The Chinese market has consolidated its lead in 2012
- The Chinese market has consolidated its lead ahead of European, Japanese and US markets in 2012
- This market reached 15,493,569 PC (Passenger cars), representing an increase of 6.9% compared to 2011. It is to be noted that the increase in the Chinese market reached 5.4% in 2011 compared to 2010, which means that the growth of this market remains significant even though some analysts expected a slowdown.
- PC imports reached 530,000 units in 2012, including 180,000 BMW, 90 000 Mercedes and 80 000 Audi, the three German brands producing 350,000 units, representing two-thirds of total imports.
- In 2012, the VW group occupied 16.8% of the Chinese market ahead of the GM group (9.0%) and Hyundai-Kia group (8.8%). Japanese manufacturers were the only foreign manufacturers to decrease (consequences of the diplomatic crisis).
- The first fully Chinese brand continues to be Changan (4.8% market share), ahead of Chery (3.6%) and Geely (3.2%).
- The top ten models are very close in terms of sales quantities. The best-selling cars in 2012 were the Ford Focus (296,000), followed by the Great Wall Hover (281,000), the Chevrolet Sail (280,000), the Buick Excelle (277,000), the Toyota Corolla (276,000), the VW Lavida (247 000), the VW Jetta (243,000), the Chevrolet Cruze (233,000), the VW Bora (223,000) and the Hyundai Elantra (215,000).
Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes