Chinese car market slowing – Manufacturers refusing to consolidate
Yet more evidence of the dent to the Chinese auto dream: At this time of year, China’s passenger car dealers normally bask in a warm autumn glow, with September and October being the country’s two best...
View ArticleChinese Auto Imports/Exports fall in August – a slight dent in the dream
China is longing to become a worlwide automotive powerhouse, just as the US, Japan, Korea, and perhaps even Britain did, but the recent economic crisis is set to put a slight dent into the Chinese...
View ArticleFrance24 – The Honeymoon is over for the Chinese car market
Despite their being a slow down in car sales this year, it seems there is still a lot of growth in China. It’s unanimous; the honeymoon is over. According to reports published by JD Power, the...
View Article2008′s top sellers in China
The end of year results for Chinese car models is surprising, despite the multitude of exciting new models launched into China in 2008, it seems that many Chinese are still preferring their older...
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2008 China Car Industry Stats
Click here to download the PDF containing all of China’s best selling cars in 2008 In 2008, the Chinese car industry had an excellent start, but in the second half of the year, the market spluttered...
View ArticleUS Car sales fall below China’s!
Americas reign as the land of the automobile maybe coming towards an end (or maybe not) From ft.com Annualised US car sales slipped below 10m last month – and were less than China’s for the first...
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Chinese Auto Sales Exceed US Sales In January
Due to the poor economic outlook in the USA the number of new cars sold in January 2009, has fallen below Chinese auto sale for the first time. In January ’09, American car sales stood at 656,976...
View Article2008 Automotive Import Export Statistics
2008 started off as an excellent year for the Chinese automotive market, but soured towards the end of the year with the onset of a recession in major overseas economies. However, in 2008 China...
View ArticleJanuary 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...
View ArticleChinese 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleTop 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...
View ArticleBYD 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...
View ArticleChinese 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...
View ArticleBYD 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...
View ArticleBYD 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...
View ArticleShanghai-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...
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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...
View ArticleAugust 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...
View ArticleChinese 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...
View ArticleChinese 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...
View ArticleBYD 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...
View ArticleBest 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...
View Article2009 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...
View ArticleChina’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...
View ArticleBYD 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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleApril 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...
View ArticleGM’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...
View ArticleNissan sales up 47% in first half, Honda, Mitsubishi and Mazda have strong...
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...
View ArticleLuxury 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...
View ArticleGM’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...
View ArticleAugust auto sales over 1.2 million units sold. Energy saving vehicles see...
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...
View ArticleFord 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...
View ArticleChina’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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleTop 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...
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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...
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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...
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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 –...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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China Car Market April Sales In Review – sales down month to month but up...
April 2011 Vehicle Sales April Vehicle Production Stats Automakers made greater efforts to clear their stocks at the end of March, and dealers were faced with severe financial strains, which affected...
View ArticleChinese 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...
View ArticleChina 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...
View ArticleChina in March: Up, and Down. SUV’s big winner, MPV’s big loser
At a press conference late yesterday the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers announced sales figures for March, it seems as intended: The first quarter is down a little, March is up a little....
View ArticleToyota China Sales Up 68%
Toyota has had a difficult time in getting its China plans into play, the Japanese company has multiple joint ventures in the China market but has an over reliance on larger vehicles such as the Camry,...
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May Sales In Review: SUV’s up 49%, MPV’s 9%, Total Market 16%
Overall the Chinese market improved by 16% in year on year comparison with 1.61 million units being sold according to CAAM, this figure includes. The news is likely to be a welcome relief for...
View ArticleNissan Sales Down in China
Nissan has so far done no wrong in the Chinese market, its models seemed to have appealed to every type of consumer, but July sales showed the company’s first sales dip. Reuters are reporting that...
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