July Sales Result in China

[samkung]

GM first

Model Jan Feb March April May June July Total (Jan-Jul)
Bucik Park Ave 0 0 0 0 145 524 1317 1986
Buick LaCrosse 8357 6095 7696 7509 4765 3381 4806 42609
Buick Regal 2693 2082 1061 707 799 1083 1069 9494
Buick Excelle 16203 13371 16402 16750 13252 15325 13035 104338
Buick GL8 2927 2153 2999 4069 2958 3359 3920 22385

Chevy Epica 2111 1329 3629 3980 2324 4090 3982 21445
Chevy Aveo/Lova 6399 5731 6412 5980 6215 6085 6862 43684
Chevy Sail 1487 960 1084 1118 544 1631 952 7776

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Others:
Model Jan Feb March April May June July Total (Jan-Jul)

Nissan Tenna 3083 2750 2802 5305 2453 3251 2620 22984
Nisaan Sylphy 3962 3331 4774 5241 3632 2720 4462 28122
Nissan Tiida 10677 7266 9935 13791 8565 10549

Hyundai NEW Sonata 1403 1153 1496 1643 1188 925 1243 9051
Hyundai Old Sonata 3309 2689 2120 2064 1990 1411 1542 15125

Ford Mondeo 4364 1754 2998 3013 3610 3976 2826 22541
Ford Focus 8950 2093 9431 13414 10541 11257 10079 65765
Ford S-Max 0 0 1103 635 349 173 255 2515

Mazda 3 2569 2055 2357 2085 1645 1516 2771 14998
Mazda 6 5039 3215 3686 4323 3777 3755 4402 28197

Citroen C2 2275 1393 2198 1559 1197 1023 975 10620
Citroen C4 4174 2517 2930 3205 2546 2506 1637 19515
Peugeot 206 3476 1966 2812 3245 2528 1485 1561 17073
Peugeot 307 5526 3334 4710 5361 4477 4086 3846 31340

Shanghai VW:
VW Santana 7884 5890 12482 10289 9690 9457 7479 63165
VW Passat 10907 9611 9664 11213 6886 9802 9255 67338
VW Santana 3000 7466 5889 9109 9295 9719 8629 8113 58220
Skoda Octavia 0 0 0 0 0 2066 3004 5070
VW Polo 8050 6427 6826 9366 6002 6106 7531 50308

FAW-VW
VW Old Jetta 13833 11853 17573 19131 17890 17294 17516 115090
VW Sagitar 3824 3436 5923 7872 6306 6168 5819 39348
VW Bora 6432 4400 4651 4852 3749 4597 3960 32641
VW Passat B6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4231 4231

Geely (dunno which model 22060 13285 17411 17358 16029 16898

Chery A5 6800 4164 10577 6396 7918 6759 6471 49082
Chery QQ 13713 6867 15294 10473 12639 8255
Chery "son of the east"? 2575 1369 2070 2056 1823 1599 660 12152
Chery A1 0 0 0 0 508 1642 1650 3800

Suzuki Swift 1651 1032 1799 1317 1979 1849 881 10508
Suzuki SX4 847 916 314 1737 1797 2012 2536 10159

Mitsubishi Galant 1518 581 1050 345 284 282 863 4925

Honda Accord 11565 8639 9879 12077 70510 11773 7426 71869
Honda Civic 7730 4115 7364 6446 5617 6729 6835 44836
Honda Fit 3999 4129 4467 4248 3708 4138 5193 29882
Honda City (Fit sedan) 3385 3718 4418 4551 3171 5818 5560 30621
Honda Odyssey 3074 2843 2936 3653 2877 3597 3927 22907

Toyota Crown 4776 3077 4707 4281 3743 4223 4239 29046
Toyota Raiz 3162 2245 4741 4711 3446 4309 4391 27005
Toyota Camry 13645 10424 15540 14514 12186 14355 13492 94156
Toyota Prius 24 36 32 58 14 12 23 199
Toyota New Corolla 0 0 0 0 120 3771 7049 10922
Toyota Old Corolla 8142 5078 6726 5796 3912 3796 3723 37173

Audi A4 1627 1377 1800 1425 1342 1472 1828 10871
Audi A6 6254 5365 6170 6740 5748 6251 5956 42484

[MrJamesMc]

I wonder if the Buick Excelle sells so well because is simply is a cheap Buick. If you can't afford the Park Avenue...get an Excelle for much less and it's still a Buick! See I wonder if that is why it sells over a 100,000 of them.

If I understand this right, the Old Jetta is so far the best selling car in China? I might have misread something though..

[asim]

I think it is so good to see GM doing so well somewhere, even if it isn't its home market. At least GM has taken a grasp at the 2nd largest automarket. But after a while, that could fade. This is because the older generations (that have hatred against Japan) are dying away.

[samkung]

Originally Posted by MrJamesMc

I wonder if the Buick Excelle sells so well because is simply is a cheap Buick. If you can't afford the Park Avenue...get an Excelle for much less and it's still a Buick! See I wonder if that is why it sells over a 100,000 of them.

If I understand this right, the Old Jetta is so far the best selling car in China? I might have misread something though..

Yeah u are right Jetta is the best selling car and look Park Ave is going up

[chinamonty]

If you could take a look in major Chinese cities you would see the number of Jetta taxis is mind boggling but a they are a porpular car because they look OK, do the job well,are comfortable and seem well built. I have seen some that looked bad from the outside (ie minor accident damage) but were still holding together well with few if any rattles. It is car that pobably deserves its reputation as a good vehicle for what it is used for.
I am starting to see a lot more Camry's on the road but i still havent seeen a Park Avenue yet. Still I have only been out of Shenzhen once recently so its no geat surprise.

[jkennedy293]

What scares me most, is that Chery has sold 75,000 of their death traps this year.

[skylark68]

Originally Posted by jkennedy293

What scares me most, is that Chery has sold 75,000 of their death traps this year.

I guess that is potentially 75,000 less Chinese people the Communist government has to feed.

[Butz]

The Park Ave sales are climbing, so much for it being a flop

[rueben44]

I know it just came out so when I read the info about it being a flop I ignored it because it did not make sense. What did they expect for it to sell 100K in the first 4 months.....plus I heard it had supply issues to add to the mix.

[pinyon]

We can beat the Camry somewhere with a Buick? WOW.

[rsbaker]

GM is 2nd only to VW. This is good great. Though I do think Chevrolet needs to expand it's offerings. I see no reason why Chevrolet couldn't equal Buick sales in a few years. Without siphoning sales from Buick.

Can anyone tell me why there are no numbers for Cadillac or Opel.? I thought they were present in China too.

[adevine39]

I think GM is currently beating VW, unless you mean the individual model "Old Jetta" outselling the Excelle. As much as this news is great, I'd like it more if some of the cool Buicks were sold here as well.

[samkung]

Originally Posted by rsbaker

GM is 2nd only to VW. This is good great. Though I do think Chevrolet needs to expand it's offerings. I see no reason why Chevrolet couldn't equal Buick sales in a few years. Without siphoning sales from Buick.

Can anyone tell me why there are no numbers for Cadillac or Opel.? I thought they were present in China too.

Cadillac sells too little and Opel is direct import (little number too) i will try to find the numbers for Cadillac

[wpageabc]

GM needs to do all it can to sell in asia. GM also needs to partner off China sales to US to avert destruction of our auto market from cheap sub human labor.