Ford Ecosport * NOW UPDATED with the Top 304 All-models ranking! Click on title to see * New Passenger Car sales in China are up 9% year-on-year to 1,419,700 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,261,600 units, up an impressive 15% on 2012. As it gets bigger the Chinese market seems…
That's a lot more BYD cars on the roads... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * As I detailed in my articles China: return to explosive growth expected and China: How local brands may finally find their mojo at home, sales growth is here to stay in China…
Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top models overall by clicking on the title! * Sales of new Light Commercial Vehicles are up 5% year-on-year both in April at 456,651 registrations and year-to-date at 1,886,368 units. After 3 consecutive months of domination by the Wuling Hongguang,…
Picture courtesy of investgazeta.net, all rights reserved. * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * China became the largest automotive market in the world in 2009 while the US fell into recession. However since then, Chinese sales slowed from the strong double-digit growth of 2009 and 2010. This…
Great Wall Haval H6 * See the Top 308 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through April sales in detail for China, as is the tradition on BSCB we are now exploring the year-to-date ranking to try and extract longer-term trends. The two best-sellers continue to…
Honda CR-V * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 64 All-brands by clicking on the title! * CAAM data indicates that sales of all automobiles in China are up 13% year-on-year to 1,841,700 units in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,266,200 units. As is the tradition I give…
The Chery E5 could be just what the Chinese needed after all... * See the Full article by clicking on the title! * It's no secret that apart from in the LCV segment, Chinese brands have been struggling at home for a while (see China February 2012: When will Chinese…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top 10 models overall by clicking on the title! * The new Light Commercial Vehicle market is up 4% year-on-year in China in March to 569,360 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,421,762 units, up 5% on 2012. The Wuling…
VW Sagitar * See the Top 302 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through March sales in detail for China, as is now the tradition we are exploring the year-to-date ranking for a bit of a longer-term perspective on things. As we spoke about for the…
VW Lavida * NOW UPDATED with the Top 295 All-models and Top 65 All-brands! Click on title to see * In March the VW Lavida manages to top the Chinese models ranking for the third consecutive month thanks to 38,334 sales, up a massive 89% year-on-year, with the Ford Focus…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top 10 models overall by clicking on the title! * Once again the Light Commercial Vehicle market follows the Passenger Cars pattern this month: after explosive growth in January, February is down 15% year-on-year to 380,047 registrations as it was…
VW Lavida * See the Top 296 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we have explored the best-sellers in China in February in detail, it's time to bring back the monthly year-to-date summaries. Over the first two months of 2013 the Chinese new car market is…
VW Lavida * See the Top 292 All-locally produced models and Top 64 All-brands by clicking on the title! Disrupted by the Lunar New Year celebrations which encroached on February much more than in 2012, new car sales in China are down 14% year-on-year in February to 1,354,600 registrations, however thanks…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling LCV and Top 10 models overall by clicking on the title! * In line with the Passenger Car market (up 46% year-on-year), Light Commercial Vehicle sales are up a whopping 30% year-on-year in January in China to 472,254 registrations. Massive surprise atop…
VW 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…