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China January 2013: VW Lavida smashes all-time monthly record

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VW Lavida China January 2013. Picture courtesy of www.yiche.comVW Lavida

* See the Top 289 All-models and Top 64 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! *

Finally Chinese models data for January is in, and it’s a whopper month indeed: up 46% on January 2012 now that Japanese carmakers are back in shape. The biggest event this month is the unreal level reached by the VW Lavida, now taking full advantage of the new generation and up to an incredible 48,267 sales in just one month. This is almost 10,000 units above the previous Passenger Car monthly volume record of 38,362 sales detained by the Ford Focus last November, and the first time a Passenger Car sells upwards of 40,000 units in a single month. In fact in January 15 models sold over 20,000 units and 44 sold over 10,000, which are new records to be compared to just 9 and 27 respectively in the USA during the same month…

Hyundai Verna China January 2013. Picture courtesy of auto.sina.com.cnHyundai Verna

The Ford Focus is down to #2 with a still excellent 33,632 sales, while the Buick Excelle doubles its December figure to pass the 30,000 monthly unit-milestone for the first time at 30,264 sales, becoming the 6th model to have reached  that level after the BYD F3, VW Passat, Lavida, Chevrolet Sail and Ford Focus. The VW Sagitar is down one spot to #6 but breaks its monthly record at 26,184 units while the Hyundai Verna is up 10 to a best-ever #7 and 25,684 sales, its very first time above 20,000 monthly units.

Chery QQ China January 2013. Picture courtesy of www.yiche.com through www.autoweek.nlChery QQ

Plenty more records fall: the Nissan Sylphy at 24,769 sales, Buick Excelle XT/GT at 23,694 and Hyundai Elantra Langdong at 22,177 all pass the 20,000 sales mark for the first time while the Chevrolet Cruze (24,477) and VW Tiguan (21,818) both beat their monthly record. It is also a good month for locals: the Chery QQ leads the way at #16 with 18,622 sales, its 2nd best-ever monthly result below the 19,983 units from January 2010, while two of its direct followers beat their monthly record: the Emgrand EC7 is #17 with 18,516 sales and the Great Wall Haval H6 is #22 at 16,621 units, with the Great Wall Voleex C30 in between at #19.

Peugeot 3008 China January 2013. Picture courtesy of auto.sohu.comPeugeot 3008

Notice also the Audi A6L nearly doubling its sales year-on-year to a record 16,706 units (#21), DongFeng Future up 25 spots to a best-ever #35, Great Wall Haval M4 up 8 to a record #40, Venucia R50/D50 up 9 to a best-ever #41, all 3 models passing the 10,000 monthly unit-benchmark for the first time, the Lifan X60 breaking into the Top 50 for the first time at #48 (+54), the Buick Encore up 51 to #65, ChangAn CS35 up 46 to break into the Top 100 for the first time at #92 and the Peugeot 3008 landing directly at #99 with 5,196 sales for its first month in market.

Lifan 720 China January 2013. Picture courtesy of auto.ifeng.comLifan 720

Further down, we welcome a few other newcomers in the ranking this month: the Citroen C4L lands at #110 with 4,355 units, the Mitsubishi ASX is #164 with 2,017 sales, Lifan 720 #210 at 593 units, Lifan 530 #239 with 196 sales and Luxgen Master CEO #267 at 32 units.

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Full January 2013 Top 289 All- models and Top 64 All-brands Ranking Tables below.

