Honda Greiz After studying November sales figures in detail, as is the tradition on BSCB we have a closer look at the all-new nameplates making their first appearance in the Chinese sales charts this month. Note this update is only for the locally-produced models. Imports are covered in separate updates.…
Soueast V5 Plus and Guangzhou Opera House. * Click on any picture to enlarge * After covering the highlights of the Guangzhou Auto Show, we are now going in the streets of one of the largest cities in China. Guangzhou is located in the Guangdong province in southern China, only 174…
Happy Audi fan at the Guangzhou Auto Show - November 2015. ** Click on any image to enlarge it ** An ever more precise coverage of the Chinese auto market goes hand-in-hand with BSCB's attendance at the local Auto Shows, a little off the beaten tracks. For the first time…
The Baojun 560 is now the #2 SUV and the brand's best-seller in the country. * See the Top 360 All-local models and Top 70 All-brands by clicking on the title * This month is very significant in BSCB's extensive coverage of the Chinese market. On top of an All-models ranking of…
Hitting the Chinese market's soft spot: the Baojun 560. * See the Top 365 All-local models and Top 65 All-local brands by clicking on the title * The Chinese light vehicle market endures its third consecutive month of year-on-year decline in August at -3.4% to 1.44 million registrations, pulling the…
As expected, the Baojun 560 is an instant blockbuster. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 360 All-local models and Top 65 brands * According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, after dropping for the first time in 6 years in June, sales of new light vehicles in China decline…
Let's play guess the logo. After going through 35 different Chinese carmakers (backwards) in my 'most impressive' ranking, our heads are all spinning and there's nothing better than a good old table to make them stop and summarise everything. You're welcome. (Click on the brand to see the full article) Auto…
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 Baojun 730 is the 6th most popular light vehicle in China this month. * See the Top 325 All-local models and Top 10 manufacturers by clicking on the title! * Sales of new passenger cars in China confirm their cooling off, up 'just' 6.6% year-on-year in October to 1.708.900…
Baojun 730 * See the Top 326 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Is the Chinese new light vehicle market finally experiencing the much talked about slowdown that has supposedly been looming for years? In September, sales are up only 3% year-on-year - the slowest growth rate in…
* See the Top 319 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB we pay special attention to the all-new models making their first appearance in China each month. And August 2014 has been the busiest month since we started this new monthly…
The GAC Trumpchi GS5 features in the Hollywood blockbuster 'Transformers - Age of Extinction' * See the Top 76 All-models and Top 43 All-brands rankings by clicking on the title! * This is Part 5 of my special Strategy Series on Chinese manufacturers at home. You can check out previous…
Kashgari man and Jonway UFO A380 After exploring the extraordinary pick-up landscape in Kashgar, some 3.400km away from Beijing in South-Western China, we now go into its overall car landscape. In Chinese classification, we have gone from first-tier city (Beijing), 2nd-tier (Chongqing), 3rd-tier (Ürümqi) and now with Kashgar we are at…
Urumqi street scene (Click on any image to enlarge) After Beijing and Chongqing, we now travel to Ürümqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region at the extreme West of China. As described in my previous article The cars of Chongqing - Central China, the Chinese hinterland is going to absorb most…
Deceivingly good-looking: the Hawtai Shengdafei This is Part 2 of my Beijing Auto Show 2014 coverage, you can see Part 1- First impressions here. In order to report to you with as much precision as possible my experience at the Beijing Auto Show I will rank all 30-odd Chinese carmakers…