China LCV April 2020: Wuling Mini Truck (+61.7%) back in charge in market up 17%

The Wuling Mini Truck is back to #1 LCV in China.

The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China shoots up 17% year-on-year in April to 355.318 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22% to 882.815. Medium and Heavy Commercials are up 50% to 215.958 and now down just -1% YTD to 529.888. Thanks to LMC Automotive we can share some detail in the Chinese LCV market for April. Wuling (+28.5%) reclaims the brands leadership both for the month at just under 78.000 sales and year-to-date at 161.000 (-27.4%) off Foton (+21.1%) which only sells 47.000 units in April for a 131.000 YTD total. 6 of the next 8 best-selling brands outpace the market: CNHTC (+43.7%), Maxus (+43%), JAC (+30%), JMC (+24.3%), Dongfeng (+23.4%) and Great Wall (+20.1%). Model-wise, the Wuling Mini Truck (+61.7%) reclaims the top spot but remains #2 for now in the YTD charts, outmanoeuvred by the Foton Light Truck (+29.2%).

Previous month: China LCV March 2020: Foton topples Wuling in market down -28%

One year ago: China LCV April 2019: New gen Mini Truck lifts Wuling up 21%

Full April 2020 Top 10 brands and Top 3 models below.