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China June 2012: Ford Focus in pole position for the first time

July 13th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Ford Focus

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The year 2012 is the year of firsts in China: after the VW Passat in January and the Chevrolet Sail in May, a third model holds the pole position for the very first time this month: the Ford Focus with a brilliant 27,160 sales, up from #2 in May and #3 in April. It now ranks #7 year-to-date with 109,700 units. The Chevrolet Sail is down one spot to #2 with 25,380 sales, followed by 2012 year-to-date’s leader the Buick Excelle at 24,009 units. Very good hold of the Chevrolet Cruze at #4, making the Top 4 models 100% American brands for the first time ever…

The Emgrand EC7 is the best-selling Chinese model for the first time

The VW Sagitar hits its highest ranking ever in China at #7 with 19,037 sales, up 8 spots on last month. Notice also the Buick Excelle XT/GT up 6 ranks to #14. As far as Chinese models are concerned, there are 6 in the Top 40 this month, led for the first time by the Emgrand EC7 at a record #20 with a best-ever 13,946 sales. It is followed by the Great Wall Haval H6 at #29, the Chery QQ at #30, the BYD F3 at #34, the FAW Xiali N3/N5 at #37 and the Chery Tiggo at #40.

Venucia D50

The low-cost battle takes a new direction this month with Nissan’s Venucia D50 taking the advantage over General Motors’ Baojun 630 for the first time, up 10 spots to #67 with 5,062 sales vs. #89 and 4,015. The Linian S1 is back up 15 ranks to #125 while the Ciimo Si Ming is down 28 to #163. Other good performers this month include the ChangAn Yuexiang up 51 to #57, the Honda Crosstour up 15 to #68 and the VW Touran up  55 to #71.

Shanghai Englon SC3

Further down, the ChangAn Eado breaks into the Top 100 for the very first time this month, up 32 spots to #100 with 3,650 sales, the Great Wall Haval M4 is up 10 to #102, the BMW X1 up 44 to #106, the Mercedes GLK up 28 to #119, the GAC Trumpchi GS5 up 44 to #144 and the Zotye Z300 up 19 to #179.

Chery Eastar

There are 2 newcomers in the ranking this month: the Shangai Englon SC3 lands directly #156 with 1,687 sales while the Honda Elysion ranks 189th with 740 units sold. The Chery Eastar for its part is up 66 ranks to #197 thanks to the new generation of the model now available.

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

One year ago: China June 2011: Nissan Sunny and VW Passat impress

Full June 2012 Top 269 Ranking Table below.

China June 2012:

Pos Model June May 2012 Pos 2011
1 Ford Focus 27,160 2 109,700 7 9
2 Chevrolet Sail 25,380 1 137,654 2 6
3 Buick Excelle 24,009 3 146,651 1 1
4 Chevrolet Cruze 21,076 6 118,018 4 3
5 VW Jetta 20,995 4 118,407 3 4
6 VW Bora 19,971 7 110,957 6 5
7 VW Sagitar 19,037 15 67,235 26 25
8 Honda CR-V 18,692 13 88,800 14 14
9 Nissan Tiida 18,691 11 93,389 12 35
10 Nissan Sunny 18,008 18 87,961 15 15
11 VW Tiguan 17,844 17 95,341 11 23
12 Hyundai Elantra Yuedong 16,725 8 97,516 10 8
13 Hyundai Verna 15,245 12 98,627 9 21
14 Buick Excelle XT/GT 15,228 20 84,935 17 22
15 VW Magotan 15,220 9 78,769 18 47
16 Toyota Corolla 15,191 10 90,305 13 11
17 VW Santana 14,755 25 54,967 38 44
18 Nissan Livina 14,448 33 59,075 34 39
19 VW Passat 14,222 23 116,032 5 12
20 Emgrand EC7 13,946 41 60,845 31 43
21 VW Santana Vista 13,430 46 57,946 35 36
22 Nissan Qashqai 13,372 37 68,110 24 34
23 Toyota Camry 13,063 16 77,182 19 19
24 Honda City 12,301 42 56,056 37 28
25 Kia K2 12,237 26 66,612 28 78
26 Audi A6L 12,159 14 70,286 21 33
27 Skoda Octavia 11,340 21 70,160 22 26
28 VW Golf 11,282 19 59,371 33 41
29 Great Wall Haval H6 11,190 29 22,140 92  -
30 Chery QQ 11,043 22 67,133 27 17
31 Nissan Teana 10,794 50 60,880 30 16
32 Toyota RAV4 10,646 32 60,425 32 40
33 Toyota Corolla EX 10,484 31 65,779 29 30
34 BYD F3 10,416 35 68,210 23 10
35 VW Lavida 10,325 5 108,007 8 2
36 Honda Accord 10,323 45 57,787 36 13
37 FAW Xiali N3/N5 9,512 24 86,969 16 7
38 BMW 5-Series L 9,393 28 47,292 45 68
39 Toyota Highlander 8,397 59 38,439 55 45
40 Chery Tiggo 8,358 36 52,908 42 42
41 Audi A4L 8,344 34 53,719 39 49
42 Great Wall Voleex C30 8,193 38 67,899 25 20
43 Citroen C-Quatre 8,083 39 51,425 43 31
44 Hyundai Sonata 7,823 40 51,289 44 60
45 VW Polo 7,474 30 53,001 41 29
46 Haima Family 7,458 54 34,350 62 55
47 BYD S6 7,266 53 45,549 47 75
48 Great Wall Haval H3/H5 7,200 52 72,798 20 18
49 Hyundai ix35 7,150 43 41,331 52 38
50 Buick Regal 6,779 61 37,965 56 56
51 Audi Q5 6,609 49 41,847 50 77
52 Toyota Reiz 6,467 51 35,494 60 66
53 Kia Forte Furuidi 6,405 47 46,749 46 24
54 Mazda6 6,300 80 38,482 54 46
55 Chery Fulwin 2 5,896 44 29,888 75 51
56 Hyundai Tucson 5,840 111 24,843 88 91
57 ChangAn Yuexiang 5,716 108 18,695 106 83
58 ChangAn Benben Mini 5,588 57 41,740 51 48
59 Dongfeng Future 5,550 65 34,571 61 131
60 Buick LaCrosse 5,516 70 41,141 53 37
61 Roewe 350 5,436 58 33,123 66 71
62 Suzuki Alto 5,427 66 28,418 79 82
63 Ford Mondeo 5,368 56 31,712 69 69
64 Soueast V3 Lingyue 5,303 64 33,904 64 62
65 Kia Sportage R 5,286 55 32,178 68 70
66 Buick GL8 5,263 74 31,126 71 65
67 Venucia D50 5,062 77 12,723 137  -
68 Honda Crosstour 5,009 83 14,732 125 229
69 Gleagle Freedom Ship 4,987 105 30,153 72 52
70 Chevrolet Aveo 4,968 119 26,742 86 128
71 VW Touran 4,968 126 18,592 107 119
72 Mazda3 Xingcheng 4,931 75 28,936 77 140
73 Gleagle King Kong 4,913 81 32,598 67 63
74 Honda Civic 4,863 72 45,199 48 57
75 Shanghai Englon SC7 4,766 92 28,499 78 90
76 Suzuki Beidouxing 4,760 79 35,755 59 80
77 Suzuki SX4 4,632 76 27,738 83 64
78 Honda Fit 4,622 90 19,227 104 146
79 Brilliance Junjie FSV 4,574 95 19,183 105 108
80 Citroen C-Elysée 4,542 69 30,018 74 67
81 JAC Heyue/Heyue RS 4,455 60 37,713 57 54
82 BYD L3 4,419 63 34,094 63 110
83 Ford Fiesta 4,381 68 30,022 73 73
84 Mercedes E-Klasse L 4,331 88 16,424 114 100
85 Peugeot 308 4,307 73 31,677 70 185
86 VW Polo Jinqu/Jinqing 4,228 86 19,437 102 96
87 Skoda Fabia 4,200 104 23,008 91 95
88 Hyundai Elantra 4,095 48 44,869 49 32
89 Baojun 630 4,015 71 37,081 58 145
90 Kia K5 4,000 82 24,146 89 114
91 Suzuki Swift 3,998 93 23,274 90 103
