The Hongqi H9 is part of an avalanche of new local models hitting the Chinese market as it recovers from the coronavirus... According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), May wholesales in China are expected to surge 11.7% year-on-year to 2.14 million units according to preliminary estimates. This…
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%…
New car sales in China have returned to pre-coronavirus levels. Picture Reuters. After sinking -14% year-on-year over the first 10 days of May to 351.000 units, new vehicle wholesales in China have stabilised to just -2.5% year-on-year over the first 20 days of May to 971.000 units, according to the…
Changan sales are up 60.7% in a market down -5.6%. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), retail sales of passenger vehicles (cars, SUVs and MPVs) thin their fall to just -5.6% year-on-year in April to 1.43 million units. This is by far the best result in 2020 after…
The Lexus UX is the most popular recent import launch in China. Sales of imported new cars into China are also frankly on the mend at -3.3% year-on-year in April to 92.669 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.4% to 253.980. Strikingly, the Top 5 most popular imported brands are…
The Foton Light Truck is the #1 LCV in China in March, the JAC Light Truck is #3. According to LMC Automotive data, Light Commercial Vehicle wholesales drop -28% year-on-year in March to 270.323 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -36% to 527.497. The brands ranking reveals a spectacular change-of-guard:…
The VW Viloran has landed in China. It is now time to go through the new locally-produced launches for the month. After two months of pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (2 launches in February, 3 in March), we are back to a normal volume of new models in March…
Without heavy truck sales, the Chinese market would still be down in April. New vehicle wholesales in China have bounced back even stronger than preliminary data suggested in April, up 4.4% year-on-year to 2.07 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -31.1% to 5.761.000 units. After February deliveries collapsed -79.1%…
New car sales in China have already debuted their post-virus recovery. This is a preliminary update, complete data will be published when available. After we already reported on signs of recovery with retail sales up 14% year--year over the April 7-12 week, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced today…
Audi Q2L sales are up 79.8% year-on-year in March. Our selection of vehicles in China in March show retail sales drop -34.9% year-on-year to 1.026.653 units, a significantly slimmer fall than wholesales (-43.3%). As a result the Q1 volume is now down -42.6% to 2.947.341. For the past two years, BSCB…
Porsche Panamera sales are up 443.7% year-on-year. After collapsing -78.4% in February, retail sales of imported cars in China drop -35.3% in March to 61.260 units, a better hold than the wholesales market (-43.3%). Q1 2020 volumes are down -39.5% to 153.817. Lexus (-29.6%) reclaims the brands top spot for…
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Chinese car sales are up year-on-year. According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), new passenger car sales in China have spectacularly bounced back up 14% year-on-year over the week of April 7-12, marking the first…
The Changan UNI-T has landed in China. As a teaser to our upcoming March wholesales update, we are going through the new locally-produced launches for the month. With the industry frozen in place for most of February, the new launches remain few (just 3 this month) and, most strikingly, very…
14/03 update: Now with CAAM wholesales data. 11/04 update: Now with wholesales preliminary data. According to preliminary figures released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) and relayed by local outlet China Automotive Review, retail sales of Passenger Cars in China have rebounded March at -40% to 1.075.968 units excluding…
Mercedes places 3 nameplates in the February Top 9, including the GLC. Retail sales of our selection of vehicles in China in February post a very similar evolution compared with wholesales figures: -79.2% to 204.089 units which brings the year-to-date volume down -46.2% to 1.909.262. For the past two years, BSCB…