China January 2013 – Passenger Cars – brands (excluding imports):


Pos Brand Jan
1 Volkswagen 240,249
2 Hyundai 107,888
3 Buick 86,508
4 Chevrolet 68,913
5 Nissan 67,020
6 Great Wall 60,035
7 Toyota 58,980
8 BYD 55,782
9 Kia 55,202
10 Chery 52,483
11 Honda 44,390
12 Ford 43,269
13 ChangAn 41,504
14 DongFeng 35,749
15 Audi 35,396
16 Suzuki 32,125
17 FAW 30,234
18 Peugeot 27,388
19 Citroen 27,030
20 JAC 25,458
21 Skoda 25,011
22 Gleagle 21,959
23 Emgrand 20,316
24 Lifan 19,779
25 Shanghai Englon 18,178
26 Brilliance 16,080
27 Mazda 15,648
28 BMW 15,537
29 Roewe 14,158
30 Haima 12,940
31 Soueast 11,312
32 Venucia 10,629
33 Zotye 9,233
34 Mercedes 8,118
35 Baojun 7,018
36 GAC 7,002
37 MG 6,849
38 Beijing/BAW 4,566
39 Lianhua 4,508
40 Hawtai 4,247
41 Fiat 4,041
42 Mitsubishi 3,741
43 Luxgen 3,155
44 Jiangnan 2,449
45 Changfeng 2,177
46 Linian 1,587
47 Riich 1,461
48 Huanghai 1,331
49 Landwind 1,301
50 Ciimo 1,271
51 JMC 1,210
52 Jinbei 1,184
53 Karry 931
54 Gonow 813
55 Yema 760
56 Volvo 525
57 Zhongxing 437
58 Foton 307
59 Changhe 300
60 Rely 257
61 Hafei 6
62 Chrysler 3
63 Tianqi Meya 2
64 Cadillac 1

China January 2013 – Passenger Cars – models:

