajero 701 196 1,577 213 181
194 BAW Jeep 700 204 2,519 199 190
195 Nissan March 683 199 2,636 197 160
196 Dongfeng Fengshan A60 612 191 1,312 219  -
197 Zotye Z200 583 166 5,532 177 175
198 Zotye Z300 583  - 583 242  -
199 ChangAn CX30 559 214 6,692 166 162
200 Changhe Ideal 513 233 2,251 204 208
201 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 462 210 2,108 205 192
202 Zhongxing Landmark 450 202 1,991 206 170
203 Suzuki Liana 441 187 3,623 189 151
204 Hafei Saima 427 235 1,062 226 221
205 Brilliance Zunchi (BS6) 417 212 1,154 224 227
206 Haima M11 414 198 1,902 209  -
207 Gonow Aoosed GX5 400 245 485 248  -
208 Great Wall Voleex V80 399 227 1,255 222 201
209 Cadillac SLS 385 206 2,363 201 194
210 Foton MP-X 355 211 1,905 208 214
211 Roewe W5 352 215 1,532 214 206
212 Nissan Paladin 344 205 2,371 200 188
213 Great Wall Phenom 340 239 453 251 n/a
214 Toyota Prius 324 216 1,308 221  -
215 Hyundai Accent 320 195 2,596 198 149
216 Mercedes Viano 319 222 733 238 193
217 Zotye Multiplan 317 208 2,272 203 167
218 Roewe 950 315  - 315 255  -
219 Kia Optima 306 221 1,884 210 215
220 Changfeng CS7 Feiteng 299 234 972 228 210
221 Volvo S80L 289 203 2,326 202 183
222 Mazda8 273 232 1,182 223 196
223 Mercedes Vito 232 218 821 235 216
224 Hyundai i30 213 219 1,434 215 182
225 Foton MP-X Midi 200 226 950 229 207
226 Rely V5 199 224 859 234 197
227 Roewe 750 190 236 737 237 202
228 Volvo S40 173 213 1,383 216 199
229 Suzuki Splash 163 225 1,632 212 251
230 Haima Prince 146 201 2,653 196 168
231 Ford S-Max 139 223 923 231 213
232 Chery Cowin 5 136 194 725 239  -
233 Tianqi Meiya Haishi 130 n/a 232 261 249
234 Dongfeng Oting 127 230 868 233 223
235 Mazda2 122 193 1,942 207 186
236 BYD M6 104 241 496 247 219
237 Mitsubishi Zinger 100 240 532 243 233
238 Riich G5 98 244 634 240 225
239 Karry Youya 94 220 1,779 211 184
240 BYD F3DM 92 242 503 246 244
241 Gonow Saboo G3/Aoosed G5 90 207 1,335 217 250
242 BYD e6 90 237 523 244 n/a
243 Rely X5 89 246 350 254 226
244 Nissan Murano 87 260 210 263 243
245 Dongfeng Yumsun 73 248 469 250 241
246 JAC Binyue 69 231 817 236 242
247 Haima 3 66 257 165 267 228
248 Gonow Jetstar 58 250 310 256 232
249 FAW Vela 55 249 609 241 220
250 Hafei Saibao 40 n/a 237 260 n/a
251 Buick Park Avenue 38 252 244 259 224
252 Riich G6 37 256 147 268 n/a
253 Mitsubishi Galant 31 253 281 257 239
254 MG 7 30 255 185 264 212
255 BYD F6 25 209 415 252 172
256 Hawtai B35 16 247 1,130 225 248
257 Karry Youyi 15 251 104 270 n/a
258 Landwind Fashion 13 243 262 258 246
259 Hawtai Terracan 11 254 126 269 222
260 Riich M1 7 262 474 249 187
261 BMW 3-Series 5 80 13,949 111 107
262 Tianqi Meiya SUV 5 263 35 272 247
263 Chery Eastar 3 265 227 262 234
264 Hawtai B11 3 261 83 271 211

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

Note: This ranking doesn’t include imports.

Categories: China
  1. Jamie
    June 24th, 2012 at 16:34 | #1
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    Hi matt

    Is there any chance you could include Imported cars to china or is this to much of a problem? Loving your web site since I found it a couple of weeks ago.

    • matgasnier
      June 24th, 2012 at 16:51 | #2
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      Hi Jamie,
      Thanks for your praise I really appreciate it! Glad you like the site.
      Imports data by model is not available online which is why I cannot include it at this stage. All the data I have managed to get my hands on is published on here so if import sales start to be reported I will definitely add them but at this stage they aren’t unfortunately :(
      cheers
      Matt

  2. Jamie
    June 24th, 2012 at 02:07 | #3
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    So all 264 models are built in china??

    • matgasnier
      June 24th, 2012 at 02:09 | #4
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      Yes all 264 models are built in China indeed Jamie :)
      cheers
      Matt

  3. Jamie
    June 23rd, 2012 at 21:30 | #5
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    I matt
    Why isn’t there any BMW mini on your list?? I work in the mini factory in Oxford England and we build many Chinese spec mini .

    • matgasnier
      June 24th, 2012 at 00:54 | #6
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      Hi Jamie,
      This ranking does not include imports which is why there is no Mini in the list.
      Hope this helps
      cheers
      Matt

  4. myk384
    June 17th, 2012 at 12:15 | #7
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    Any difference between the Foton MP-X and the Foton MP-X Midi?? I know they are one vehicle in name

  5. Max
    June 17th, 2012 at 03:11 | #9
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    What about BMW 3-Series (#261) ?!

    • matgasnier
      June 17th, 2012 at 12:23 | #10
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      Hi Max,
      This very low ranking for the BMW 3-Series is due to its replacement with the new generation in June.
      Best
      Matt

  6. LadyBoy
    June 17th, 2012 at 02:35 | #11
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    Hahaha
    That was a good joke.
    The main question here should be, who buys these ones???

  7. Rick
    June 16th, 2012 at 21:23 | #12
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    At #14, Audi XXL.

    15.000 fully loaded 5 meter limo’s packed with high tech in just one month!!

    Almost speechless ;-)

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