92 JAC Refine 3,915 78 26,859 85 79
93 Dongfeng Joyear 3,912 62 33,244 65 58
94 Lifan 620 3,859 96 21,827 93 84
95 MG 3 3,820 91 18,389 109 143
96 Zotye 5008 3,799 85 28,248 81 59
97 Dongfeng Fengshan H30/S30 3,740 94 26,981 84 122
98 Lifan 520/520i 3,689 124 18,238 111 102
99 Peugeot 408 3,676 84 25,781 87 87
100 ChangAn Eado 3,650 132 9,308 156  -
101 VW CC 3,502 125 14,814 124 111
102 Great Wall Haval M4 3,501 112 7,151 174  -
103 Skoda Superb 3,500 113 20,198 97 98
104 Suzuki Lingyang 3,473 101 21,729 94 89
105 ChangAn CX20 3,454 87 29,143 76 105
106 BMW X1 3,391 150 7,999 167  -
107 Mercedes C-Klasse 3,352 106 12,767 136 123
108 JAC Tongyue 3,271 134 16,506 113 86
109 FAW Besturn B50 3,218 107 28,181 82 50
110 Roewe 550 3,137 117 19,276 103 106
111 BYD F0 3,131 127 20,013 98 53
112 Kia Cerato 3,067 114 18,514 108 76
113 Brilliance V5 3,025 97 19,700 99 n/a
114 Nissan X-Trail 3,012 153 15,670 119 130
115 BYD G6 2,918 102 19,508 100 191
116 Kia Sportage 2,914 98 21,411 96 99
117 Great Wall Voleex C50 2,885 89 14,534 127  -
118 Chery E5 2,664 67 28,366 80 112
119 Mercedes GLK 2,646 147 6,050 187  -
120 Peugeot 307 2,636 120 18,371 110 93
121 Dongfeng Shuai 2,605 129 15,720 118 139
122 Honda Odyssey 2,594 157 12,489 141 125
123 Lifan X60 2,566 121 14,474 128 198
124 Gleagle Panda/GX2 2,546 152 16,375 115 101
125 Linian S1 2,487 140 15,988 117 136
126 Citroen C5 2,456 115 15,458 121 115
127 Chevrolet Epica 2,442 138 11,236 145 118
128 Peugeot 207 2,439 130 15,612 120 97
129 FAW Weizhi V5 2,434 110 7,212 172 135
130 Luxgen 7 SUV 2,363 139 14,414 129 195
131 Jiangnan Alto 2,317 136 9,842 152 116
132 Toyota E’Z Yizhi 2,301 154 8,505 166 159
133 Brilliance Junjie FRV 2,264 99 14,081 131 72
134 Peugeot 508 2,243 131 12,079 142 164
135 Gleagle GX7 2,184 145 6,603 181  -
136 Chery A1 2,183 109 13,848 133 147
137 Hawtai Santa Fe 2,180 128 13,728 135 94
138 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 2,152 143 12,531 139 137
139 Beijing E-Series 2,139 n/a 3,088 197  -
140 Nissan Sylphy 2,081 27 53,229 40 27
141 FAW Xenia S80/M80 2,074 123 19,469 101 109
142 Mazda3 2,070 133 13,809 134 92
143 Chevrolet Spark 2,015 116 21,626 95 61
144 GAC Trumpchi GS5 2,012 188 3,344 196  -
145 Brilliance H530 2,007 118 14,288 130 158
146 Shanghai Englon SC5/Golden Eagle 1,980 151 11,519 144 154
147 Lifan 320 1,942 148 12,502 140 152
148 Toyota Prado 1,932 146 10,739 147 144
149 Jinbei Granse/S50 1,909 155 8,918 163 153
150 Chery Cowin 2 1,782 137 15,039 123 85
151 MG 6 1,768 166 10,046 151 138
152 Changfeng Black King DUV 1,765 182 9,799 153 166
153 Chevrolet Malibu 1,735 156 12,676 138  -
154 Gleagle Vision 1,733 163 15,992 116 88
155 Riich X1 1,697 173 7,792 169 165
156 Shanghai Englon SC3 1,687  - 1,687 220  -
157 BYD G3 1,639 164 17,155 112 74
158 Roewe 950 1,627 218 1,942 214  -
159 Haima Freema 1,620 179 10,648 148 142
160 Haima 7 Knight 1,589 169 9,553 154 134
161 Honda Spirior 1,573 158 9,220 157 155
162 BMW 3-Series 1,494 261 15,443 122 107
163 Ciimo Si Ming 1,448 135 6,730 179  -
164 Toyota Yaris 1,366 159 6,879 176 150
165 Mazda6 Ruiwing 1,314 144 10,265 149 121
166 Lianhua L3 1,280 149 14,662 126 120
167 Lianhua L5 1,264 162 9,172 159 200
168 Haima 2 Cupid 1,245 168 6,590 182 148
169 Chery Cowin 3/A5 1,190 103 11,984 143 104
170 Toyota Vios 1,185 174 6,760 178 169
171 Landwind X8/X6/X9 1,087 178 6,433 183 171
172 JMC Yusheng/Baowei 1,068 190 6,720 180 178
173 Hyundai Sonata MoInca 1,061 189 10,078 150 129
174 Emgrand EC8 1,043 187 8,934 161 157
175 FAW Weizhi V2 1,021 181 10,906 146 133
176 Chery A3 1,000 170 9,175 158 113
