[January 2009] China car sales report: Mid Size Sedans
French cars in this segment don’t sell particularly well, could the Chinese be buying politically? Probably not – otherwise they wouldn’t buy the best selling Honda Accord and Toyota Camry.
|
Model |
January 09 Sales |
Jan 08 Sales |
Year on Year increase |
|
Honda Accord |
10445 |
5853 |
78.5 |
|
Toyota Camry |
10162 |
12653 |
-19.3 |
|
VW Santana |
9099 |
18493 |
-50.8 |
|
VW Passat |
7471 |
11148 |
-33.0 |
|
Mazda6 |
7015 |
5739 |
22.2 |
|
Nissan Teana |
6234 |
5108 |
22.0 |
|
FAW Besturn |
4303 |
4310 |
-0.2 |
|
VW Magotan |
4074 |
7977 |
-48.9 |
|
Buick Regal |
4069 |
1891 |
115.2 |
|
Ford Mondeo |
3575 |
6027 |
-40.7 |
|
Brilliance BS4 |
3374 |
6248 |
-46.0 |
|
Buick Lacrosse |
3362 |
3013 |
11.6 |
|
Toyota Reiz |
3279 |
4359 |
-24.8 |
|
Chevrolet Epica |
3024 |
5225 |
-42.1 |
|
BYD F6 |
2761 |
0 |
- |
|
Hyundai Sonata NFC |
1550 |
1197 |
29.5 |
|
Hyundai Sonatana |
788 |
2853 |
-72.4 |
|
Merc-Benz C-Class |
784 |
0 |
- |
|
Audi A4 |
770 |
1959 |
-60.7 |
|
BMW 3-Series |
750 |
1110 |
-32.4 |
|
Brilliance BS6 |
721 |
2072 |
-65.2 |
|
Citroen C-Triomphe |
511 |
2957 |
-82.7 |
|
Roewe 750 |
471 |
651 |
-27.6 |
|
Mitsubishi Galant |
428 |
941 |
-54.5 |
|
Kia Optima |
224 |
631 |
-64.5 |
|
JAC Binyue |
209 |
1701 |
-87.7 |
|
Chery Eastar |
178 |
871 |
-79.6 |
The new Buick Regal hasn’t made a great splash into the market as was expected, but it is doing okay when compared to the Germans models such as the C-Class, the A4 and 3-Series
source: chinacartimes
Tags: China car sales report