Pos Model Jan Dec 2012 Pos
1 VW Lavida 48,267 4 246,687 4
2 Ford Focus 33,632 1 296,360 1
3 Buick Excelle 30,264 11 277,071 3
4 Chevrolet Sail 29,063 3 279,740 2
5 VW Passat 27,930 43 233,321 6
6 VW Sagitar 26,184 5 196,293 11
7 Hyundai Verna 25,684 17 201,746 10
8 Nissan Sylphy 24,769 7 133,823 28
9 Chevrolet Cruze 24,477 9 232,592 7
10 VW Jetta 24,033 2 242,528 5
11 Hyundai Elantra Yuedong 23,882 21 213,974 9
12 Buick Excelle XT/GT 23,694 31 173,312 13
13 Hyundai Elantra Langdong 22,177 8 80,460 54
14 VW Tiguan 21,818 104 173,062 14
15 VW Bora 20,045 18 222,735 8
16 Chery QQ 18,622 15 143,974 21
17 Emgrand EC7 18,516 10 146,516 17
18 VW Magotan 17,273 12 173,667 12
19 Great Wall Voleex C30 17,238 14 136,502 27
20 VW Polo 17,202 22 137,949 24
21 Audi A6L 16,706 54 138,024 23
22 Great Wall Haval H6 16,621 13 112,262 33
23 Honda CR-V 15,800 6 169,037 15
24 Kia K2 15,028 20 143,206 22
25 Nissan Sunny 14,420 41 137,820 25
26 Citroen C-Quatre 13,413 29 117,042 32
27 Toyota Camry 12,768 24 145,402 18
28 Kia K3 12,741 30 26,849 139
29 Skoda Octavia 12,561 40 137,616 26
30 Hyundai ix35 12,316 19 108,241 35
31 BYD F3 Surui 12,116 25 38,664 109
32 VW Golf 11,924 34 127,376 29
33 Suzuki Beidouxing 11,859 42 70,886 62
34 Toyota Corolla EX 11,553 16 124,531 31
35 Dongfeng Future 11,129 60 74,451 60
36 BYD F3 11,097 35 124,870 30
37 FAW Xiali N3/N5/N7 11,094 38 144,462 19
38 BYD L3 11,075 26 77,867 56
39 VW Santana 10,773 92 104,304 39
40 Great Wall Haval M4 10,649 48 48,344 92
41 Venucia R50/D50 10,629 50 40,167 108
42 Nissan Tiida 10,466 79 144,215 20
43 BYD S6 10,425 52 86,851 49
44 Audi A4L 10,215 59 100,519 41
45 Roewe 350 9,808 49 74,384 61
46 Buick Regal 9,707 46 85,440 51
47 BMW 5-Series L 9,600 33 107,171 36
48 Lifan X60 9,273 102 35,722 119
49 Buick LaCrosse 9,271 44 86,101 50
50 Chery E5 9,153 32 64,241 68
51 Mazda6 9,106 37 84,942 52
52 Dongfeng Joyear 9,009 107 62,187 70
53 Chery Fulwin 2 8,898 39 76,955 57
54 ChangAn Eado 8,861 88 40,239 107
55 Toyota Corolla 8,761 23 151,887 16
56 Nissan Qashqai 8,723 55 105,143 38
57 Dongfeng Fengshan H30/S30 8,682 124 53,314 83
58 JAC Heyue 8,586 67 50,128 88
59 Audi Q5 8,475 62 90,157 46
60 Hyundai Sonata 8,429 28 100,454 42
61 Hyundai Santa Fe 8,427 64 7,000 207
62 ChangAn Benben Mini 8,365 136 66,667 66
63 Toyota Highlander 8,025 74 75,059 59
64 Kia Sportage R 7,887 51 75,969 58
65 Buick Encore 7,881 116 3,990 229
66 Chevrolet Malibu 7,880 57 51,926 87
67 Peugeot 308 7,823 61 67,583 65
68 ChangAn Yuexiang V5 7,672 47 48,878 90
69 Toyota RAV4 7,668 66 98,179 44
70 Chery Tiggo 7,538 45 105,553 37
71 Skoda Superb 7,451 142 44,007 96
72 ChangAn Yuexiang V3 7,327 n/a 16,828 172
73 Honda City 7,286 36 96,913 45
74 Ford Mondeo 7,068 58 68,334 63
75 Great Wall Voleex C50 6,829 71 41,802 100
76 Suzuki Alto 6,709 77 57,463 75
77 Honda Accord 6,579 27 104,114 40
78 FAW Besturn B50 6,572 70 54,670 79
79 BYD F0 6,407 53 46,966 94
80 Soueast V3 Lingyue 6,300 96 59,529 74
81 GAC Trumpchi GS5 6,249 82 24,447 147
82 Great Wall Haval H3/H5 6,229 68 109,287 34
83 Honda Civic 6,178 56 79,763 55
84 Gleagle Freedom Ship 5,948 63 59,891 72
85 VW CC 5,783 126 34,867 123
86 Toyota Reiz 5,629 99 59,846 73
87 Buick GL8 5,575 90 64,001 69
88 Brilliance H230 5,538 122 19,713 159
89 Shanghai Englon SC7 5,500 81 51,990 86
90 Chevrolet Aveo 5,471 98 56,800 76
91 JAC Refine 5,461 111 54,093 81
92 ChangAn CS35 5,448 138 6,573 214
93 Peugeot 408 5,425 83 53,533 82
94 Zotye Z300 5,387 86 25,191 141
95 Kia K5 5,367 103 52,745 84
96 Kia Forte Furuidi 5,354 105 80,989 53
