Passenger car sales topped 1.5 million in Q1

China Automobile Industry Association released the latest statistics on April 6 that from January to March, domestic automobile sales reached a total of 153.73 million units, an increase of 22.36%. Car sales reached 112.16 million, an increase of 30.14%.

Shanghai GM, Shanghai Volkswagen and FAW Volkswagen remained the top three. Chery Automobile sales surged to total 90,000 vehicles, an increase of 34.91%, and ranking fourth among all.

From January to March, MPVs (multi-purpose vehicle), sold 53,300 vehicles, an increase of 14.89%; SUV (sport utility vehicle), sold 71,600 vehicles, an increase of 15.77%; cross passenger car sold 290,800 vehicles, an increase of 1.55%.

From January to March, sales of the top ten brands were Santana, Excelle, Jetta, Camry, Xiali, QQ, Family, Elantra, Accord and Passat Linyu, with sales of 49,600, 46,000, 42,700, 39,600, 36,000, 35,900, 33,200, 32,900, 30,100 and 26,900 (vehicles), total of 372,900 vehicles, accounting for 33.25% of total sales. SUV sales of the top five brands: Tigo, Hover, Tucson and Honda CRV. MPV sales of the top five brands: Refine, Odyssey Buick GL8, Guinness and Windfashion.

Sedan sales of the top 10 enterprises are: Shanghai GM, Shanghai Volkswagen, FAW VW, Chery, Geely, Guangzhou Honda, Beijing Hyundai, PSA, FAW Toyota, and Dongfeng Nissan, sold 104,800, 102,800, 96,600, 89,600, 54,600, 54,200, 54,100, 52,200, 52,100 and 50,100 (vehicles) respectively, the top 10 enterprises sold 711,100 vehicles, accounting for 63.40% of total sales.