Leapmotor breaks its all-time monthly volume record for the 6th consecutive month. Now that trade-in incentives are in full force and promotional activity by local governments and manufacturers gears up towards for the end-of-year sales push, the Chinese wholesales market reaches unseen before heights in November. According to data by…
The BYD Seagull is the best-selling vehicle in China for the 2nd time in the past 3 months. In October, trade-in incentives have started to really be felt in the Chinese market with a noticeable effect on wholesales as manufacturers stock up in anticipation of improved demand. Promotional activity across…
Li Auto sales reach an all-time high level in September... Retail sales of the models included in this report gain a splendid 13.1% year-on-year in September to 2,120,861 units. This leads to a year-to-date up 3.1% to 15,072,237. BSCB is the only non-Chinese medium to cover both wholesales (ex-factory shipments)…
The BYD Qin L is up to #5 in China in July We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in July. Sales for the selection of vehicles included in this report edge up 2.9% year-on-year to 1,767,231 units. The year-to-date volume…
Zeekr breaks its monthly volume record in June. We can share with you today All brands and All models retail sales data for China in June. Sales for the selection of vehicles included in this report drop a harsh -12.1% year-on-year to 1,672,270 units, yet the H1 2024 tally remains…
The BYD Qin Plus is the best-selling vehicle in China over H1 2024. Data from the Chinese Association of Automobile Manufacturers shows Chinese wholesales stepping up 6.1% year-on-year over the First Half of 2024 to 14,047,000 units. Passenger Vehicles are up 6.3% to 11,979,000 while Commercial Vehicles climb 4.9% to…
The Li L6 is up to a record 8th place in June. According to data by CAAM, the June Chinese wholesales market is off -2.7% year-on-year to 2,552,000 units. Passenger Cars are down -2.3% to 2,215,000 and Commercial Vehicles skid -4.9% to 337,000. New Energy vehicles soar 30.1% to 1,049,000…
For the first time in 5 years, I had the opportunity to visit China for the Beijing Auto Show. It was also the chance to check out the car landscape in the streets of Beijing. Needless to say that in five years, the cars in the streets have completely changed…
Xiaomi SU7 Let's examine the newcomers in the Chinese wholesales charts for April. This month we have 12 new models hitting dealerships, 10 of them Chinese. I keep repeating this but once again this shows the extraordinary rate at which domestic manufacturers launch new models compared with foreign ones. To…
First Top 10 finish for the BYD Destroyer 05. According to data by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), the Chinese wholesales market is up 9.3% year-on-year to 2,359,000 units. This includes 2,002,000 Passenger Vehicles (+10.5%) and 357,000 Commercial Vehicles. Year-to-date, volumes are up 10.2% to 9,079,000 with Passenger…
Zeekr 007 We have covered the noticeable foreign and Chinese brands at the Beijing Auto Show, but we have kept the best for last. Here are the three most impressive brands at the Show, that happen to be all Chinese. Another proof that the Chinese market is moving at breakneck…
First Top 10 finish for the BYD Destroyer 05. The selection of models including in this update drop -6.1% year-on-year in March to reach a retail sales figure of 1,469,639 units. The year-to-date tally is still in positive however at +14.2% to 4,634,280 thanks to a fantastic January result (+68.1%).…
The new Dadao Pickup Today we cleaned up our Exclusive Guide of Chinese brands, which now amounts to 190 brands. Potentially illustrating a streamlining of the Chinese market, we had to remove 17 discontinued brands from our list. These brands include Byton, Byvin, Changhe, Ciwei, Domy, Horki, Hybrid Kinetic, Landwind,…