177 JAC Yueyue 985 171 4,387 190 218
178 FAW Oley 972 100 4,397 189  -
179 Zotye Z300 956 198 1,539 224  -
180 Nissan NV200 950 141 8,903 164 163
181 Citroen C2 936 177 6,919 175 179
182 Brilliance Splendor/Junjie (BS4) 928 183 4,254 192 174
183 Nissan March 900 195 3,536 195 160
184 MG 5 893 175 4,185 193  -
185 Huanghai Aurora 869 172 7,330 170 156
186 Great Wall Haval M2 831 161 7,247 171 141
187 Kia Soul 800 184 6,034 188 180
188 Kia Rio 740 186 6,167 184 127
189 Honda Elysion 740  - 740 245  -
190 Roewe W5 719 211 2,251 209 206
191 Chery Cowin 1 715 180 8,933 162 124
192 Toyota Crown 699 122 14,035 132 126
193 Gleagle GC7 697 176 9,502 155 240
194 Great Wall Voleex C20R 648 142 8,896 165 203
195 Riich G3 615 165 8,984 160 235
196 Great Wall Voleex V80 604 208 1,859 218 201
197 Chery Eastar 589 263 816 244 234
198 Great Wall Florid 563 191 6,119 185 117
199 Zotye Z200 557 197 6,089 186 175
200 Suzuki Liana 552 203 4,175 194 151
201 JAC Rein 535 192 4,365 191 177
202 Mitsubishi Pajero 527 193 2,104 211 181
203 ChangAn CX30 501 199 7,193 173 162
204 Nissan Paladin 495 212 2,866 199 188
205 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 473 201 2,581 206 192
206 Cadillac SLS 469 209 2,832 201 194
207 GAC Trumpchi 467 167 6,834 177 161
208 Mercedes Viano 435 216 1,168 232 193
209 Dongfeng Fengshan A60 401 196 1,713 219  -
210 Mazda8 395 222 1,577 223 196
211 BJC Warrior 392 n/a 1,443 226 217
212 FAW Besturn B70 390 160 7,816 168 132
213 Gonow Aoosed GX5 350 207 835 243  -
214 Foton MP-X 340 210 2,245 210 214
215 BAW Jeep 333 194 2,852 200 190
216 Zotye Multiplan 328 217 2,600 205 167
217 Toyota Prius 320 214 1,628 222  -
218 Volvo S80L 297 221 2,623 204 183
219 Mercedes Vito 296 223 1,117 234 216
220 Hafei Lobo 288 185 3,023 198 209
221 Volvo S40 269 228 1,652 221 199
222 Changhe Ideal 264 200 2,515 207 208
223 Zhongxing Landmark 263 202 2,254 208 170
224 Suzuki Splash 252 229 1,884 217 251
225 Rely V5 245 226 1,104 236 197
226 Great Wall Phenom 242 213 695 247 n/a
227 Hafei Saima 240 204 1,302 230 221
228 Mitsubishi Lancer 205 n/a 1,116 235 205
229 Foton MP-X Midi 200 225 1,150 233 207
230 Roewe 750 191 227 928 240 202
231 Brilliance Zunchi (BS6) 169 205 1,323 228 227
232 Hawtai B35 166 256 1,296 231 248
233 Hyundai Accent 149 215 2,745 203 149
234 Chery Cowin 5 140 232 865 242  -
235 Dongfeng Oting 133 234 1,001 239 223
236 Ford S-Max 129 231 1,052 238 213
237 Karry Youya 125 239 1,904 216 184
238 Mitsubishi Zinger 115 237 647 248 233
239 Haima M11 105 206 2,007 212  -
240 Kia Optima 104 219 1,988 213 215
241 Haima Prince 98 230 2,751 202 168
242 BYD F3DM 98 240 601 251 244
243 Changfeng CS6 98 n/a 471 256 230
244 BYD M6 97 236 593 252 219
245 Riich G5 93 238 727 246 225
246 Changfeng CS7 Feiteng 91 220 1,063 237 210
247 Tianqi Meiya Haishi 88 233 320 260 249
248 BYD e6 84 242 607 250 n/a
249 Gonow GS50 79 n/a 92 273 n/a
250 Riich G6 78 252 225 265 n/a
251 Rely X5 71 243 421 257 226
252 Hyundai i30 68 224 1,502 225 182
253 Dongfeng Yumsun 67 245 536 253 241
254 JAC Binyue 58 246 875 241 242
255 Gonow Jetstar 51 248 361 259 232
256 Buick Park Avenue 36 251 280 262 224
257 FAW Vela 35 249 644 249 220
258 Mitsubishi Galant 29 253 310 261 239
259 MG 7 25 254 210 267 212
260 Haima 3 16 247 181 268 228
261 Hawtai Terracan 15 259 141 271 222
262 Karry Youyi 15 257 119 272 n/a
263 Nissan Murano 14 244 224 266 243
264 Landwind Fashion 13 258 275 263 246
265 BAW (Beijing) Luba 7 n/a 173 269 237
266 Riich M1 6 260 480 255 187
267 Hawtai B11 6 264 89 274 211
268 Tianqi Meiya SUV 6 262 41 275 247
269 BYD F6 3 255 418 258 172

