Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - With half of the year having already past, most Chinese automobile manufacturers have released their official sales figures for the first five months of the year. Changan Automobile ranked as the domestic own brand manufacturer with the largest number of automobile sales from the five-month period from January to May. It was followed by Great Wall Motor and BAIC Group, which rounded out the top three. These three manufacturers accounted for nearly half of all own brand automobile sales made by the top ten own brand manufacturers and have been a major factor in driving the own brand market as a whole closer towards being able to compete with joint venture manufacturers.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - The SUV segment continues to be one of the hottest in the Chinese automobile market, with new models being constantly introduced and competition growing increasing fiercely. According to statistics from Gasgoo.com (Chinese), a total of 3.23 million SUVs have been sold in the country from January to May, up 45.3% year-on-year. SUVs accounted for 36.2% of all passenger automobiles sold in the country over the five-month time period.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - Statistics from Gasgoo.com (Chinese) show that a total of 921,732 sedans were sold in China in May. That figure represents year-on-year growth of 0.6%, which marks the first month that several that sales haven’t decreased year-on-year.