The new P7 sedan lifts Xpeng wholesales to record heights. It's a spectacular 5th consecutive month of double-digit gains for the Chinese wholesales market with September volumes up another 12.8% year-on-year to 2.565.000 units, making it by far the largest month of 2020 so far and the 2nd largest September…
Hongqi soars 109.9% to a 15th volume record in the past 18 months. As we announced at the start of the month, new vehicle wholesales in China continue on their unabated post-pandemic rebound with August up 11.6% to 2.186.000 units according to final data by the China Association of Automobile…
The Wuling Hongguang Mini EV reportedly sold 15.000 units in its first 20 days in market. The -4.2% drop over the first 20 days of the month by Chinese carmakers was a false alarm: according to preliminary data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales in…
Clouds on the horizon for the Chinese market? Picture: the new generation Haval H6, launched in August. Figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) could indicate the end of the much-admired post-pandemic rebound in China. After April (+4.4%), May (+14.5%), June (+11.6%) and July (+16.4%) all showed gravity-defying surges, wholesales of…
The Toyota RAV4 breaks a six year-old monthly volume record in July. After surging +14.5% in May, and +11.6% in June, Chinese wholesales accelerate their post-Covid rebound in July at a superb +16.4% year-on-year to 2.112.000 units according to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). As it was…
A new generation of Haval H6, the country's #1 SUV, has just launched in China. Preliminary figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) show continued momentum for new vehicle wholesales in China in July: up an estimated 14.9% year-on-year to 2.08 million. Commercial Vehicles are expected to…
11 manufacturers including Chery Automobile have shared Chinese wholesales volumes for the first three weeks of July. According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), wholesales of new vehicles in China surge by a spectacular 36.5% year-on-year to 942.000 units over the first 20 days of…
The new RAV4 (+10.5%) helps Toyota limit its fall to -3.6% over H1. The Covid-19 crisis stifles the Chinese wholesales market down a harsh -16.9% year-on-year over the First Half 2020 to just 10.257.000 units, the lowest H1 volume in 8 years: since the 9.62 million of 2012... However unlike the…
Thanks partly to all-time high record sales of the new Breeze, Honda breaks its all-time wholesales volume record in June. Chinese wholesales confirm their spectacular resurgence in June at +11.6% to 2.3 million units according to data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), an all-time record for…
China wholesales December 2019 - June 2020. Source CAAM via China Automotive Review. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) expects Chinese wholesales to post a second consecutive double-digit year-on-year gain in June at +11% to roughly 2.28 million units after surging 14.5% in May. As a reminder May ended 21…
Hongqi (+133.7%) symbolises the recovery of the Chinese market and its SUV segment, with both the brand (15.103) and the HS5 (9.117) breaking all-time records. Doing even better than the +11.7% anticipated, Chinese wholesales soar +14.5% year-on-year to 2.194.000 units according to data released by the China Association of Automobile…
The Hongqi H9 is part of an avalanche of new local models hitting the Chinese market as it recovers from the coronavirus... According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), May wholesales in China are expected to surge 11.7% year-on-year to 2.14 million units according to preliminary estimates. This…
New car sales in China have returned to pre-coronavirus levels. Picture Reuters. After sinking -14% year-on-year over the first 10 days of May to 351.000 units, new vehicle wholesales in China have stabilised to just -2.5% year-on-year over the first 20 days of May to 971.000 units, according to the…
Without heavy truck sales, the Chinese market would still be down in April. New vehicle wholesales in China have bounced back even stronger than preliminary data suggested in April, up 4.4% year-on-year to 2.07 million units, bringing the year-to-date tally down -31.1% to 5.761.000 units. After February deliveries collapsed -79.1%…
New car sales in China have already debuted their post-virus recovery. This is a preliminary update, complete data will be published when available. After we already reported on signs of recovery with retail sales up 14% year--year over the April 7-12 week, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) announced today…