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[January 2009] China car sales report: Kei cars and mini cars

by Chief Editor on Mar 4th, 2009 at 3:27 pm / 3 Comments

Model

January 09 Sales

Jan 08 Sales

Year on Year increase

Chery QQ

14797

11184

32.3

Tianjin Xia Li

12504

14854

-15.8

Geely Freedom Vessel

8018

6978

14.9

Honda City

7455

0

-

Suzuki WagonR

6896

5670

21.6

Chevrolet AVEO

6616

10909

-39.4

FAW Weichi

5645

6478

-12.9

Chang’an Ben Ben

5633

5301

6.3

Suzuki Lingmu

5279

5302

-0.4

Chevrolet Spark

5006

2061

142.9

Geely King Kong

4805

5432

-11.5

VW Polo

4266

8915

-52.1

BYD F0

4103

0

-

Kia Rio

3981

2828

40.8

Honda Fit

3719

5010

-25.8

Hyundai Accent

3485

3106

12.2

JAC Tong Rui

3307

0

-

Toyota Viois

3035

3096

-2.0

Hafei Lubao

2727

4172

-34.6

Great Wall Florid

2511

0

-

Suzuki Swift

1334

1245

7.1

Toyota Yaris

1285

0

-

Peugeot 207

1200

0

-

Geely Eagle

1112

0

-

Chery A1

954

1664

-42.7

Geely Panda

852

0

-

Peugeot 206

760

1780

-57.3

Suzuki Alto

717

4363

-83.6

Mazda2

640

1015

-36.9

Chevrolet Aveo

564

1870

-69.8

Skoda Fabia

523

0

-

Citroen C2

449

1309

-65.7

Changhe Ideal

384

1327

-71.1

Haifei Saima

320

926

-65.4

Suzuki Liana

235

224

4.9

Greatwall Perry

193

-

-

Geely Marie

134

1398

-90.4

Tianjin Weici (old Yaris)

88

159

-44.7

In the mini car segment, the Chinese manufacturers rule the roost. The Chinese manufacturers have managed to combine style and economy, and the ability to pump out thousands of the cars per month to satisfy a gigantic demand for these types of cars.

source: chinacartimes

[January 2009] China car sales report: Compact Sedans

by Chief Editor on Mar 4th, 2009 at 3:24 pm / No Comments

Model

January 09 Sales

Jan 08 Sales

Year on Year increase

Nissan Tiida (hatch and sedan sales)

16318

14947

9.2

BYD F3/F3R

15675

12995

89.9

Buick Excelle

14840

16718

-11.2

FAW-VW Jetta

14682

19466

-24.6

Hyundai Excelle

13842

-

-

Hyundai Elantra

12895

17958

-28.2

Toyota Corrolla

11017

15022

-26.7

VW Lavida

10095

0

-

Ford Focus

9611

12266

-21.6

Nissan Livina

8107

6500

24.7

VW Sagitar

7010

6824

2.7

VW New Bora

6727

0

-

Honda Civic

6399

8756

-26.9

Nissan Sylphy Bluebird

6186

7584

-18.4

Kia Cerato

6018

8769

-31.4

Citroen Elysee

5920

4649

27.3

Haima Family

5821

9579

-39.2

Chery A5

5514

2265

143.4

Brilliance FRV

5378

0

-

Skoda Octavia

5227

6057

-13.7

Peugeot 307

4791

7494

-36.1

SouEast V3

4228

0

-

Toyota Corolla (old shape)

4203

6733

-37.6

Chery New Cowin

4008

4162

-3.7

Roewe 550

3606

0

-

Suzuki SX4

2729

4693

-41.8

Mazda3

2672

3771

-29.1

Chery A3

2552

0

-

Lifan 520

2163

2947

-26.6

VW Old Bora

2062

5240

-60.6

Geely Yuan Jing

2005

3119

-35.7

Citroen C4 C-Quatre

1418

0

-

Haima3

862

580

48.6

Mitsubishi Lancer

723

2628

-72.5

Hafei Saibao

501

540

-7.2

Volvo S40

292

557

-47.6

Citroen Picasso

266

660

-59.7

VW Golf

141

130

8.5

Soueast Zinger

96

0

-

Citroen ZX

76

1265

-94.0

Soueast Lioncel

68

326

-79.1

Toyota Prius

35

24

45.8


As you can see, the compact car segment is one of the hottest car segments in China, with many models selling over 3000 cars per month, and also many manufacturers hitting over 10,000 sales. The Nissan Tiida range seems to be performing extremely well as the product matures, and prices fall. The Ford Focus has taken a hit in January despite the new model being launched.

