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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 [...]
BYD tops February sales yet again
Automotive sales were slightly down in February 2010 due to the long holidays and the slightly shorter month. The BYD F3 has come in top of the ranks yet again. The F3 does seem to have pulled quite a lead over the nearest competition, but this is probably due to BYD’s relative fame for making [...]
China’s auto exports down by 46% in 2009
The expected surge of Chinese cars into Western markets failed to materialized in 2009, with automotive exports down an amazing 46% in ’09. 2010 is looking brighter for Chinese automotive exporters with the global economy picking up and a larger demand in China for parts. The China Daily explains: BEIJING: China’s auto export in 2009 [...]
2009 Sales Round Up
As pretty much everyone knows, 2009 was a brilliant year for Chinese automotive manufacturers with sales coming in faster than most companies could produce cars, some are saying that 2010 will continue with a trend of 20% expansion, but it is more than likely that the Chinese car industry will go from hot to warm [...]
Best Selling Companies in 2009
Earlier this week the car sales statistics for 2009 finally came out, CCT has yet to analyse them in great detail, but it looks like the usual suspects are at the top of the list, however there are some interesting participants further down the list: Company / Cars sold 1 SAIC 2,425,546 2 FAW 1,758,801 [...]
BYD king of the charts in November sales
November sales figures came out yesterday and give the BYD F3 the top slot. Not bad for a company that is only a couple of years old and is showing the top manufacturers how to sell and market cars in China: BYD F3 – 32,000 Buick Excelle – 22,200 Hyundai Elantra – 21,000 VW Jetta [...]
Chinese auto sales to Europe stand at 745 vehicles
If you were looking at the title and thinking, “Surely that must be 700,450 vehicles, or even 7450 vehicles!” then you are completely wrong. The total number is set at just 745 vehicles, which will no doubt keep European manufacturers safe for a year or two until the Chinese get their rears in gear and [...]
Chinese September car sales top 1 million mark again!
Chinese automotive sales soared by 78% in September 2009 when compared with the same period a year ago. Overall vehicle sales in September sat at a healthy 1.33 million vehicles, with passenger vehicles (SUV, MPV, sedans etc) sales coming in at to 1.02 million units, a year on year rise of 83.6%. The central government [...]
August 2009 Car Sales Stats
Although CCT hasn’t yet got around to looking over August 2009′s car sales statistics for China, its looking like it was a bumper month for car makers with many of them posting sales increases of over 100% Shanghai-VW sold 65,000 cars – an increase of 109% Shanghai-GM sold 63,000 cars – an increase of 100% [...]
Chinese auto exports down 58%, overtaken by Indian exports
According to a CCTV report earlier this morning, Chinese automotive exports currently stand at 3% of the worlds total, and exports are down 58% this year, making China a big consumer but a small exported. Whilst China certainly does have the potential to become a world player in the automotive parts and full car production, [...]
Shanghai-GM sales through the roof in August 2009
Whilst sales might be considered grim in the North American market, GM’s China operations are celebrating double sales in August this year. Shanghai GM posted a sales increase of 112.7% over August 2008 to 152,365 vehicles in August alone. From January to August 2009, Shanghai GM shifted 1.11 million cars from GM garage forecourts, with [...]
BYD aiming for sales of 700,000 units
From Reuters: SHENZHEN, July 27 (Reuters) – China’s BYD Co Ltd (1211.HK), a battery maker that aspires to be a leading electric vehicle producer, has set its 2010 car sales target at 700,000 units, up 75 percent from its target for 2009, a senior executive said on Monday. BYD, partly owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire [...]
BYD Half Year Sales Up 145%
BYD have had a fantastic year in 2009, partly thanks to the tax cuts on sub 1.6l cars which has seen the popular BYD F3 fly off the dealer forecourts, and also thanks to the popular BYD F0 model which BYD introduced into the market late last year. The BYD F3 regularly sells over 10,000 [...]
Chinese vehicle sales up 48%
The news from Bloomberg: China’s passenger-vehicle sales rose 48 percent in June, the biggest jump since February 2006, as tax cuts and government subsidies helped the nation extend its lead over the U.S. as the world’s largest auto market this year. Chinese motorists bought 872,900 cars, sport-utility vehicles and other passenger vehicles last month, the [...]
BYD Sales up in May
From Xinhua: Chinese automaker BYD Auto sold 144,741 vehicles in the first five months of this year, with F3 leading all BYD models in sales to 96,181 in January to May. The automaker said that it plans to sell 400,000 vehicles in the full year of 2009. As an effort to fulfill the goal, it [...]
Top Selling Cars in Jan to May
China Association of Automobile Manufacturers today released their Top 10 selling vehicles during the Jan-May time period for the Chinese market place Buick Excelle (94,300) New Elantra (93,400) Jetta (88,400) BYD F3 (86,400) VW Santana (73,200) Old Elantra (70,600) Chery QQ (69,900) Xia Li (65,500) Honda Accord (63,600) Toyota Camry (55,900) In total, the top [...]
‘The small engine spring has arrived’ – 1.6l or smaller engine sales up 18%
The government initiated program to boost car sales in January and February has worked wonders for sub 1.6l car sales. The government cut the sales tax on sub 1.6L cars, and as a consequence saw sub 1.6l car sales blossom by an amazing 18.78% in January and February alone. In February, 820,760 cars were sold [...]
Chinese brands suffering in Russia
The Russian market has always been used as a ‘stepping stone’ to Europe by the Chinese manufacturers, but it seems the recent downturn in the economy has put a dampner on Chinese expansion plans in Russia. In February, sales of Chinese automobiles in Russia were as follows: Chery – 363 vehicles sold (Feb 08 1,733 [...]
January 2009 China Car Sales
January 2009 China Car Sales The world economy exploded in January 2009 and with Jing Ji Wei Ji (Economic Crisis) on the lips of many a Chinese person, how did car sales in the PRC do? The answer is quite easy – good. Although sales of luxury cars dived, they still remained buoyant when compared [...]
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