Very strong sales figures this month in China, with each of the Top 3 cars delivering yearly bests. The VW Lavida is #1 for the second month in a row at 25,072 sales and 227,087 year-to-date (#2). The FAW Xiali N3/N5 continues its impressive progression and gains one more spot…
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…
Buick Excelle True to its new status as the biggest car market in the world, China features 32 models above 10,000 sales this month, vs. 23 in the USA. Leading the pack is the Buick Excelle, confirming General Motors' excellent shape in this part of the world. The hatchback version,…
BYD F3 The Chinese sales ranking is completely reshuffled in 2009: after 3 consecutive years on top, the VW Jetta drops to 4th in spite of sales still increasing by 11% at 224,857 units. The best-selling passenger car title goes to the BYD F3, with a record 291,010 sales, up…
VW Jetta * See the Top 115 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * The VW Jetta is the best selling passenger car in China for the third year in a row, and at 202,303 sales it is still the only model…
VW Jetta * See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post! * After a couple of years of high volatility, the models ranking podium stabilises somewhat in 2007. The VW Jetta keeps its best seller title and becomes the very…
The VW Jetta is back to the #1 spot in the Passenger Car charts. New vehicle sales in China are back to their extravagant growth rate at +26.2% year-on-year in 2006 to 6,765,512 units, eclipsing 6 million units for the first time. Volkswagen (+38.2%) rallies back from two mediocre years…
FAW Tianjin Xiali New vehicle sales in China leap up 16.8% year-on-year in 2005 to 5,360,615 units, including 2.77 million Passenger Cars (+23%). This year, new legislation aimed at containing sales growth by restricting car credit has the effect of reshuffling the models ranking entirely, bringing to an end two…
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…
Chery makes its entrance in the charts with a Seat Toledo produced under license. For the first time in Chinese history, new vehicle sales top 2 million in 2001 at 2,100,233 units, up 12.4% year-on-year. Volkswagen (+4%) once again can't keep up with the market growth but comfortably stays in…
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…
The Changan Star is up to #2 in China in 1999. After marking a pause in 1998 (+0.5%), new vehicle sales in China gain 8.2% year-on-year in 1999 to 1,619,025 units. Despite trailing the market, Volkswagen (+3.6%) becomes the first manufacturer in Chinese history to hit 300,000 annual sales. It…