Audi Q2L sales are up 79.8% year-on-year in March. Our selection of vehicles in China in March show retail sales drop -34.9% year-on-year to 1.026.653 units, a significantly slimmer fall than wholesales (-43.3%). As a result the Q1 volume is now down -42.6% to 2.947.341. For the past two years, BSCB…
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…
After January 2019 (world car market) and April 2019 (Chinese market), BSCB and I are featured for the third time in French newspaper Le Monde, one of the most important and widely respected newspapers in the world according to Wikipedia. The article, published in yesterday's edition (dated March 23) explores how different…
For the first time since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, Chinese car sales are up year-on-year. According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), new passenger car sales in China have spectacularly bounced back up 14% year-on-year over the week of April 7-12, marking the first…
Mercedes manages the only single-digit drop in the Top 20. After strict lockdowns stifled February wholesales down -79.1% and just as the rest of the world gets hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chinese new vehicle market is already bouncing back quite spectacularly, as we already mentioned in the past week.…
The Changan UNI-T has landed in China. As a teaser to our upcoming March wholesales update, we are going through the new locally-produced launches for the month. With the industry frozen in place for most of February, the new launches remain few (just 3 this month) and, most strikingly, very…
Mercedes places 3 nameplates in the February Top 9, including the GLC. Retail sales of our selection of vehicles in China in February post a very similar evolution compared with wholesales figures: -79.2% to 204.089 units which brings the year-to-date volume down -46.2% to 1.909.262. For the past two years, BSCB…
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…
Brazil (+12.9%) is the biggest gainer among the Top 20 global auto markets. A lot earlier than last year, we can share with you today 2019 Annual Volumes for 164 markets worldwide, including Passenger Cars + Commercial Vehicles. As such, these figures can surpass the ones we have reported in our…
The Coronavirus outbreak has brought the Chinese market to its knees. In line with our expectations earlier in the month, as a result of the country effectively shutting down in February, wholesales of China-made light vehicles drop -79.1% year-on-year this month to 310.000 units. Passenger Vehicles are down -81.7% to…
The Chevrolet Menlo has landed in China. As a teaser to our upcoming February wholesales update, we can detail today the new locally-produced launches for the month, a very peculiar time in China when the entire automotive industry shut down. As such it's even surprising that we have two launches in…
The coronavirus outbreak has stopped the Chinese car market - and economy. This is a special update on China. If you read our recent China wholesales and retail January 2020 updates, this won't come as too much of a surprise to you. According to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA),…
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…
Roewe RX5 wholesales are lifted up 21.6% by the new MAX model. Chinese wholesales (ex-factory shipments) drop for the 19th consecutve month in January at -18.4% to 1.932.700 units but unlike most articles you may have read on the subject, this is not (yet) because of the COVID-19 virus. The…
The Wuling Mini Truck sold 55.000 units in December alone, a new record. Wholesales of new Light Commercial Vehicles limit their fall to -2% in 2019 to 3.279.763 units, with Medium and Heavy Commercials down -1% to 1.455.325. Among LCVs, Wuling (-3%) remains the dominant brand with just above 680.000…