China sedan sales soared to 1.53 mln units from Jan to Apr

China sedan sales soared to 1.53 million units from Jan to Apr, increased by 26.3% year on year, showed by China Association of Automobile Manufacturers data released on Friday.

China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that sedan sales in April increased by 16.6% year on year to 411,800 vehicles, which is less than the 25.1% growth rate in March.

Sedan sales in China increased 36.9% to 3.83 million units last year, thus replacing Japan as the second largest auto market after the United States.

China self brands sales accounted for 28.2% of total sales in April, the Japanese brand sales accounted for 26.9%, Germany, the United States and South Korea brand sales were 20.4%,14.1% and 5.6% respectively.