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…
Baojun introduces the new RC-6 in China... The Chinese Retail market (end-customer registrations) continues to suffer from pulled forward sales in June ahead of the Stage 6 emissions standards implementation on July 1: after freefalling -20.4% in July, the market sinks another -20.1% in August to 1.438.543 units, tilting the year-to-date…
Honda posts the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 13. A last minute sales rush in June to clear out non-compliant vehicles ahead of the implementation of Stage 6 emissions standards means the Chinese retail market is actually up 4.6% over H1 2019 to 10.630.614 units. It has been a…
The new generation Accord (+42.4%) helps Honda retail sales up 39.7% in April. Retail sales are an exclusive additional monthly Chinese update on BSCB since February 2018 for locally-made vehicles, imports being covered in separate articles. If wholesales correspond to ex-factory shipments, retail sales are those to end customers, taking the marketing edge…
The CR-V (+897.2%) helps Honda up 30.5% this month. Now that the turbulence of the Lunar New Year holiday has passed, retail sales in China drop a very subdued -5.3% year-on-year in March to 1.567.709 for our set of vehicles including some light commercials and pickups. A pre-holiday rush in…
The new VW Tharu hits a record 13.337 retail sales in China in January. Chinese wholesales data for January (-15.8%) marked a 7th consecutive market drop and third double-digit decline in a row, but this month retail sales is a completely and spectacularly different story. Since February 2018, we offer you a new…
The Camry (+70.3%) helps Toyota break its all-time volume record in China in January in a declining market. No recovery in sight just yet for the Chinese new vehicle market, January marking the 7th consecutive month of year-on-year decline and third double-digit drop in a row at 15.8% to 2.367.300…
Toyota is up 17.7% and the Corolla up to #3 in the Chinese retail ranking. Following our Full Year 2018 wholesales data update for China, it’s now time for us to explore Chinese retail sales, a new monthly update on BSCB since February 2018 taking the marketing edge off the wholesales…
Hyundai Encino As per the BSCB tradition, after covering April sales in detail, we now focus on the all-new locally produced launches so you can stay up-to-the-minute on the fastest-evolving - and largest - automobile market in the world: China. Our “Focus on the All-new models” updates remain based on…
The Bora hits a new record, helping VW to its largest ever wholesale volume. * See the Top 77 All China-made brands and Top 425 models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in China start the year a lot better than expected given the purchase tax…
The Baojun 510 is the fastest nameplate to reach 300.000 sales in China. * See the Top 77 All China-made brands and Top 450 models by clicking on the title * With a very high base in November 2016 as customers rushed to benefit from the last couple of months…
The Boyue is the first Geely nameplate to sell over 30.000 units in a single month. * See the Top 77 All China-made brands and Top 443 models by clicking on the title * The Chinese new vehicle market edges up 2% year-on-year in October to 2.704.000 but passenger cars…
The VW Lavida snaps the lead of the YTD models ranking off the Wuling Hongguang. * See the Top 75 China-made brands and Top 444 models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in China are up 3.3% year-on-year in September to 2.342.600 units according to the China…
Facelifted Haval H6 Coupe (red label). Picture auto.sohu.com * See the Top 76 All-brands and Top 426 All-models by clicking on the title * Light vehicle sales in China are up for the second month in a row at +4.3% year-on-year in July to 1.678.900 units, an impressive feat on…
The Buick Excelle is the best-selling nameplate in China in June. * See the Top 76 All-brands and Top 437 All-models by clicking on the title * China-made light vehicle sales have ended two consecutive months of year-on-year decline in June at +2.3% to 1.83 million deliveries according to the…