China auto news this week(2007.05.14-2007.05.19)

Auto sales statistics in april were released recently that year on year growth has seen a marginally increase, though it is a little bit of decreasing compared to that of March.

Total Chinese self brands models sales ranked No.1 in the sales list, about 30%, Chery and Geely are still the mainforce.

The following are top news this week:

China's passenger vehicle market in April: growth continue
 
By Ally   From:www.gasgoo.com May 15 2007

Strong demand for passenger vehicles boosted vehicle output and sales in China. This April Chang'an Ford sold more than 20,000 units of vehicles and was ranked in the top ten best-sellers in the domestic market for the first time in April alone, while Beijing Hyundai dropped out of the top ten lists in the fourth month.

China's top ten automakers in terms of passenger vehicle sales in April are SGM, SVW, FAW, Chery Auto, Dongfeng Motor Co, Guangzhou Honda Auto, Chang'an Ford, FAW-VW, Shenlong Auto Corp and FAW Xiali Auto.

Passenger vehicle sales of the first three automakers all exceed 40,000 units in April. Beijing Hyundai was down to the sixth position in March from previously being fifth, and in April the company was marked down lower in the sales list. One reason for the decline is that Beijing Hyundai chose to launch new models rather than drop prices of existing ones to boost sales during March while many other brand models all saw price cuts more or less.

Chinese car makers sold 521,900 passenger vehicles including cars, sports utility vehicles, multi purpose vehicles and mini buses in April, a rise of 15.2 percent from a year earlier; Production also increased by 11.3%.




China sedan sales soared to 1.53 mln units from Jan to Apr
 
By Jorvan   From:www.gasgoo.com May 14 2007

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.




China's passenger vehicle market in April: growth continue
 
By Ally   From:www.gasgoo.com May 15 2007

Strong demand for passenger vehicles boosted vehicle output and sales in China. This April Chang'an Ford sold more than 20,000 units of vehicles and was ranked in the top ten best-sellers in the domestic market for the first time in April alone, while Beijing Hyundai dropped out of the top ten lists in the fourth month.

China's top ten automakers in terms of passenger vehicle sales in April are SGM, SVW, FAW, Chery Auto, Dongfeng Motor Co, Guangzhou Honda Auto, Chang'an Ford, FAW-VW, Shenlong Auto Corp and FAW Xiali Auto.

Passenger vehicle sales of the first three automakers all exceed 40,000 units in April. Beijing Hyundai was down to the sixth position in March from previously being fifth, and in April the company was marked down lower in the sales list. One reason for the decline is that Beijing Hyundai chose to launch new models rather than drop prices of existing ones to boost sales during March while many other brand models all saw price cuts more or less.

Chinese car makers sold 521,900 passenger vehicles including cars, sports utility vehicles, multi purpose vehicles and mini buses in April, a rise of 15.2 percent from a year earlier; Production also increased by 11.3%.




China Apr passenger car sales not bursting as expected
 
By Joanne   From:www.gasgoo.com May 17 2007

Auto sales in April should be a record monthly high as in the past, but according to the data compiled by the industry organization---CAAM, it is not the case.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said that sales of the passenger cars in April was only 436,200 units, though an increase of 17% Y/Y and 4% M/M, the figure was not a record monthly high as the past years. The performance in April lagged far behind the sales of 444,100 units in Jan..

As to the reason why the auto consumption failed to burst, experts say that the major automakers rushed to cut prices after the Spring Festival is partly responsible, moreover, the Shanghai International Auto Show in late Apr. and the succulent Golden Week of May Day also reinforced the consumers' decision to delay their purchase plan. All these combined to put off the should-released purchasing power.

China-made autos lead the market

In April, China-made autos topped 815,200 units and sales hit 808,700, an increase of 18.48% and 19.78% respectively, compared to the same period last year.

Independent-brand sedans reached  sales of 116,200 units, accounting for 28.22％ of which all the China-made sedans whose market share was the largest. The market shares that was left were covered by  Japan, German, American, Korean, French, and Italian-made autos, whose coverage were 26.88％, 20.44％, 14.07％, 5.56％, 4.52％ and 0.31％, separately.




Auto sales top ten in April
 
By Jorvan   From:www.gasgoo.com May 16 2007
 
MPV growth rate has been ranked first in passenger cars. This is mainly because MPV major manufacturers such as Shanghai General Motors, Guangzhou Honda, and JAC remain the main MPV makers. The sedan market still remained its rapid growth, while the national policy doesn't encourage SUV sales and promotion, but this segment won some wealthy Chinese consumers' favor who contributed to the most of its sales.

MPV sales top ten in April

1 Buick GL8      4069 units
2 Refine             4009 units
3 Odyssey         3653 units
4 Windfashion  1802 units
5 Geness          1553 units
6 Primacy          1039 units

Sedan sales top ten in April

1 Jetta            18,508 units
2 Excelle        16,750 units
3 Camry         14,514 units
4 Focus          13,413 units
5 Xiali             12,381 units
6 Family         12,149 units
7 ACCORD    12,077 units
8 PASSAT      10,749 units
9 F3                 10,526 units
10 QQ             10,473 units

SUV sales top ten in April

1 Great Wall                     5,658 units
2 Beijing Hyundai           3,942 units
3 Chery                             3,368 units
4 Dongfeng Honda         2,969 units
5 Zotye                              2,600 units
6 Changfeng                   2,476 units
7: Hengtong Huatai        1,438 units
8 Zhongxing                     1,116 units
9 FAW Toyota                  1,044 units
10 Gonow                           948 units