Ford Focus * See the Top 304 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! * The Chinese new Passenger Vehicle market slows down its growth in 2012 to a still very respectable 6% year-on-year to 14,682,215 units. The models pole position changes hands for the third consecutive year: after the…
VW Jetta * See the Top 286 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * It is now a fact: the Ford Focus is the most popular Passenger Car in China, topping the monthly ranking by far for the 5th month in a…
ChangAn Taurus * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top 10 best-sellers overall by clicking on the title! * 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.…
The Chery QQme sold its first 4 units for 2012 in China in November. * See the Top 294 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is now the tradition on BSCB, after looking at the best-sellers in November in China, we delve into the year-to-date models ranking…
Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 285 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * Sales of passenger cars in China are up 13% year-on-year in November to 1.419 million units, equalling the growth rate of the US. The year-to-date total now stands at 13.12 million, up 7%…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling LCVs and Top 10 best-sellers overall by clicking on the title! * The Chinese new Light Commercial Vehicle market confirms it is back in shape in October, up 9% year-on-year to 411,693 units, bringing the year-to-date total to 4,068,573 sales, now down just 1%…
Fiat Viaggio * See the source for this article by clicking on the title! Many thanks to Rosario * I know a lot of you have been asking for Chinese sales figures for the Fiat Viaggo, given local production started in June and sales in mid-September. Until today no data was…
The Hyundai Verna is the best-performing model in the Chinese Top 10 with sales up 56%. * See the Top 290 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Like it's now the tradition on BSCB, each month we delve into the year-to-date models ranking a little deeper for the…
Ford Focus * Now updated with the Top 280 All-models and Top 35 best-selling brands! See title * If last month the effects of the China/Japan diplomatic tensions over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands could be felt, in October it becomes truly critical. Honda is down 54% year-on-year, Toyota down 44% and Nissan down 41%. In fact at…
Picture by Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty * See the full article by clicking on the title! * VW's sales in China are up 21% over the third quarter of 2012 to 704,991 vehicles, vs. 664,765 for General Motors. It is the first time in 8 years that Volkswagen manages to pass GM,…
The Wuling Hongguang sold a record 28,327 units in September * See the Top 5 best-selling LCVs and Top 10 best-sellers overall by clicking on the title! * 395,096 new Light Commercial Vehicles were sold in China in September, down 6% year-on-year and bringing the year-to-date total to 3,656,880 units,…
The Hyundai Elantra Langdong sold 26,856 units in China in only 2 months. * See the Top 288 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Like every month now on BSCB, we go into the detail of the year-to-date models ranking for the 2 biggest markets in the world,…
Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 283 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * The diplomatic tensions between China and Japan over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands had a huge impact on the Chinese new car market this month. For the first time in 2012, passenger cars are down year-on-year at…
VW Polo Jinqu * See the entire article by clicking on the title! * In 2012 Volkswagen has gone on a new model frenzy in China, replacing a few designs that were up to 30 years old in one single swoop. Problem is, the entire range is starting to look…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The Light Commercial Vehicle market in China is up 3% year-on-year in August to 350,293 registrations, to be compared with 226,455 in the whole of Germany or 405,511 in Brazil. For the second month in…