Thanks Sam! Unfortunately, I can only distinguish a few characters in Chinese and have to check up every string, so if you could keep on translating... In particular, how are VW Jetta/Bora/Sagitar doing? How about Biyadi, Geely and Chang'an?
Let me rehash the results to form a compact car league table:
Quote:
Buick Excelle 16203 13371 16402 16750 13252 15325 91303
Ford Focus 8950 2093 9431 13414 10541 11257 55686
Chery A5 6800 4164 10577 6396 7918 6759 42611
Honda Civic 7730 4115 7364 6446 5617 6729 38001
Toyota Old Corolla 8142 5078 6726 5796 3912 3796 33450
Nissan Sylphy 3962 3331 4774 5241 3632 2720 23660
Mazda 3 2569 2055 2357 2085 1645 1516 12227
Toyota New Corolla 0 0 0 0 120 3771 3891
Skoda Octavia 0 0 0 0 0 2066 2066
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The Excelle is still holding its own, but, if I am not mistaken, it's the NEW C1 Focus in the second place, gentlemen, so quite a runaway success for Ford given that the price is probably not that competitive). The good old Chery A5 remains a strong competitor, but seems like the sales are already downhill from the peak...
Is the Mazda3 there the ACTUAL Mazda3 (imported, I presume), or the Haima 3? BTW, a quick search revealed the Haima 3 is actually a unique model crafted by the Hainan-Mazda design studio basing on the old Familia platform, to use some of the Mazda3 magic and woo buyers in the economy car segment (away from the Chery and the like).
It also comes in a hatchback version, looking as if somebody tried to convert a Chevrolet Lacetti (Buick HRV in China) into a Mazda 3 in his own garage...
The interior treatment looks like more or less what PATAC does to spruce up older GM interiors, but seems like Hainan Mazda designers need a bit more practice...
