Sales in China by segment and body in 2021
- Sales of passenger cars in China show that the C and D segments tend to approach each other in terms of volume, the D segment rising in a few years from 20% of the market to 37% while the C segment rose from 55% to 44% , a phenomenon made possible by the constant increase in purchasing power in China over the past ten years. The minivan segment (which is a separate category in the Chinese ranking) has shrunk a lot, from 20% in 2011 to 15% in 2016 and 7.5% in 2021. This category is the remnant of the small rustic MPV market and inexpensive which had invaded the Chinese market at the end of the 90s and the beginning of the 2000s and which are undoubtedly victims of the increase in purchasing power in China.
- The entry-level A and B segments have also lost significant market share, dropping from 15% in 2011 to 8% in 2016 and 7% in 2021, but last year A-segment sales overtook for the first time those of the B segment (4% against 3%) thanks to the electrification of the A segment and the success of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV which alone represents 2% of the Chinese market. The E segment remains relatively small, with 4.5% of the Chinese market in 2021, but this segment did not exceed 2% in 2016 and 3% in 2011. Another manifestation of the increase in purchasing power in China.
- By body type, SUVs (47% of the market) and sedans (45% of the market) are neck and neck in 2021, whereas in 2011 sedans represented 70% of the market and SUVs only 10%. As for monospaces and minivans, they together represent 8% of the market against 20% in 2011.
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