97 Gleagle GX7 5,316 95 31,297 131
98 Haima Family 5,243 78 61,631 71
99 Peugeot 3008 5,196  - 0  -
100 VW Santana Vista 5,154 72 98,484 43
101 Brilliance V5 5,058 109 36,391 114
102 Gleagle Vision 5,033 73 37,247 112
103 Soueast V5 Lingzhi 5,012 69 18,025 168
104 Skoda Fabia 4,999 101 48,378 91
105 Shanghai Englon King Kong 4,908 106 54,556 80
106 FAW Weizhi V5 4,903 144 24,602 145
107 Citroen C-Elysée 4,546 121 55,559 78
108 FAW Daihatsu Xenia S80/M80 4,387 85 41,270 103
109 Suzuki Lingyang 4,357 132 36,913 113
110 Citroen C4L 4,355  - 0  -
111 Dongfeng Fengshan A60 4,323 192 6,890 208
112 Lifan 620 4,282 97 50,127 89
113 Kia Sportage 4,163 110 41,182 104
114 BMW 3-Series L 4,137 112 30,731 133
115 MG 3 4,079 84 40,628 106
116 JAC Tongyue 4,050 113 36,037 117
117 Fiat Viaggio 4,041 115 11,288 192
118 Peugeot 207 4,012 139 33,437 127
119 Beijing E-Series 4,008 134 18,673 164
120 JAC Heyue RS 3,958 129 37,304 111
121 Suzuki SX4 3,899 153 42,070 99
122 Nissan Livina 3,882 80 89,581 48
123 VW Touran 3,857 211 36,044 116
124 ChangAn CX20 3,810 168 41,511 102
125 Lifan 320 3,610 117 28,365 136
126 Baojun Yuechi (Spark) 3,583 130 42,216 98
127 Suzuki Swift 3,471 161 33,591 126
128 Chery Cowin 2 3,470 75 33,163 128
129 Hyundai Tucson 3,446 65 56,176 77
130 Baojun 630 3,435 76 68,092 64
131 Citroen C5 3,383 123 35,242 121
132 Shanghai Englon SC6 3,352 152 8,445 203
133 Gleagle Panda/GX2 3,159 145 31,672 129
134 Luxgen 7 SUV 3,123 128 31,105 132
135 BYD G6 3,098 91 41,075 105
136 Mercedes GLK 3,057 108 23,965 148
137 Kia Cerato 3,047 147 35,471 120
138 Zotye 5008 2,975 135 47,125 93
139 Honda Crosstour 2,953 114 33,937 125
140 Mazda3 Xingcheng 2,773 146 43,405 97
141 Peugeot 508 2,699 149 26,926 137
142 Lianhua L3 2,680 148 28,387 135
143 Gleagle GC7 2,503 156 18,523 166
144 Haima 7 Knight 2,463 119 25,109 143
145 Jiangnan Alto 2,446 125 29,535 134
146 Ford Fiesta 2,446 93 52,007 85
147 Roewe 550 2,428 94 38,581 110
148 Mercedes E-Klasse L 2,390 87 36,351 115
149 Shanghai Englon SC3 2,380 159 12,131 189
150 Dongfeng Shuai 2,374 170 25,157 142
151 Hawtai Santa Fe 2,373 150 26,881 138
152 Chery Cowin 1 2,361 163 15,536 176
153 Haima 2 Cupid 2,344 118 21,173 153
154 Honda Fit 2,331 151 35,920 118
155 Brilliance Junjie FSV 2,260 137 41,561 101
156 Peugeot 307 2,233 155 34,748 124
157 MG 6 2,228 127 22,418 151
158 JAC Yueyue 2,144 154 13,783 184
159 Mercedes C-Klasse 2,115 140 31,437 130
160 Changfeng Black King DUV 2,084 169 16,820 173
161 Nissan Teana 2,075 120 90,072 47
162 Shanghai Englon SC5/Golden Eagle 2,030 158 24,661 144
163 Chevrolet Epica 2,022 162 18,580 165
164 Mitsubishi ASX 2,017  - 0  -
165 Hyundai Elantra 1,948 131 64,363 67
166 Honda Odyssey 1,859 157 20,900 155
167 Lianhua L5 1,828 171 20,973 154
168 Lifan 520/520i 1,825 100 44,216 95
169 BMW X1 1,800 164 18,798 162
170 Emgrand EC8 1,800 176 14,001 182
171 Brilliance H530 1,757 174 21,781 152
172 Mazda3 1,680 173 20,878 156
173 Suzuki Liana 1,670 190 6,703 212
174 Hawtai B35 1,630 175 6,675 213
175 Linian S1 1,587 141 24,576 146
176 Haima Freema 1,561 143 20,653 157
177 Hyundai Sonata MoInca 1,536 188 16,892 171
178 Mazda6 Ruiwing 1,523 181 16,584 175
179 Chery A1 1,506 201 18,282 167
180 FAW Besturn B70 1,391 232 14,233 180
181 Toyota Yaris 1,370 236 12,341 188
182 Huanghai Aurora 1,331 182 13,292 185
183 Haima Aishang (M11) 1,329 226 4,414 225
184 Toyota Prado 1,328 180 18,706 163
185 Citroen C2 1,313 177 14,645 179
186 Ciimo Si Ming 1,271 165 14,089 181
187 JMC Yusheng/Baowei 1,210 183 10,166 195
188 JAC Rein 1,198 234 8,470 202