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

Note: This ranking does not include imports

Categories: China
  1. Nick
    July 29th, 2012 at 15:30 | #1
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    In china , Audi A6 L is chosen as official cars by Chinese government.Many of these 12,000 drove to china’s governments’ yards. Thanks to limited car-buying-fees, Chinese government didn’t choose Audi A8 L as their sedans. Or we may see an Audi A8 L monthly sales larger than 10,000!

    Besides, Chinese people are very much likely to buy an government car.
    these twos reasons covers much for Audi A6L’s monthly 12,000 sales.

  2. JimC
    July 14th, 2012 at 14:12 | #2
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    Can anyone tell me which is the best selling Asian car brand or Japanese car brand in China?

  3. Nick
    July 14th, 2012 at 00:00 | #3
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    Focus on it’s way to becoming (if not already there) the world’s best selling car. Hopefully the margin’s are strong enough on these Chinese sales to help counter Ford’s losses in Europe. The company is still on fire and making all the right moves, which is not reflected in their stock price.

    Blows my mind that top 4 selling cars in China are all American marques…Ford, Chevy, Buick, Chevy. We haven’t seen that in the US in the past 30 years. Seems the American brands marketing and products resonate more in the middle kingdom today than they do at home, and it doesn’t seem to be a statistical fluke or temporary situation, either.

  4. Rick
    July 13th, 2012 at 21:26 | #4
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    Ford Focus was set to be a ‘true’ worldcar – seems it works well this time.

    Audi A6 L: who’s gonna stop that brutal, fully-loaded, high margin monster?
    Another 12.000 buyers in just 4 weeks: I am stunned!!

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