2007 Chinese auto sales figures

[samkung]

Ok as you guys all know GM sold over one million vehicles in China in 2007, so so here is some figures so you guys would understand whats happening in the fastest emerging market in the world

1. GM: total of 1,031,974 vehicles
a)Shanghai GM: 500,308 vehicles (including export), a 22% increase from last year,"479,427 vehicles, a 16.9% increase, excluding export"
Buick: 332,000 vehicles, with 196,000 Excelle, and 42,000 GL8
Chevy: 160,050 vehicles, increased by 56.4%
Cadillac: 7040 vehicles, increased by 149%
Saab: 618, increased by 87%

b)SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile http://www.sgmw.com.cn/english/produ....jsp?catid=107
SGMW sold 548,945vehicles (excluding export) last year, a 20.1% increase, 367,744 of them belongs to the Wuling Sunshine, which makes it the biggest selling model in China.

2. FAW-VW: Over 440,000

3. Shanghai VW: 436,343

4. Chery: 381,000

5. Guangzhou Honda: 295,000

6. FAW-Toyota: 260,000

7. Nissan: 271,915

8. Beijing-Hyundai: 260,000

9. Geely: 219,512

10. Xi'an-Ford-Mazda (which is a joint venture): 217,100
-----Ford itself (including all its brand, except Mazda): 216,324 which included both passenger and commercial vehicles
Transit: 26,585
Focus: 124,972

[Gm786]

Wow! GM is doing extremely well in China.

[FenwickHockey65]

Great!
I do however, think it's funny that only 618 Saabs were sold. Heh.

[logansowner]

Pretty sweet, kind of a shame that China gets better looking Buick's than we do though...

[johnny smallblock]

GM: 1,031,974
VW: 876,343

Does anyone know if VW is going up or down? I know they were the #1 in China for a while (not this year or last, I think).

[johnny smallblock]

Originally Posted by logansowner

Pretty sweet, kind of a shame that China gets better looking Buick's than we do though...

Well, they get the PArk Ave and a better Lacrosse. But otherwise, they have the Excelle and they're still selling the wretched minivans that were universally hated on this site. Also, I think they're largely powered by 4 cylinder ecotecs. Be careful what you wish for...

[USA Patriot]

What I think I read somewere on the net is that GM China sales went up a total of 19%. Total China sales went up 23-25%

[Freytheviking]

Hey,

I'm new the boards. I was wondering if you could post a source to all this sales data. Might help me do my industry analysis project =). Thanks a lot!.

[MC2000LS]

First participation in the forum too. From what i know (i'm not an expert of course) apparently VW started much earlier than many auto brands in China, police cars, taxis and government cars are VW, many say theres something suspicious there, but of course nobody will suggest an investigation. On the other hand, it's true that Chinese love Buicks
and the brand is well established with great potential for the future.

http://www.nextautos.com/10-ways-chi...waii%E2%80%99s