A total of 3,690,661 new passenger cars were registered in China in 2006, representing a marked improvement (+22.07%) with regard to the previous year. The top ten provinces in terms of registrations accounted for 67% of total registrations, amongst them, Guangdong and Beijing saw their growth slowing down, while Zhengjiang, Jiangsu, Shandong, Sichuan and He'nan Provice remained at a steady high-speed growth.
*Passenger car: excluding Pick-ups & Vans
*New models: models launched in the 2nd half of 2005 and 2006.









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