Toyota is the best-selling carmaker in China for the first time in history. After declining for the first time in over a year in May (-3.1%), the Chinese wholesales market accelerates its fall in June at -12.4% year-on-year to 2.015.000 units according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).…
The WEY Mocha has landed in the Chinese wholesales charts. After detailing China wholesales for June, we now explore the all-new locally-produced launches for the month in our “new models” series. In June there are six newcomers, including four EVs and four SUVs, completely in line with long-term sales trends…
The Ford Ecuador makes its first appearance in the Chinese retail charts... Note: January, February, March and April data is also included in the tables below. After covering China wholesales for May, the retail update is back. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments) and…
Lexus NX sales are up 37.1% in May in China. Note: March data is also included in the tables below. Sales of imported cars in China drop -11.5% year-on-year in May to 79.295 units, leading two a year-to-date tally up 18% to 405.337. Lexus (-8.1%) resists better than the market…
After detailing China wholesales for May, it is now time to explore the all-new new locally-produced launches for the month in our "New Models" series. This month there are only two newcomers in the wholesales charts vs. 6 last month. Both are SUVs and none are New Energy vehicles, the…
New brand TANK sells over 6.000 units of its 300 SUV in May. New vehicle wholesales in China are down -3.1% year-on-year in May to 2.128.000 units according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). This puts an end to 13 consecutive months of year-on-year gains in the…
The GAC Aion Y launches this month in China. After exploring China wholesales for April, it is now time to go through the all-new new locally-produced launches for the month, as our "New Models" series returns. This time we have 6 new models hitting the wholesales charts, among them 3…
Honda UR-V sales are up 6-fold year-on-year in April. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales are up 8.6% year-on-year in April to 2.252.000 units, marking a 13th consecutive month of gains. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 51.8% to 8.748.000 units. Passenger Vehicles…
Audi imports are up 247.9% year-on-year in March. Note: January and February data is also included in the tables below. Sales of imported cars in China bounce back 31% year-on-year in March to 88.534, leading to a year-to-date tally up 49.1% to 240.490 units. Lexus (+52.6%) gains more ground than…
The Wuling Hongguang MINI EV scores its first podium in China. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), China new vehicle wholesales mark 12 consecutive months of year-on-year gains in March at +74.9% to 2.526.000 units, also up 0.2% on March 2019. This is split into…
Toyota sales are up 7.6% in 2020, partly thanks to the new RAV4. We're catching up on lost time today with full monthly September to December 2020 China retail sales data available as well as Full Year 2020. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments)…
The Changan CS75 is the best-selling vehicle in China for the first time. One year ago in February 2020 most of China was under Covid-19 lockdown with factories and dealerships closed, and the market tumbled down -79.1%. Logically this month wholesales (ex-factory deliveries) of China-made vehicles soar 364.8% year-on-year to 1.455.000…
The Changan CS75 smashes its record volume by almost 10.000 units. With some delay due to Chinese New Year holidays, we can share with you today China wholesales data (ex-factory shipments) for January. The market surges 30% to over 2.5 million units, the best February since 2018, as year-ago volumes…
The Wuling Mini Truck sold over 500.000 units in China in 2020. Wholesales of new Light Commercial Vehicles in China soar 11.2% year-on-year in 2020 to 3.647.832 units, with Medium and Heavy Commercials up an even more impressive 29.3% to 1.882.011 units. Among LCVs, Wuling (+11.6%) almost matches the market to…
Lexus remains by far the best-selling importer in China. Discover 30 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. For the fourth consecutive year we can share worth you complete China imports data for the Full Year, this is exclusive to BSCB as no media outside of China is reporting on…