Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - Small SUVs that combine the characteristics of sedans and compact SUVs have been growing in popularity in the Chinese passenger automobile. According to statistics from Gasgoo.com (Chinese), small SUVs accounted for 27.8% of all SUVs sold in the country in 2015, totaling 1.75 million units. That figure is over double from 2014, far above the average year-on-year growth rate for the overall SUV market.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - According to statistics compiled by Gasgoo.com (Chinese), a total of 20.19 million passenger automobiles were sold in China in 2015, representing year-on-year growth of 9.6%. Sales growth rates for foreign-affiliated joint venture enterprises have failed to meet the overall market average, with their combined passenger automobile sales only increasing a slight 2.4% from 12.20 million units sold in 2014 to 12.51 million units sold in 2015. The proportion of passenger automobile sales coming from joint venture model sales in 2015 totaled 61.9%, down 4.4 percentage points.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - The SUV segment remains the largest subsection of the Chinese passenger automobile market, accounting for over three-tenths of all automobile sold in the country last year. According to statistics from Gasgoo.com (Chinese), a total of 6.27 million SUVs were sold in China in 2015, representing year-on-year growth of 52.7%, far above the overall market average of 9.6%. SUVs comprised 31.1% of all passenger automobiles sold over the course of the year, up 8.8 percentage points from the previous year. SUV sales growth rates begun reaching the 60% mark in September, reaching a high of 803,594 units sold in December.