Buick Excelle * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After leading the Chinese market over the Full Year 2011 but spending 3 months away from the pole position, the Buick Excelle confirms it is China's favourite car and tops the models ranking in February…
ChangAn NangLing (aka Starlight) with ChangAn Minibus in background * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Rutger & Austin * For once the LCV market behaves worse than the overall Chinese market, very shy in this start of year, at -28% on January…
VW Passat * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks DC * The Chinese models ranking is as volatile as ever, with last month's leader - the Honda Accord - down to 42nd place in January and this month's #1 up 19 spots on December:…
Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * 417,438 new Light Commercial Vehicles were registered in December in China, down 7% on December 2010 and bringing the 2011 total to 4,928,749 units, also down 7% on 2010. The Wuling Sunshine leads the category…
DongFeng Mini Van Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle sales are down 12% year-on-year in July at 305,170 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 2,951,351 units, down 6%. No surprises on top: the Wuling Sunshine reigns but for the first time in 2011 it goes below the 50,000 units mark at 44,944…
Wuling Sunshine Light Commercial Vehicles continue to struggle in China, down 12% in May at 380,424 units, with the year-to-date figure now down 4% at 2,271,890 registrations. The Wuling Sunshine leads the way again in May with 56,203 units (-10%) and year-to-date at 318,866 (-16%). As usual the relevant comparisons…
FAW Xiali N5 * See the Top 150 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * The Chinese car market continues to take a breather after the extravagant growth of 2010, up 5% in March at 1,828,500 vehicles and 8% over the first quarter…
Wuling Sunshine The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicles sales figures are as impressive as ever, with the overall market up 25% at 5,278,135 units, and the best seller being the Wuling Sunshine with 754,961 units sold, up 8%. It was named by Forbes "the most important car on earth" as it…
ChangAn Minibus Chinese workers bought 467,639 new Light Commercial Vehicles in November, up 21% year-on-year. The total over 11 months 2010 is 4,829,785 units, up 25% on 2009. Big movement this month: the ChangAn Minibus takes the pole position with 54,795 sales, up an impressive 52% over Nov 09, ahead…
Wuling Rongguang The Chinese Light Commercial Vehicles market continues its progression in October at 434,609 units (+20%). The year-to-date total is at +25% vs. 2009 with 4,362,146 registrations. The Top 5 is unchanged this month, with the Wuling Sunshine still comfortably installed in #1 at 53,589 sales, a figure still…
VW Lavida The Chinese market grows by 25% in October, and 35% year-to-date: the 10 months 2010 figure (14.67 million) is already well superior to the full year 2009 number (13.64 million)! The models ranking is very volatile and the VW Lavida, built exclusively for China on a Golf IV…
The Hyundai Elantra was #1 Passenger Car in June. The Chinese market consolidates its growth in 2004 to "just" +13.1% year-on-year, still an additional 530,000 units to 4,589,782 sales. A surprise atop the brands ranking: Volkswagen not only can't keep up with the market evolution but actually registers a year-on-year…
The Buick Regal is now inside the Chinese Top 10 and #6 Passenger Car. The Chinese new vehicle market continues on its gigantic year-on-year gains in 2003 at +37.4%, passing both the 3 million and 4 million annual sales in the process. The market goes from 2,954,986 units in 2002…
The VW Jetta is the best-selling Passenger Car in China in 2002. Exceptional year for new vehicle sales in China: up a whopping 40.7% year-on-year to 2,954,986 units. Brand leader Volkswagen (+43.5%) even outraces the market to almost 475,000 sales, distancing Changan (+29.8%) and FAW (+60.8%), the latter up three…
The Changan Star is the best-selling vehicle in China in 2000. 1,869,329 new vehicles hit Chinese roads in 2000, a solid 15.5% improvement on a year ago. Volkswagen (+3.2%) only manages a small uptick and remains the most popular carmaker in the country. Changan (+18.7%) advances one spot to #2…