Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - Foreign brands are continuing to perform strongly in the Chinese passenger automobile market, with their sales growth rate in July still above the industry average. Their combined market share is also continuing to increase, much to the dismay of own brand manufacturers. According to statistics compiled by Gasgoo.com (Chinese), a total of 885,900 foreign branded domestically manufactured passenger automobiles were sold in the country this July; 10.5 percent than the 801,400 sold in July 2013. July also marked the first month that foreign brands' market share broke the 70 percent mark, up 0.3 percent from the previous year.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - Foreign branded automobiles are still continuing to hold the dominant position in the Chinese passenger automobile market. Their combined sales are around one million units every month and are continuing to grow. A total of 5.99 million foreign brand automobiles were sold over the first half of 2014. That figure represents year-on-year growth of 18 percent, which is higher than the 14.8 percent growth in the industry as a whole. Foreign brands accounted for 67.5 percent of all passenger automobiles sold in China in the first half of 2014, up 1.8 percent from the previous year.