Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - Now the world's largest automobile market, China has long since been a major part of Volkswagen's global strategy and a major source of its total profits. The Chinese market also possesses great potential for growth, with sales and profits increasing on a daily basis. VW's performance figures over the last few years provides a good example of the rapid growth of the market.

Gasgoo.com (Shanghai) - The Chinese passenger automobile market has managed to maintain rapid sales growth during the first half of 2014. A total of 8.87 million automobiles were sold in China over the first six months of the year; that figure represents positive year-on-year growth of 14.8 percent. However, while a few major automobile manufacturers have reported high growth rates, there are still several manufacturers whose performances are a little worrying.