Nissan Sunny This month is the biggest month ever for Chinese car sales: 1.894 million vehicles changed hands including 1.529 million passenger cars, up 14% on an already record-breaking January '10. This is also possibly the biggest single month ever in any country in the world. 47 models sold more…
Wuling Sunshine The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicles sales figures are as impressive as ever, with the overall market up 25% at 5,278,135 units, and the best seller being the Wuling Sunshine with 754,961 units sold, up 8%. It was named by Forbes "the most important car on earth" as it…
BYD F3 *Thanks to DC at www.autoweek.nl for the Full Year 2010 Top 200! See 'Read more' below* This month, 3 Chinese models land in the Top 6, a feat rare enough to be noticed. The BYD F3, after months spent outside the podium, comes back to #1 to cap off…
ChangAn Minibus Chinese workers bought 467,639 new Light Commercial Vehicles in November, up 21% year-on-year. The total over 11 months 2010 is 4,829,785 units, up 25% on 2009. Big movement this month: the ChangAn Minibus takes the pole position with 54,795 sales, up an impressive 52% over Nov 09, ahead…
Very strong sales figures this month in China, with each of the Top 3 cars delivering yearly bests. The VW Lavida is #1 for the second month in a row at 25,072 sales and 227,087 year-to-date (#2). The FAW Xiali N3/N5 continues its impressive progression and gains one more spot…
Wuling Rongguang The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicles market continues its progression in October at 434,609 units (+20%). The year-to-date total is at +25% vs. 2009 with 4,362,146 registrations. The Top 5 is unchanged this month, with the Wuling Sunshine still comfortably installed in #1 at 53,589 sales, a figure still…
Wuling Sunshine The Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV's) ranking is the hidden side of the Chinese market, as these figures are rarely accessible, so thanks to AutoWeek.nl and Autonews.com for bringing them to the surface. The Chinese LCV market is at +8% in Sept (427,176 units) and +26% over 9 months…
VW Lavida The Chinese market grows by 25% in October, and 35% year-to-date: the 10 months 2010 figure (14.67 million) is already well superior to the full year 2009 number (13.64 million)! The models ranking is very volatile and the VW Lavida, built exclusively for China on a Golf IV…
Buick Excelle True to its new status as the biggest car market in the world, China features 32 models above 10,000 sales this month, vs. 23 in the USA. Leading the pack is the Buick Excelle, confirming General Motors' excellent shape in this part of the world. The hatchback version,…
BYD F3 The Chinese sales ranking is completely reshuffled in 2009: after 3 consecutive years on top, the VW Jetta drops to 4th in spite of sales still increasing by 11% at 224,857 units. The best-selling passenger car title goes to the BYD F3, with a record 291,010 sales, up…
VW Jetta * See the Top 115 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The VW Jetta is the best selling passenger car in China for the third year in a row, and at 202,303 sales it is still the only model…
VW Jetta * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After a couple of years of high volatility, the models ranking podium stabilises somewhat in 2007. The VW Jetta keeps its best seller title and becomes the very…
The VW Jetta is back to the #1 spot in the Passenger Car charts. New vehicle sales in China are back to their extravagant growth rate at +26.2% year-on-year in 2006 to 6,765,512 units, eclipsing 6 million units for the first time. Volkswagen (+38.2%) rallies back from two mediocre years…
FAW Tianjin Xiali New vehicle sales in China leap up 16.8% year-on-year in 2005 to 5,360,615 units, including 2.77 million Passenger Cars (+23%). This year, new legislation aimed at containing sales growth by restricting car credit has the effect of reshuffling the models ranking entirely, bringing to an end two…
The Hyundai Elantra was #1 Passenger Car in June. The Chinese market consolidates its growth in 2004 to "just" +13.1% year-on-year, still an additional 530,000 units to 4,589,782 sales. A surprise atop the brands ranking: Volkswagen not only can't keep up with the market evolution but actually registers a year-on-year…