BEIJING -
Shanghai-GM has ranked first among China's top 10
sedan sellers by selling 203,900 sedans in the
first three quarters of this year, according to
the China Association of Automotive Industry
(CAAI).
In terms of sales in the first
three quarters, the new ranking of China's top 10
sedan sellers is Shanghai-GM (203,900 units),
Beijing-Hyundai (166,800 units), Shanghai
Volkswagen (161,700 units), Guangzhou-Honda
(153,000 units), FAW-Volkswagen
Except Shanghai-Volkswagen and
FAW-Volkswagen, which reported an obvious decrease
in sales as compared with the year-earlier period,
other sedan makers maintained a steady growth of
sales in the period. Sales of the top 10 amounted
to 1.411 million units, accounting for 72.97% of
total sedan sales in China.
With regard to
sales in September, the top five sellers were
Shanghai-Volkswagen, Shanghai-GM, FAW-Volkswagen,
Guangzhou-Honda and Beijing-Hyundai, with sales
reaching 29,700 units, 28,700 units, 23,400 units,
19,900 units and 19,300 units respectively, up
33.81%, 26.07%, 21.33%, 16.82% and 6.74% over the
previous month. Sales of the five enterprises
added up to 121,000 units in September, making up
47.54% of the nation's total sedan sales.
According to statistics of CAAI, China's
top 10 sedan brands in terms of sales in
January-September were the Charade (133,800
units), Elantra (131,200 units), Excelle (105,000
units), Santana (100,300 units), Jetta (92,500
units), Accord (89,000 units), Cherry QQ (82,000
units), Fit (64,900 units), Cheolima (49,400
units) and Buick Regal (46,900 units).