189 Jinbei Granse 1,182 167 16,798 174
190 Roewe W5 1,172 184 7,389 205
191 Landwind X8/X6/X9 1,172 185 12,049 191
192 Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1,159 172 19,367 160
193 Nissan X-Trail 1,152 189 22,869 150
194 Brilliance H320 1,110 218 454 282
195 BYD G3 1,061 89 35,068 122
196 Riich X1 1,053 215 13,926 183
197 Toyota Crown 1,040 193 25,456 140
198 Karry Youya 931 202 3,521 232
199 FAW Besturn B90 906 221 3,865 231
200 Nissan NV200 876 195 14,958 177
201 Kia Soul 848 200 10,826 194
202 Great Wall Haval M2 841 191 11,252 193
203 Chery A3 828 179 17,901 169
204 Great Wall Voleex V80 799 197 5,528 217
205 Great Wall Voleex C20R 753 194 12,649 186
206 GAC Trumpchi GA5 753 203 749 278
207 Honda Spirior 721 186 12,417 187
208 Honda Elysion 683 204 6,867 209
209 Zotye Z200 638 209 9,070 199
210 Lifan 720 593  - 0 -
211 Kia Rio 574 230 9,184 197
212 MG 5 538 198 9,188 196
213 Volvo S80L 525 207 5,649 216
214 FAW Weizhi V2 519 217 14,911 178
215 Nissan Paladin 515 208 5,361 218
216 Roewe 950 513 220 4,896 221
217 Yema F12 450 210 2,329 246
218 Zhongxing Landmark 437 222 4,660 223
219 FAW Oley 433 277 6,154 215
220 Toyota Land Cruiser 200 417 206 5,308 219
221 Mazda8 414 276 2,913 239
222 Mercedes Vito 375 213 3,422 234
223 Gonow Saboo G3/Aoosed G5 370 281 2,563 241
224 Toyota E’Z Yizhi 348 225 17,286 170
225 Gonow Aoosed GX5 336 239 1,827 254
226 Brilliance Junjie (BS4) 336  - 6,756 210
227 BAW (Beijing) Jeep 311 196 5,278 220
228 BYD F6 307  - 657 279
229 Changhe Ideal 300 228 3,470 233
230 Yema F10 270 227 2,339 245
231 Mitsubishi Lancer 257 216 2,476 243
232 Riich G3 243 205 12,108 190
233 Roewe 750 237 212 2,319 247
234 Zotye Multiplan 233 219 4,323 226
235 BJC Warrior 225 231 2,600 240
236 Mitsubishi Pajero 223 237 3,972 230
237 Hawtai Terracan 221 266 384 285
238 Rely V5 201 248 1,999 250
239 Lifan 530 196  - 0  -
240 Kia Optima 193 229 4,155 228
241 Mercedes Viano 181 223 3,254 235
242 Suzuki Splash 160 261 2,492 242
243 Foton MP-X 157 224 4,187 227
244 Mazda2 152 241 3,049 238
245 Foton MP-X Midi 150 233 2,000 249
246 Landwind Fashion 129 254 474 281
247 Ford S-Max 123 243 1,800 256
248 Riich G5 119 245 1,304 262
249 Buick Park Avenue 116 187 1,501 260
250 Nissan March 116 242 6,720 211
251 Dongfeng Yumsun 116 251 860 273
252 Dongfeng Oting 116  - 1,297 263
253 Gonow Jetstar 107 272 763 277
254 BYD e6 99 214 1,690 257
255 BYD F3DM 97 253 1,201 264
256 Great Wall Phenom 76 249 1,828 253
257 Toyota Vios 71 247 9,130 198
258 Mitsubishi Zinger 64 246 1,087 268
259 Rely X5 56 269 764 276
260 JAC Binyue 51 265 1,047 269
261 Chery Eastar 50 271 1,158 266
262 Changfeng CS6 49 267 771 275
263 Changfeng CS7 Feiteng 44 282 1,576 259
264 Hyundai Accent 43 260 3,200 236
265 Yema F99 40 285 448 283
266 Chery Cowin 3 34 178 19,091 161
267 Luxgen Master CEO 32  - 0  -
268 Riich G6 30 274 334 288
269 FAW Vela 29 262 871 272
270 Nissan Murano 26  - 947 270
271 Chery Cowin 5 23 275 1,183 265
272 Hawtai B11 23 286 131 294
273 BAW (Beijing) Luba 22 256 360 286
274 Brilliance Zunchi (BS6) 21 255 1,861 252
275 Mitsubishi Galant 21 273 425 284
276 Citroen C-Triomphe 20  - 1,313 261
277 ChangAn Raeton 19 263 98 297
278 Riich M1 16 264 828 274
279 Shanghai Englon TX4 8  - 518 280
280 VW Polo Jinqu/Jinqing 6  - 20,156 158
281 Hafei Lobo 4 250 4,806 222
282 MG 7 4 279 282 290
283 Chrysler Grand Voyager 3 284 50 299
284 Hafei Saima 2 244 2,031 248
285 ChangAn CX30 2 258 9,000 200
286 Toyota Prius 2 270 2,434 244
287 Jinbei S50 2 278 16 302
288 Tianqi Meiya SUV 2 280 77 298
289 Cadillac SLS 1 199 7,007 206

