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China car sales up 19% month to month, up 3.23% year on year
from CRI: China’s automobile sales rose 19.19 percent month-on-month to about 1.65 million units in September, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said Thursday. Automobile output reached 1.60 million units last month, up 15 percent from August, the CAAM said in a statement. The September figure took the auto sales in the first nine [...]
Chinese car market down for the first time in 27 months
According to the latest statistics released by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) yesterday, China’s auto sales in April reached 1.5520 million units, down 15.12% from a month earlier and 0.25% from a year earlier. It’s the first negative growth in China’s auto industry since February 2009. CAAM’s vice chairman Dong Yang warns that the [...]
China Car Market April Sales In Review – sales down month to month but up year on year
Automakers made greater efforts to clear their stocks at the end of March, and dealers were faced with severe financial strains, which affected deliveries in early April. The second week was still cold as the auto market cooled down after the three day long Qingming Festival and the price of fuel jumped at the [...]
Chinese auto sales at 1.15 million units in January 2011
Although the Chinese car industry is still extremely hot, sales were down 9% over December 2010 figures. December was an extremely good month for Chinese car makers due to the end of favorable tax on small displacement vehicles – sales tax rose from 7.5% to 10% on the eve of December 31st in a bid [...]
SUV sales in November
November SUV sales As reported earlier, SUV sales in November saw strong sales, the below 5 models account for 42% of all SUV sales in November and had total sales of over 55,200 units. Greatwall Hover 14,100 Honda CRV – 13,900 Toyota RAV4 – 9500 VW Tiguan – 9200 Hyundai IX35 – 8500 GWM maybe [...]
Novembers sales figures in review
According to CAAM statistics, passenger car sales reached 1.39 million vehicles in November, an 11.30% increase over October and a 29.7% increase over November 2009′s sales. Sedans and hatchbacks took 933,900 sales in total with an in 11.82% increase over Octobers sales whilst 23.83% increase of over November 2009 sales. MPV sales reached 42,100 with [...]
MPV sales in November
FAW’s Xenia was the strongest seller in November amongst the MPV’s, although Dongfeng’s JoyEar seems to be making a comeback since its lackluster launch in early 2009. FAW Xenia – 6816 JAC Rein – 6567 Dongfeng Joyear – 5601 Honda Oddysey – 4152 Dongfeng Shuai Ke – 2755 Interestingly still, the MPV market seems to [...]
China car sales up 27% in November
Sales of passenger cars in China reached a year high in November with a growth of 27% on November 2009′s sales, and reached 1.28 million units according to data from the China Passenger Car Association. Sales were also up 10.5% over October’s figures and are expected to continue to climb into December as the announcement [...]
Chinese Billionaires helping out Bentley
From Asia One: British luxury carmaker Bentley Motors Limited expects to double its sales in the Chinese market this year, thanks to the rising appetite for luxury automobiles.”Our annual sales in China this year will be at least double the figure in 2009 and probably hit 1,000, as we see strong growth momentum here,” Zheng [...]
Top ten sellers in September, BYD F3 gone from the list
It seems that the BYD F3 has disappeared from the list of top ten vehicles sold in September, this time last year it was one of the best selling vehicles in China but it seems to have lost favor rather quickly with consumers. Buick Excelle – 22,600 vehicles Hyundai Elantra – 22,100 VW Lavida – [...]
China Auto Sales Slow
Statistics for September’s sales were late out due to the week long break in China, however sales results that were leaked out earlier this month show that sales have risen but much slower than expected. Industry experts are still aiming for the end of year sales results of 17 million car sales, which will equal [...]
China’s vehicle exports up, but still not a major exporter of cars
China’s auto exports jumped to 47,200 vehicles in August of this year, making total exports for the first 8 months of the year total 336,100 units, which is a year on year increase of 80.01% according to figures released by the China Association Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) earlier this week. Whilst China’s automotive market is obviously [...]
Ford China sales strong in August
Ford had a strong month in August this year, with Ford seeing a 24% sales increase in sales over August 2009. Ford delivered a grand total of 368,103 new passenger vehicles from January to August this year, a 42% increase over 2009 sales. The Ford Focus continues to be Ford’s big seller in China with [...]
August auto sales over 1.2 million units sold. Energy saving vehicles see sales incease.
For those of us that drive in China on a daily basis, we’re really starting to feel that China really is moving over 1.2 million units per month off the dealership lots, traffic is crawling to a halt in many places and traffic jams of over 30km are starting to happen. August car sales reached [...]
GM’s China sales rise 22% thanks to Chevrolet
From Bloomberg: General Motors Co., the biggest overseas automaker in China, boosted sales in the nation 22 percent in July, aided by the popularity of Chevrolet cars, while deliveries by Ford Motor Co.’s local sales unit fell. GM sold 176,645 vehicles last month in the world’s largest auto market, after boosting deliveries of Chevrolet vehicles [...]
Luxury car sales continue to grow
Whilst the Chinese auto market is down as a whole, there are certain niche segments such as the luxury car business that seems to performing above and beyond expectations. The German brands of Mercedes, BMW and Audi appear to have the greatest control over the luxury car market, but the Japanese brands such as Acura, [...]
Nissan sales up 47% in first half, Honda, Mitsubishi and Mazda have strong showing too
From Nikkei: New-vehicle sales volumes in China increased sharply for Nissan Motor Co. (7201) and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (7211) in the first half of this year, but Honda Motor Co. (7267) and Toyota Motor Corp. (7203) undershot overall market growth here. Nissan’s volume rose 47% thanks to robust demand for the Sylphy sedan and other [...]
GM’s China sales outstrip US sales
From The Detroit Free Press: General Motors’ sales in China for the first half of the year surpassed those in the U.S. for the first time as the world’s fastest-growing major economy propelled global auto demand. Sales in China by GM and its joint ventures totaled 1.21 million vehicles in the six months ended June [...]
April 2010 Top Sellers
April was another good month for the Chinese car industry with sales being large for practically every player, even for those who saw their sales drop microscopically in April. The top selling brands were as follows: Wuling-GM – 106,200 Shanghai GM – 87,700 Shanghai VW – 72,900 FAW-VW – 72,300 Beijing Hyundai – 57,000 Dongfeng-Nissan [...]
China car sales to top 16 million cars this year
At least according to this site: China’s sales of automobiles will reach 16.5 million vehicles in 2010, brokerage said on Monday (May 3, 2010). Huatai United Securities Limited, one of the nation’s leading brokerage, said in a report this week that China’s sales of automobiles will reach 11.9 million units from second quarter to fourth [...]
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