China LCV November 2012: ChangAn Mini Bus above 30,000 sales
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In November the Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle market is up 3% year-on-year to 432,096 registrations, now making the year-to-date total even with the same period in 2011 at 4,500,669 units. No surprises on pole position: the Wuling Sunshine leads but with sales down a worrying 38% to 40,475 units. Its year-to-date cumulative sales now stand at 483,068, down 28% on 2011. These figures are to in-between with the 56,299 Ford F-Series sold in the US and the 35,473 VW Golf sold all over Europe in November.
The ChangAn Mini Bus is the star of the month, up 3 spots on October to land in 2nd place for the second time this year after last June with 30,632 sales (-2%). It is however still #5 year-to-date at 256,608 units. #2 last month, the Wuling Hongguang takes a breather and is down to #5 at 24,752 sales in November. Note that with a record 38,362 sales (+138% year-on-year!), the Ford Focus is now #2 model in the overall ranking, only 2,000 units below the Wuling Sunshine…
Previous month: China LCV October 2012: Wuling Hongguang smashes record
One year ago: China LCV November 2011: Wuling Sunshine up 40% year-on-year
Full November 2012 LCV Top 5 and overall Top 10 models Ranking Tables below.
China LCV November 2012:
| Pos | Model | Nov | /11 | Oct | 2012 | /11 | Pos | 2011 |
| 1 | Wuling Sunshine | 40,475 | -38% | 1 | 483,068 | -28% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | ChangAn Mini Bus | 30,632 | -2% | 5 | 256,608 | -17% | 5 | 4 |
| 3 | Foton Forland | 29,587 | 10% | 4 | 321,697 | -8% | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Wuling Rongguang/Xingwang | 27,801 | -19% | 3 | 339,894 | -3% | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Wuling Hongguang | 24,752 | new | 2 | 283,430 | new | 4 | - |
China November 2012 – Passenger Cars + LCV:
| Pos | Model | Nov | /11 | Oct | 2012 | /11 | Pos |
| 1 | Wuling Sunshine | 40,475 | -38% | 1 | 483,068 | -28% | 1 |
| 2 | Ford Focus | 38,362 | 138% | 3 | 259,492 | 51% | 6 |
| 3 | VW Lavida | 31,697 | 32% | 4 | 226,651 | 1% | 9 |
| 4 | ChangAn Mini Bus | 30,632 | -2% | 11 | 256,608 | -17% | 8 |
| 5 | Foton Forland | 29,587 | 10% | 6 | 321,697 | -8% | 3 |
| 6 | Wuling Rongguang/Xingwang | 27,801 | -19% | 5 | 339,894 | -3% | 2 |
| 7 | Chevrolet Sail | 26,143 | 12% | 10 | 258,626 | 44% | 7 |
| 8 | Wuling Hongguang | 24,752 | new | 2 | 283,430 | new | 4 |
| 9 | VW Passat | 23,910 | 42% | 7 | 224,678 | 47% | 10 |
| 10 | Buick Excelle | 23,381 | -2% | 8 | 261,240 | 9% | 5 |
Source: www.autonews.com
