China: H1 sedan sales jump 25.92%

In spite of the seasonally flat market, the sales of sedan in the first half of this year jumped 25.92% to 2,286,900 units, according to the official statistics from CAAM, China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the industrial watchdog.

Compared with last year, sales of the passenger vehicles grew by 22.26 percent to 3,084,100 units, which include sedans, sport utility vehicles, multi-purpose vehicles and crossovers.

During the first six months, the top ten best-selling sedan brands are---Santana (VW ), Jetta (VW), Excelle (Buick), Camry (Toyota), QQ (Chery), Xiali (Tianjin Xiali), Accord (Honda), Famly (Mazda), Elantra (Hyundai)and Focus (Ford). These ten models occupied 33.2 percent of the total sedan sales.

The top ten sedan manufacturers, based on sales volume, are FAW-VW, SAIC-VW, SAIC-GM, Chery, Dongfeng Nissan, Guangzhou Honda, Geely, FAW-Foyota, DPCA (Dongfeng Peugeot-Citron Automobile), Tianjin FAW. The ten automakers sold 1,461,100 units of sedans, accounting for 63.89 percent of the total sedan sales.