China sales distribution by manufacturer and model in 2018
- The Chinese market declined in 2018 for the first time in 30 years. It showed a decrease of 2.8% and even 4.1% for the passenger car category. Let us look in detail at the Chinese passenger car market.
- Including vehicles produced in Joint Ventures (JV) by non-Chinese manufacturers, two manufacturers account for one-third of the huge Chinese market, the Volkswagen and GM groups. The Geely group becomes the third largest manufacturer on this market in 2018, ahead of the Renault-Nissan, Honda, Toyota and Hyundai-Kia groups.
- Which manufacturers have succeeded in increasing their sales and which have had their sales fall?
- The largest increases were recorded by SAIC MG-Roewe (+32.2%), BYD (+23.5%), Geely (+21.8%), BMW (+20.6%) and Daimler (+14.9%). The largest decreases were recorded by Ford (-54.2%), PSA (-33.0%) and Dongfeng (-26.8%).
- Chinese manufacturers now account for 42% of sales on the Chinese market, up from previous years, while Germans make up 22%, Japanese 12.5%, Americans 11%, French 7.5% and Koreans 5%. Sedans remain in majority on the Chinese passenger car market (41% of sales), but SUVs are now at 36% of the market, and have been growing steadily for several years. By model, the Nissan Sylphy dislodged theWulingHongguang minivan from its decade-long first place . Volkswagen had four models in the Top 10 (Lavida, Jetta, Sagitar, Tiguan).
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