The Audi Q8 breaks into the Top 20 imports for the first time in July. After a logical slump last month due to unusually high year-ago volumes, the Chinese imports market bounces back up 8.4% year-on-year in July to 85.215 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -22.7% to 518.954.…
Lexus sales gain 6.9% year-on-year in a market down -37%. On face value, the -37% year-on-year collapse of imported retail sales in China at 90.180 units looks like we are back to pandemic declines, but in fact the year-ago basis was exceptionally high, with June 2019 volumes boosted up 73.3%…
Mercedes GLE imports are up 184% year-on-year thanks to a new model. After dropping by just -3.3% in April, sales of imported new cars in China go against the general rebound trend in China with a steep -9.9% decline in May to 89.577 units, which brings the year-to-date tally down…
The Lexus UX is the most popular recent import launch in China. Sales of imported new cars into China are also frankly on the mend at -3.3% year-on-year in April to 92.669 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -27.4% to 253.980. Strikingly, the Top 5 most popular imported brands are…
Porsche Panamera sales are up 443.7% year-on-year. After collapsing -78.4% in February, retail sales of imported cars in China drop -35.3% in March to 61.260 units, a better hold than the wholesales market (-43.3%). Q1 2020 volumes are down -39.5% to 153.817. Lexus (-29.6%) reclaims the brands top spot for…
Porsche manages the best hold among all mass imported brands in February. Retail sales of imported cars in China fall -78.4% in February to 10.512 units, in line with the rest of the market and pulling the year-to-date tally down -41.4% to 92.418. The brands podium is reversed compared to…
BMW scores its first #1 imported brand ranking in exactly a year in China. Sales of imported cars in China freefall -24.8% year-on-year in January to 81.906 units. BMW (-18.6%) ends 11 consecutive months of Lexus domination to reclaim the brands top spot like in January 2019. Lexus (+3.2%) is…
The Lexus ES is the best-selling import in China in 2019. Discover 30 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here. For the third 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…
The Tesla Model 3 breaks its Chinese monthly volume record in November. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for November, BSCB being the only media outside of China to report on these figures monthly. The market stabilises once again in November at -0.8% to 99.667 units, in line with…
Porsche Macan sales soar 133% year-on-year in China this month. Complete Chinese imports data is now available for October, BSCB being the only non-Chinese media to report on these figures monthly. After slowing down its fall to just -4.3% in September, the import market is back in freefall in October…
The Tesla Model 3 reaches a best-ever 2nd place in the Chinese Imports charts. After two consecutive months of double-digit declines, import sales in China drastically slow down their fall in September at -4.3% to 96.836 units, meaning the year-to-date tally is now up 1% to 850.373. The Top 5…
The Tesla Model 3 ranks #8 import in China in August. Import sales in China endure a second consecutive month of double-digit decline in August at a searing -24.8% to 82.357 units, yet the year-to-date tally remains in positive for now at +1.7% to 753.523. Brand leaders Lexus (-6%) and…
The new generation ES lifts Lexus sales up 37.4% in July in China. After a freak 73.3% surge in June due to rushed sales of non-compliant vehicles ahead of the implementation of Stage 6 Emission rules on July 1, sales of imported vehicles in China logically recede -13.4% in July…
In a remake of the 2018 European Summer, Alfa Romeo sales are up 1098.1% before State 6 emissions rules are put in place. There is now a China Imports May 2019 article - see here. In June, we can clearly witness the clearing of unsold State 5 stocks ahead of…
The Lexus UX has landed in China. After scoring their first year-on-year gain of 2019 in April (+8.8%), new car imports into China accelerate to +18.4% in May to 99.449 units, leading to a year-to-date tally now down just -0.9% to 449.446. 8 of the Top 10 brands outpace the…