source: chinacartimes

[January 2009] China car sales report: Mid Size Sedans

by Chief Editor on Mar 4th, 2009 at 3:22 pm / No Comments

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

[January 2009] China car sales report: Full Size Sedans

by Chief Editor on Mar 4th, 2009 at 3:18 pm / No Comments

Since BMW launched a stretched BMW 5-Series, sales have been rather stable, but its still no Audi beater. E-Class sales are still rather low. The 300C has finally gone out of production in China, probably due to its low sales which saw 0 cars sold in Jan ’09.

Model

January 09 Sales

Jan 08 Sales

Year on Year increase

Audi A6L

7837

10712

-26.8

BMW 5 series

2650

1510

75.5

FAW-Toyota Crown

2018

4128

-51.5

Cadillac CTS/SLS

317

354

-10.5

Merc-Benz E-Class

486

654

-25.7

Buick Park Avenue

164

731

-77.6

Chrysler 300C

0

652

-100

source: chinacartimes

[January 2009] China car sales report: MPV Sales

by Chief Editor on Mar 4th, 2009 at 3:15 pm / No Comments

Although the JAC Refine MPV has seen its sales drop by 21%, its still selling over 2500 MPV’s per month, and its sales drop is nothing compared to the other manufacturers.

The drop in sales is due to the fact that businesses make up the biggest MPV makers, as Chinese families don’t have the need for big MPV’s. When business turns sour, so do MPV sales.

Model

January 09 Sales

Jan 08 Sales

Year on Year increase

JAC Refine

2509

3203

-21.7

Honda Odyssey

1861

3863

-51.8

Buick GL8

1337

3532

-62.1

Dongfeng Feng Xing

1207

2500

-51.7

VW Touran

652

1520

-57.1

Jibei MPV

650

1209

-46.2

Daihatsu MPV

537

371

44.7

Chery Eastar Cross

417

775

-46.2

Nissan Grand Livina

364

543

-33.0

Ford S-Max

307

707

-56.5

Greatwall MPV

151

0

-

Nissan Yumsun

111

131

-15.3

Haima Premacy

69

368

-81.3

Chery Karry

65

74

-12.2

Landwind MPV

54

63

-14.3

Kia Carnival

42

138

-69.6

Chang’an Jie Xun

25

0

-

Mitsubishi Spacewagon

4

187

-97.9

2008 saw the launch of the Greatwall MPV, however, sales of that particular model look rather poor.

source: chinacartimes

[January 2009] China car sales report: SUV Sales

by Chief Editor on Mar 4th, 2009 at 3:09 pm / No Comments

Model

January 09 Sales

Jan 08 Sales

Year on Year increase

Honda CRV

7833

5617

39.5

Great Wall Hover

5147

5087

1.2

Zotye 5008

3425

0

-

Dongfeng Kia Sportage

3344

2535

31.9

Dongfeng Nissan Qashqai

2822

0

-

Beijing Hyundai Tucson

2623

4949

-47.0

Chery Tiggo3

1951

1836

6.3

Huai Tai Sante Fei

1930

859

124.7

Changfeng Liebao

1650

851

93.9

Dongfeng Nissan X-Trail

1626

0

-

Zotye 2008

1533

3025

-49.3

Zhengzhou Nissan Paladin

325

864

-62.4

Zhongxing

932

711

31.1

Chevrolet Captiva

918

489

87.7

Changfeng Pajero

900

88

922.7

Buick Enclave

812

0

-

Gonow

799

753

6.1

FAW-Toyota Prado

700

1115

-37.2

JAC Eagle

501

1060

-52.7

Huanghai

441

666

-33.8

Dongfeng Aoding

193

161

19.9

Huatai Terracan

176

101

74.3

FAW-Toyota Landcrusier

152

173

-12.1

Landwind

151

354

-57.3

Cadillac Escalade

4

53

-92.5

Cadillac SRX

1

36

-97.2

The Honda CRV is still the clear champion in this sector, and by a long reach. The CRV seems to be one of the only SUV’s to be selling extremely well. The Changfeng Pajero has also increased in sale by an amazing 922%.

source: chinacartimes

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