Buick Excelle GT * See the Top 323 All-models and Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title! * After exploring in detail Chinese February sales figures it is now time to look at the year-to-date ranking to extract longer term trends. First observation is the podium is unchanged year-on-year, with…
VW Santana * NOW UPDATED with the Top 309 All-models and Top 66 All-brands rankings! * The Chinese market is up an insolent 18% year-on-year in February to 1.6 million units, brushing off all suggestions that it may slow down in 2014… Below the traditional Wuling Hongguang (65,129 sales), VW…
Record-breaking month for the VW Santana. * See the Top 66 All-brands and Top 320 All-modelss by clicking on the title! * This month, new vehicle sales are up a further 6% on January 2013 which was already an all-time monthly record to reach 2.16 million registrations. 19 models sold…
Traditional dance being performed at a BYD dealership in China. * See the China Full Year 2013 Report here! Thanks Alexandra * According to a study by TNS, Chinese car buyers' behaviour has changed drastically in 2013 compared to a year before, in a market where a record 379 brands of…
The Wuling Hongguang is the most popular passenger car in China in 2013. * See the Top 354 All-local models and Top 70 All-brands by clicking on the title! * * Check out 1980-2013 Historical Data for China here! * The Chinese new car market breaks a new record in 2013:…
Honda Crider * See the Top 324 All-local models by clicking on the title! * * The Full Year 2013 Report is here! * Thanks to over 2 million vehicles sold in December, up 18% year-on-year, China confirms its status of biggest car market in the world and finishes 2013…
Citroen's DS makes its first appearance in the Chinese-made brands ranking this month. * See the Top 67 All-brands by clicking on the title! * We will start the Chinese by a brands ranking including Passenger Cars, SUVs and MPVs. Keep in mind LCVs and import figures are not included…
The Wuling Hongguang just passed the VW Lavida to become #1 year-to-date in 2013. * See the Top 345 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Now that we've gone through November data by models and brands, it's time to study the year-to-date models ranking in China to extract…
Record RAV4 sales helped push Toyota to #2 overall this month. * See the Top 66 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * After going through the best-selling passenger cars in November in China, let's shed the light on the brands ranking. Keep in mind this ranking doesn't include…
Never had a Japanese model sold as many monthly units in China as the Nissan Sylphy... * See the Top 319 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Sales of passenger cars in China gain a very robust 15% year-on-year in November to 1.63 million units, with the overall…
The Jade helped Honda pass Toyota in China this month. * See the Top 65 All-brands ranking by clicking on the title! * Quick update to share with you an All-brands ranking for China in October. Keep in mind this is for locally-produced models only and excludes LCVs. Volkswagen continues…
The VW Lavida is #1 in 2013 thanks to the Gran Lavida... * See the Top 339 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * As is the tradition on BSCB, after looking at the October best-sellers in China, we delve into the year-to-date models ranking a little deeper to…
A record 21,222 Haval H6 found a buyer in China this month. * See the Top 314 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * Euphoric days continue in China: the total market is up a whopping 20% year-on-year in October to 1.93 million units, the best monthly result since…
The Wuling Hongguang is the #1 Passenger Car in China in September. Yep, you read that right. * NOW UPDATED with the Top 65 All-brands & Top 313 All-models! Click on title to see * Finally - I know a lot of you have been waiting for it - I can share…
The ChangAn CS35 is the only Chinese all-new model in the Top 100 so far in 2013. * See the Top 335 All-models ranking by clicking on the title! * I give you the ranking for now, complete analysis will follow shortly. Full 9 months 2013 Top 335 All-models Ranking…