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:
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...
