The Baojun 560 passes the symbolic 40.000 monthly sales milestone for the first time. * See the Top 67 All-brands and Top 370 All-models (China-made) by clicking on the title * The impact of last October's tax cut is weakening with Chinese new car sales up 8% in January to 2.5m units…
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…
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…
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…
Soueast DX7 As per the BSCB tradition, after August data we now explore in more detail the all-new locally produced models that enter the sales charts this month. Keep in mind we only cater for the models that have kick-started local production as imports data is still closely guarded when it comes to…
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…
VW Jetta taxi in Harbin After Mudanjiang, we are staying in the Heilongjiang province to travel to its capital, Harbin, the 8th most populous Chinese city and the most populous in Northeast China, home to a total of 10.6 million inhabitants as a sub-provincial city. The uniqueness of Harbin comes from…
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…
MG5 Getting better and better in my ranking of the most impressive Chinese carmakers at the Beijing Auto Show. This is Part 4 of my Beijing Auto Show 2014 coverage, check out also Part 1- First impressions, Part 2 – Most impressive Chinese carmakers #30 to #26 and Part 3 - Most impressive #25 to…
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…
Honda CR-V * See the Top 300 best-selling models and Top 64 All-brands by clicking on the title! * CAAM data indicates that sales of all automobiles in China are up 13% year-on-year to 1,841,700 units in April, bringing the year-to-date total to 7,266,200 units. As is the tradition I give…
VW Jetta * See the Top 286 all-models ranking by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * It is now a fact: the Ford Focus is the most popular Passenger Car in China, topping the monthly ranking by far for the 5th month in a…
Ford Focus * Now updated with the Top 280 All-models and Top 35 best-selling brands! See title * If last month the effects of the China/Japan diplomatic tensions over the Diaoyu/Senkaku islands could be felt, in October it becomes truly critical. Honda is down 54% year-on-year, Toyota down 44% and Nissan down 41%. In fact at…