Analysis of Sales of Foreign-made Domestic Passenger Cars in the First Half of 2011

In the first half of the year, Volkswagen-made passenger cars sold over one million

According to the sales data collected by Gasgoo.com, in the first half of 2011, 15 foreign-invested car manufacturers sold their Chinese-made foreign brands of passenger cars in China (this article refers to the sum of sales of cars, SUVs, and MPVs, hereinafter referred to as sales volume. ) Cumulatively completed 395.54 million vehicles, an increase of 11.7% year-on-year. The ranking of these foreign-invested automobile enterprises according to the sales volume of domestic-made cars is: Volkswagen, GM, Nissan, Hyundai, Toyota, Honda, PSA, Kia, Ford, Suzuki, Mazda, BMW, Daimler, Mitsubishi and Lotus. Among them, the cumulative sales volume of domestically-produced vehicles exceeds one million units for the general public. In the first half of this year, sales reached 1,053,000.

Compared with the same period of last year, the main changes in this ranking were: Toyota was overtaken by Nissan and Hyundai to rank fifth; Daimler surpassed Mitsubishi and Lotus and ranked 13th.

Daimler and BMW grow fastest

In the first half of 2011, among the 15 foreign-invested car companies, sales growth in the same period last year was higher than the average of foreign-made domestic passenger cars, namely, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, Kia, Mazda, BMW and Daimler. Among them, Daimler and BMW are the fastest-growing companies. In the first half of this year, sales increased by 116.6% and 62.5% year-on-year to 35,900 vehicles and 5,300,000 vehicles, respectively. Followed by Volkswagen and GM, which ranked first and second in sales, both increased by more than 20%, 22.2% and 23.1% respectively.

South Korea’s Kia also has a good growth rate. It has increased by 18.2% from the same period of last year to 190,200.

The Nissan and Mazda growth rate slightly higher overall growth, respectively, 14.5% and 13.3%.

Sales of Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi and Lotus declined

In the first half of 2011, sales of four foreign automakers fell year-on-year, including Toyota, Honda, Mitsubishi and Lotus. Among them, the highest decline in Lotus, sales fell 32.2% year-on-year to 14,300; Toyota, Honda and Mitsubishi, the three Japanese car sales of domestic passenger cars are all in double-digit decline, the decline rate were 14.3%, 15.1% and 18.8%.

In the first half of the year, Suzuki sold 152,200 domestic cars, an increase of 9.9% year-on-year. This is the slowest growth among foreign-invested car companies with domestic car sales growth.

Hyundai, PSA, and Ford's growth rates were all between 10% and 11%, which were 10.6%, 10.7%, and 10.2%, respectively, which were also lower than the average foreign-made passenger cars.

Note:

1. All sales in this article refer to the sales of foreign-made cars of foreign-owned brands in China.

2. Ford's sales do not include Volvo sales.

3. The sales volume of Honda's Chinese-made vehicles in China in this article is the sum of sales of Dongfeng Honda and Guangzhou Automobile Honda. Jazz produced by Honda (China) is not included in this article because it exports all of its products.

4. Shanghai GM listed in this article sells its sales of imported vehicles.