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…
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…
The Hyundai Verna is the biggest gainer in the Chinese Top 10 * See the Top 283 All-models Ranking by clicking on the title! * After the USA, we are now focusing on the year-to-date models ranking in the biggest car market in the world, China. With August sales up…
Ford Focus * NOW UPDATED with the Top 277 All-models Ranking! Click on title to see * For only the second time ever after last June, the Ford Focus takes the lead of the Passenger Cars ranking in China with 25,627 sales and is now up two spots to #5…
Wuling Hongguang * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * New Light Commercial Vehicle sales in China are up an encouraging 6% year-on-year to 321,959 registrations, or way more than in Germany for example. The year-to-date total now stands at 2,911,491 units, down just 1%…
Chevrolet Sail * See the Top 280 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * As it is now the tradition on BSCB, after exploring this month’s models ranking in China, we now put the spotlight on year-to-date sales to extract longer-term trends. Over the first 7 months of 2012,…
Hyundai Elantra Langdong * See the Top 274 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the second time in the last 3 months, the Chevrolet Sail is the most popular passenger car in China, selling 23,643 units in July. It reinforces its second position in the 2012 year-to-date…
Sales of ChangAn Taurus (above) may be counted as part of the Minibus nameplate * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Sales of Light Commercial Vehicles in China are up a shy 2% year-on-year in June to 382,539 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to…
Buick Excelle - China is the only country in the world where a Buick is #1 * See the Top 277 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The biggest car market in the world has seen its models ranking completely reorganised in the last year. The big and very…
Ford Focus * See the Top 269 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The year 2012 is the year of firsts in China: after the VW Passat in January and the Chevrolet Sail in May, a third model holds the pole position for the very first time this month: the…