China’s top 10 sedan brands in terms of sales from January to May

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on Tuesday that China’s top 10 sedan brands in terms of sales from January to May saw their sales come to 761,200 cars, the top ten sedan brands were:

1. Buick Excelle (94,300 units)

2. Elantra Yuedong (93,400)

3. Jetta (88,400)

4. BYD F3(86,400)

5. Santana (73,200)

6. Elantra (70,600)

7. Chery QQ (69,900)

8. Xiali (65,500)

9. Accord (63,600)

10. Camry (55,900)

[source: CAAM]

BYD Auto February sales

F0: 4075 units

F3: 16227 units

F6: 3517 units

BYD sold 14,242 units of F3 model. With the new F3 automatic transmission model, the company aims to sell more than 10,000 F3 cars per month in future.

Sales of F6 model hit 3,517 units last month and the number is expected to reach 5,000 per month, said BYD.

In the meantime, BYD sold 4,075 F02 model cars and 1,985 F3R model cars.

[source: CPCA | Gasgoo]

BYD M6 to show off at Shanghai Auto Show

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Spy photo: BYD G3, to launch on August?

Today, we got a spy photo of BYD’s new car: BYD G3. From the only spy photo, a “totally new but seems similiar” design happen  on BYD’s new car again.

The tail design of G3 reminds me, itsn’t it looks like Lexus ES350? Oh, but who knows, how about the front-end design?

Sources reported that G3 positioned as a compact car and will launch on August, compare to F3, G3 is more advanced, thus the price will higher than F3 by no doubt.

[source: NetEase Auto]

BYD launched F3 Automatic on Mar. 1st

BYD recently launched the F3 automatic transmission model globally, expecting to gain bigger market share, Chinese auto media reported.

BYD set the price for the new F3 at RMB 79,800(1USD = 6.8RMB) and aims to sell 180,000 units in 2009.

BYD said it expects the new model to help it gain a bigger market share as the Chinese government encourages the purchase of low-emission cars.

China recently issued details of industrial stimulus measures for the automobile sector. The government encourages consumers to buy low-emission vehicles and will offer some favorable polices on the low-emission and green energy cars purchases. Besides, the government will also provide financial aid for domestic automakers and encourage them to develop self-owned brands.

Dongfeng coupe and another 3 new models to launch on Shanghai auto show

As one of the “Big Three” Chinese automakers, Dongfeng seems a bit slowly to launch new sedans, rely on Peugeot, Citroen, Nissan as joint ventures, but do nothing in owned-brand sedans, what may you think of it? Bad, very bad. However, this bad situation would change a bit since the new Dongfeng models are now coming.

1. Dongeng Coupe: The first Coupe from Dongfeng, looks like Porsche Cayman.

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