Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Sales of VW amounted to 64,914 units, down 8.60% year on year, the first on December, 2008 sales ranking by Joint Venture's brands, according to the December sales data of the China Passenger Car Association. Sales of Toyota amounted to 44,809 units, down 14.63% year on year, ranking second on the list while its YTD sales totaled 538,444 units. December sales of Honda reached 41,456 units, increasing 27.41% year on year and ranking third on the list while its YTD sales were 470,011 units. (Note: Data here refers to sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs made and sold in China.)
![December, 2008 sales ranking by Joint Venture's brands]( "December, 2008 sales ranking by Joint Venture's brands")
| Ranking |
Brand |
Monthly sales |
YTD sales |
YTD sales |
MoM change |
去年同期 |
YoY change |
| 1 |
VW |
64,914 |
822,757 |
70,667 |
-8.14% |
71,021 |
-8.60% |
| 2 |
Toyota |
44,809 |
538,444 |
39,421 |
13.67% |
52,488 |
-14.63% |
| 3 |
Honda |
41,456 |
470,011 |
36,958 |
12.17% |
32,537 |
27.41% |
| 4 |
Nissan |
40,213 |
335,711 |
33,416 |
20.34% |
29,805 |
34.92% |
| 5 |
Buick |
28,213 |
275,300 |
19,420 |
45.28% |
37,310 |
-24.38% |
| 6 |
Hyundai |
27,570 |
286,981 |
22,774 |
21.06% |
20,781 |
32.67% |
| 7 |
Kia |
16,369 |
142,008 |
9,510 |
72.12% |
11,715 |
39.73% |
| 8 |
Suzuki |
13,048 |
178,848 |
14,618 |
-10.74% |
18,148 |
-28.10% |
| 9 |
Ford |
12,703 |
156,090 |
9,030 |
40.68% |
21,217 |
-40.13% |
| 10 |
Chevrolet |
11,586 |
162,786 |
9,106 |
27.23% |
23,974 |
-51.67% |
| 11 |
Mazda |
10,896 |
112,711 |
6,711 |
62.36% |
9,401 |
15.90% |
| 12 |
Citroen |
7,131 |
89,239 |
6,232 |
14.43% |
7,871 |
-9.40% |
| 13 |
Skoda |
6,800 |
60,340 |
4,505 |
50.94% |
5,014 |
35.62% |
| 14 |
Audi |
5,985 |
86,084 |
6,331 |
-5.47% |
6,952 |
-13.91% |
| 15 |
BMW |
3,931 |
35,163 |
3,350 |
17.34% |
3,346 |
17.48% |
| 16 |
Mitsubishi |
3,777 |
30,075 |
1,358 |
178.13% |
4,931 |
-23.40% |
| 17 |
Peugeot |
1,779 |
15,999 |
1,433 |
24.15% |
2,845 |
-37.47% |
| 18 |
Benz |
1,738 |
14,356 |
933 |
86.28% |
704 |
146.88% |
| 19 |
Volvo |
427 |
5,666 |
576 |
-25.87% |
500 |
-14.60% |
| 20 |
Cadillac |
279 |
2,623 |
128 |
117.97% |
540 |
-48.33% |
（ Changes here refer to those of monthly sales ）
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