China LCV June 2017: Pickups up 14%, Nissan Navara lands

The Nissan Navara is now produced in China also. 

* See the Top 45 best-selling models by clicking on the title *

Thanks to our partnership with Chinese consultancy outlet Cedars, we can share with you today June LCV data for China. This month minivans, down 7% to 47.144 are back above Mini Trucks (aka Micro Pickups) down just 0.4% to 41.856 while Pickups continue to strongly recover at +14% to 31.331 units. Halfway through 2017, Mini Trucks are the leading segment at 314.097 deliveries (+10%), followed by Minivans at 307.237 (-21%) and Pickups at 192.895 (+18%).

Chana Star Minibus sales rally back up 109% year-on-year in June. 

The Wuling Mini Truck dominates the LCV ranking once again with sales surging 16% ,ahead of the Wuling Hongguang V (-13%) while both the Chana Star Mini Truck (+63%) and Minibus (+109%) rally back up above the Wuling Sunshine (-27%). The Great Wall Wingle 5, still by far the best-selling pickup, outpaces its segment’s growth with a 19% gain to end the month just under 6.000 sales. It is followed by the JMC Baodian (-11%), ZX Auto Gran Tiger (+4%) and JMC Yuhu (+39%). The big news this month in the Chinese LCV ranking is the arrival of the Nissan Navara as #10 pickup, now that local production has started.

Previous month: China LCV May 2017: Pickups confirm rebound at +13%

One year ago: China LCV June 2016: Pickup sales surge 36%

Full June 2017 Top 45 models ranking table below.