Welcome to our Exclusive Guide to all 189 active Chinese brands. 132 brands have been added since its original publication in January 2018. This guide is the result of years of research and multiple investigating trips to China. It includes car, electric vehicle, pickup, bus and truck manufacturers. For now we…
Changhe Q35 * See the Top 70 China-made brands and Top 397 models by clicking here * August showed an extremely dynamic 26% year-on-year gain in China for the second consecutive month. As is the tradition each month, BSCB puts a laser focus on the new China-made nameplates that make their…
Huanghai N2 After exploring the cars of Xining, we now go on a tour of the small Chinese car dealerships of the capital of the Qinghai province, the ones specifically located along the few blocks near the intersection of Bowen and Baiyi Lu. The photos give you an idea of which models are…
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…
Leopaard CS10 This is Part 4 of my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at Auto Shanghai 2015. You can check out Part 1 (from #35 to #21) here, Part 2 (from #20 to #11) here and Part 3 (from #10 to #6) here. I let the suspense build up but we…
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…
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…
Baojun had its own dedicated (albeit small) dealership... * See the Full Photo Report by clicking on the title! * This is Part 22 of my Trans-Siberian Photo Report. You can see all other Parts of this long-term Report here. After an introduction to the Beijing car landscape, I was lucky…
Sales of Zotye Z300 are up 908% so far in 2013. * See the Top 321 All-models Ranking by clicking on the title! * Contact me at matt@bestsellingcarsblog.com for a more in-depth analysis of this market. As is now the tradition, after going through the July models ranking in detail…
The Gleagle Panda GX2 is/was sold in Taiwan as the Tobe W'Car * See the entire photo album by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Rutger van der Maar who recently travelled to Taiwan, I can share with you a Photo Album of the car landscape there. This is…
VW Lavida * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * After exploring the June sales charts in detail and looking at the all-new entrants in the ranking, I give you the 6 months summary for China. If the US market (our first 6 months update)…
Hyundai Elantra Langdong * See the Top 274 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * For the second time in the last 3 months, the Chevrolet Sail is the most popular passenger car in China, selling 23,643 units in July. It reinforces its second position in the 2012 year-to-date…
Venucia D50 * See the Top 265 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to DC * New car sales in China are up 12.5% year-on-year in April to 1.4 million. The Buick Excelle is still not letting go of its pole position, holding it for the third…
Buick Excelle * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * After leading the Chinese market over the Full Year 2011 but spending 3 months away from the pole position, the Buick Excelle confirms it is China's favourite car and tops the models ranking in February…
VW Passat * See the Top 250 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Thanks DC * The Chinese models ranking is as volatile as ever, with last month's leader - the Honda Accord - down to 42nd place in January and this month's #1 up 19 spots on December:…