Honda UR-V sales are up 6-fold year-on-year in April. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle wholesales are up 8.6% year-on-year in April to 2.252.000 units, marking a 13th consecutive month of gains. This leads to a year-to-date tally up 51.8% to 8.748.000 units. Passenger Vehicles…
The Nissan Sylphy signs its first ever annual win in China. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), new vehicle sales in China drop just -1.9% year-on-year to 25.311.000 units. This is an outstanding hold, and an improvement on the -8.2% of 2019, as China was…
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…
Geely makes a splash in 2017 and overtakes Wuling and Changan to become #1 Chinese. * See the Top 95 All China-made brands and Top 595 models by clicking on the title * Consult 35 years worth of Chinese Historical Data here NOW UPDATED with additional data featuring Foday, GAC…
The Lynk & Co brand has now launched in China. As is the tradition on BSCB, after covering December sales in detail, we now focus on the all-new locally produced launches so you can stay up-to-date on the fastest-evolving automobile market in the world. The December 2017 class has a…
The Baojun 510 is the fastest nameplate to reach 300.000 sales in China. * See the Top 77 All China-made brands and Top 450 models by clicking on the title * With a very high base in November 2016 as customers rushed to benefit from the last couple of months…
Dongfeng Fengxing S560 After detailing October sales for China, as is the tradition on BSCB we now focus on the new locally-produced launches for the month, so you can stay up-to-the-minute on the latest additions in the world’s largest market. After ten new arrivals in September, the October class has another…
The VW Lavida snaps the lead of the YTD models ranking off the Wuling Hongguang. * See the Top 75 China-made brands and Top 444 models by clicking on the title * New light vehicle sales in China are up 3.3% year-on-year in September to 2.342.600 units according to the China…
You won't see many Hongqi H7 in the streets outside of Beijing and Shanghai... This article launches our new annual series of Photo Reports for China. In 2014 we travelled to the extreme West of the country to the Xinjiang Uyghur province all the way to the border with Pakistan. In 2015…
The VW Jetta is #1 in six Chinese provinces in 2014, including Jilin (above). Today and for the first time on BSCB we are able to share with you the five best-selling nameplates for each and every one of China's 31 provinces. As detailed during my various travels across the…
Geely GC9 As is the tradition on BSCB, after exploring the April Chinese ranking, we then go into the detail of the all-new models landing into the largest new vehicle market in the world. As always this only concerns the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still very patchy for…
Shanghai Pudong street scenes After going through the highlights of Auto Shanghai 2015 and before I give you my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Show, it’s time to go wandering in the streets of Shanghai so I can share with you what the most popular cars…
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…
Haval H6 Sport * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 334 All-models by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking into March data in detail we now go on to study the year-to-date rankings to extract some longer-term trends. The Chinese Passenger Car…
VW Touran * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 25 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. After taking you through Beijing streets, on a visit of the Chaoyang car market in Beijing-East, and through a…