- The Chinese car market grew by 15.7% in 2013 to 17.9 million passenger cars, much higher than that recorded in 2012 (+6.9%). It seems that the strong growth of the Chinese market will remain possible for several more years, given the remaining strong demand and the fact that the rate of motorization of the country remains very low.

- China remains the world's largest market ahead of the United States (15.6 million units) and Europe (12.3 million units).

- By manufacturer (according to the "manufacturer-developers" classification), the Volkswagen Group remains the market leader for PC (17% market share) in front of the GM group (16%). Followed by Hyundai-Kia (9%), Renault-Nissan (5%) and Toyota (5%).

- Independent Chinese automakers still occupy 30% of the market, the first five being Changan (5%), Great Wall (3%), Geely (3%), BYD (3%) and Chery (3%).

- By model, GM-Wuling minivan remains the best-selling car in China in 2013: WulingHongguang (530 050 units) and Wuling Sunshine (455 718 units). Followed by the Ford Focus (403 640 units), Volkswagen Lavida (374 056 units), WulingRongguang (339 295 units), Buick Excelle (296 183 units), Toyota Corolla (294 401 units), Buick Sail (276 242 units) Volkswagen Sagitar (271 188 units) and Volkswagen Jetta (263 408 units).

- Note that the Buick Excelle is the renamed Opel Astra and Buick Sail is the renamed Chevrolet Aveo.