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

Note: This ranking excludes imports

Categories: China
  1. Great Wall Direct (UK)
    March 8th, 2013 at 22:20 | #1
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    Thanks Matt, what a wonderful site. (I’d not seen it before)

    We just started supplying the UK with Great Wall Cars, SUVs and Pick-ups.
    (Well Pick-ups only right now, but the C30 and Haval are coming later this year)

    Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the useful car sales information.

    :-)

    • matgasnier
      March 8th, 2013 at 22:40 | #2
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      Hello Great Wall UK :)
      No worries, glad you’re enjoying it!
      Cheers,
      Matt

  2. Othello Yan
    February 27th, 2013 at 01:26 | #3
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    Hi Matt, from Jan. 2013 on, Buick Excelle have had a discount of 10% to 20%, in this case, this car sold very good in Jan. and result in that people should wait for at least 15 days to get the car, when people buy the car in Feb. The Buick does not think the car sale can double with the discount. I guess the sale of this car may reduce 1/3 in Feb. compared to that in Jan. since no stock and there are only 28 days in Feb. Let’s check your figure in Feb.

    I read your blog 3 months ago, the figures are very useful to me, appreciate very much.

    • matgasnier
      February 27th, 2013 at 07:58 | #4
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      Thanks for the insight! And glad you like the blog.
      Best,
      Matt

  3. CyrusEM
    February 23rd, 2013 at 02:53 | #5
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    @Tengil
    Thanks – I forgot – it would be nice to have a true sales list – it would be good to see actual sales. For example – Renault recalled 60K Koleos made over 3 1/2 years – that’s 17K per year – probably more than Korea…

  4. Miguel
    February 22nd, 2013 at 23:49 | #6
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    @Tengil
    Tengil, I missed you too! How are you? Where are you from bud?

  5. Tengil
    February 22nd, 2013 at 21:44 | #7
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    @Miguel
    That was not the question of rocket man ! He wanted to know that toycar-brand you prefer, not what car you want to drive, when you are grown up! So ones more, what is your favourite toycar-brand ? Siku, Kyosho or matchbox or something else ?

  6. Ian
    February 22nd, 2013 at 20:57 | #8
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    @Nishant Vass

    Jaguar-Land Rover are currently building a factory in China in partnership with Chery, production is due to start in 2015.

    See article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20384431

  7. Kimmi
    February 22nd, 2013 at 20:12 | #9
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    Do you have numbers regarding the Roewe E50?

  8. Miguel
    February 22nd, 2013 at 20:11 | #10
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    @rocket man
    Rocket man, in fact I just can´t see VW cars! I´m sick and tired of this marque. I drive a Nissan 350 Z Sports… an impressive car. Only the fuel consumption is high.

  9. Nishant Vass
    February 22nd, 2013 at 17:03 | #11
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    Could you tell me why Jaguar Land Rover does not feature in this list? As per my knowledge it has strong volumes of the “Evoque” and “Freelander”. Could you see if that data of sales is missing in the same.

    • matgasnier
      February 22nd, 2013 at 17:47 | #12
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      Hi Nishant,
      As far as I know Jaguar Land Rover don’t produce in China yet?
      This ranking does not include imports.
      Cheers,
      Matt

  10. AndyT
    February 22nd, 2013 at 07:01 | #13
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    It would be interesting to see the imported car figures at some stage, especially for SEAT and Renault.

  11. CyrusEM
    February 22nd, 2013 at 00:27 | #14
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    What about Renault. 0 cars sold???

    • matgasnier
      February 22nd, 2013 at 02:01 | #15
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      Renault do not produce in China yet.

  12. Tengil
    February 21st, 2013 at 23:48 | #16
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    @rocket man
    You can assume, that he (Miguel) does not drive anything, but matchbox-cars judging by his always childish statements, briefly speaking: his statements als troll-postings. And by the way steam und miguel may be the same person (my assumption) :)

  13. Steam
    February 21st, 2013 at 22:59 | #17
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    Top-5-brands are not chinese. Ford-sales are highly dominated by the Focus (77,8 %).

  14. Steam
    February 21st, 2013 at 21:29 | #18
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    Well, every client should have his own taste.

  15. rocket man
    February 21st, 2013 at 20:30 | #19
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    @Miguel
    Miguel, you seem to have a major hang-up about VW … never a positive word to say! As a matter of interest, what do you drive?

  16. Tengil
    February 21st, 2013 at 20:12 | #20
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    @Miguel

    Hey, you are back again, wonderful ! I missed you !

  17. Miguel
    February 21st, 2013 at 19:32 | #21
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    The VW Lavida is really ugly!! The trunk seems longer than the front!

  18. Didier
    February 21st, 2013 at 10:39 | #22
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    That includes import undoubtedly and I’m sure other foreign brands have big import numbers too so I’m not sure it would change the ranking…
    Interestingly too, China has become the number 1 market for PSA Peugeot Citroen in January! They sold 49,199 vehicles in France that same month. And the Chinese numbers we have don’t include imports!

    • matgasnier
      February 21st, 2013 at 23:08 | #23
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      Very good point about PSA Didier thanks for picking that up!
      Cheers,
      Matt

  19. ronnie
    February 21st, 2013 at 08:00 | #24
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    hi matt!!! ford motors published that the company have sold 61,475 units for january 2013 ,then it would place at number 5 best selling nameplate ,thanks!!!

    • matgasnier
      February 21st, 2013 at 23:06 | #25
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      Hi Ronnie,
      Don’t forget the figures in this article don’t include imports.
      Cheers,
      Matt

  1. March 11th, 2013 at 11:01 | #1
    Anonymous