Dongfeng Fengon ix5 in Kunming We continue on our Chinese dealership test drives with the Dongfeng Fengon ix5, previously Fengguang and aka Glory outside of China. This is Dongfeng's first coupe SUV, a red hot format in China at the moment that seems to be the perfect blend of SUV…
Hyundai La Festa After exploring October China wholesales, we now shed some light on all the new locally produced launches hitting dealerships for the month so you are up-to-date on the fastest-evolving market in the world. Note these updates remain based on wholesales data. October wholesales plunged Chinese sales into YTD…
Baojun sold 320.000 units of the 560 in the past 12 months. * See the Top 75 All China-made brands, Top 465 models and Top 70 LCVs by clicking on the title * Now updated with LCV data courtesy of Chinese consultancy outlet Cedars. Faced with a declining car market, last October Chinese government…
A record 46.075 Haval H6 found a new home in China last month. * See the Top 70 All China-made brands and Top 380 All-models by clicking on the title * After a month of February weakened by the Lunar New Year celebrations, the Chinese new car market is back to double-digit…
The VW Lavida is the only foreign nameplate in the Top 5. * See the Top 367 All-China-made model and Top 68 brands by clicking on the title * This year the weeklong Lunar New Year holiday - grinding the entire country to a halt- fell in early February which…
The twin MPV Wuling Hongguang & Baojun 730 are the 2 best-selling nameplates in China in December, with 124.434 deliveries combined. * See the Top 380 All-local models and Top 70 brands by clicking on the title * * Now updated with the Top 70 best-selling LCVs. Source: Cedars, LMC Automotive * It's…
The Haval H6 is above 40.000 monthly units for the very first time. * See the Top 380 All-local models and Top 70 brands by clicking on the title * Wobbly summer sales are a long lost memory in China, with new light vehicles gaining a whopping 24% year-on-year to…
JAC Refine S2 As per the BSCB tradition, after September data we now explore in more detail the all-new locally produced models that enter the sales charts this month. For the last time we will only cater for the models that have kick-started local production, import data will come very shortly. After welcoming 5 new…
200.000 Baojun 730 have found a buyer in less than 9 months. * See the Top 377 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * As is the tradition on BSCB, after going through detailed Chinese sales figures for March we explore the First Quarter volumes in order to…
The Ford Escort is now among China's Top 10 most popular nameplates. * See the Top 356 All-local models by clicking on the title * The Chinese new light vehicle market is up 9% year-on-year in March to 1.87 million units, once again boosted by surges in the SUV (+54%) and…
The VW Lamando found 10,153 buyers in China this month. * See the Top 350 All-local models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in China remain robust in February despite the Lunar New Year holiday (Feb. 18-24), up 6% year-on-year to 1.4 million, once again lifted…
Instant blockbuster: the Ford Escort soars to 18,810 sales for its 2nd month in market. * UPDATED - See the Top 353 All-local models by clicking on the title * Auto sales in China are up 10% year-on-year in January to 2 million units, boosted by SUV sales up 51% to 487.300 and…
Emperor of China: the Wuling Hongguang clocked up a record 750,000 sales in 2014. * See the Top 402 locally produced models, Top 10 LCVs and Top 66 brands * One of the main news items in the 2014 automotive world is the cooling down of the Chinese new vehicle market's…
The Chinese Chevrolet Cruze now looks very different to the rest of the world. * See the Top 362 All-models ranking by clicking on the title * Surprise surge of new car sales in China in December: up 12% to 2.41 million units, a new monthly volume record in China.…
The JAC Refine S3 outsells all foreign SUVs in China this month. * See the Top 343 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title * New light vehicles sales are up 5% year-on-year in China to 1.775.300 units in November, and once again the entire market is single-handedly lifted by…