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…
Rely X5 * See the Top 45 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * OK it's my last update on China I promise, then I leave you alone with it. You can see the China December 2011 article here and the China Full Year 2011 article here. Thing is, with the…
Great Wall Haval H5 Special Edition * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This month I have split China into 2 articles as there is too much to talk about! You can see the China Full Year 2011 article here. In December we have…
Buick Excelle * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * This month I have split China into 2 articles as there is too much to talk about! You can see the China December 2011 article here. In 2011, 40 models sold over 100,000 units in…
Red Square in Moscow, Russia. Picture by Andras Pfaff * See the Top 20 biggest car markets in the world by clicking on the title! * To give a bit of perspective to all the models data I publish here, I thought I would make a Top 20 biggest car…
Beijing, China In 2011 the global car market is expected to have grown 4% over 2010 to a new record: 75 million units. Both industry analysts IHS Automotive and LMC Automotive agree on that figure in their estimates. This is actually quite an impressive feat considering the impact on world…
Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Light Commercial Vehicle sales in China are shy again this month at -10% and 420,989 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 4,511,311 units, down 7%. Both Wuling models in the Top 5 totally ignore this…
Great Wall Haval H6 * See the Top 248 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the first time since June but the 5th time this year the VW Lavida is the best-selling model in China with 23,921 sales. However this only 36 units better than the Buick…
Wuling Sunshine * See the Top 5 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * Chinese Light Commercial Vehicle sales see a 13% year-on-year drop in October (yes the data is one month late) at 378,590 registrations, bringing the 10 months 2011 total to 4,090,332 units, down 9%. LCV are…
Baojun 630 * See the Top 243 (all) best-selling models by clicking on this article's title or 'Read more'! * For the second month in a row, General Motors manages to place 3 models in the Top 4 in China! The Buick Excelle leads the way for the third consecutive…
Chevrolet Sail * NOW UPDATED with actuals for the Top 243 (all) best-selling models: see 'Read more' * Things are starting to look very good indeed for General Motors in China, with the group placing 3 models in the Top 4 for the very first time. The Buick Excelle confirms it is…
Wuling Sunshine * See 'Read more' for the Top 5 best-selling models - LCVs and all vehicles! * Light Commercial Vehicles sales in China are still down year-on-year in September but by a smaller margin: -2% to 420,814 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,711,732 units at -6%. The Wuling…
VW Passat * See the Top 245 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * Another upside down month for the Chinese models ranking... The Buick Excelle confirms its newly acquired year-to-date pole position by ranking #1 in August for the first time in 12 months…
According to Wards Auto, the number of vehicles in operation worldwide surpassed the 1 billion-unit mark in 2010 for the first time ever, at 1.015 billion compared to 980 million in 2009. The figure reflects the approximate number of cars, light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks and buses registered worldwide. Out of…
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…