Market achievements - PC + LUV – China – 2016 – By models: top 15
- Out of a total of 24.4 million new passenger cars sold in China in 2016, the MPV WulingHongguang (accounted in the GM group) remains the best-selling model, with 650,000 units, ahead of the SUV Haval H6 of the Great Wall Group (580,000 units) which made a real a breakthrough (+ 55.6 per cent) and the sedans VW Lavida (480,000 units), Hyundai Elantra (390,000 units) and Buick Excelle GT (370,000 units). Follow the MPV Baojun 730 (accounted in the GM group),and the sedans Nissan Bluebird (368,000 units), VW Jetta (348,000 units) and VW Sagitar (341,000 units).
- Of the passenger cars sold in China in 2016, 50% are sedans (compared to 56% in 2015), 37% are SUVs (compared with 29% in 2015), 10% are MPVs ) and 3% are minivans (compared with 5% in 2015).
- It is to note that Chinese carmakers sold in 2016 54% of SUVs, 59% of MPVs but only 17% of the sedans. Foreign carmakers thus retain a large lead in the category of sedans, but are now dominated in the category of SUVs and minivans.
- It is also to note that imports accounted for 1.1 million passenger cars in 2016 (up from 1.3 million in 2015) and that the first importers remain BMW (206,000 units), Mercedes (143,000 units), Lexus (90 000 units), Toyota (69,000 units), Audi (68,000 units), Jeep (67,000 units) and Porsche (65,000 units).
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