August 2011 Change in Sales of Foreign-brand Passenger Vehicles

According to the sales data collected by Gasgoo.com, in August 2011, 15 foreign-owned automakers sold Chinese passenger cars with foreign brands in China (this article refers to sales of cars, SUVs, and MPVs, hereinafter referred to as sales volume). 680,600 units, an increase of 14.5% year-on-year, and an increase of 5.0% from the previous period. The ranking of these foreign-invested automobile enterprises according to the sales volume of domestic cars is: Volkswagen, General Motors, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Honda, Rising, PSA, Ford, Suzuki, Mazda, BMW, Daimler, Mitsubishi and Lotus. Among them, Volkswagen and General Motors, which sell more than 100,000 vehicles, sold 182,200 vehicles and 104,800 vehicles in August this year.

Compared with the same period of last year, the main changes in this ranking were: Hyundai was overtaken by Toyota and Nissan, and ranked fifth; Kia surpassed PSA and ranked seventh. Compared with July this year, this ranking remains the same.

Compared to the same period: Lotus and Kia have the fastest growth. Mazda has the highest decline. From the sales growth rate in August of this year, the fastest-growing sales of these foreign brands are Lotus and Kia. The two companies have increased by 46.1% and 40.0% to 1,856 respectively. 3.50 million vehicles. Among them, the sales volume of all the old Kia models declined, and their higher sales growth was mainly driven by the new cars K5, K2 and Zhi Run (which were formally listed in March, July and October of this year).

In addition to Lotus and Kia, Toyota, Nissan, and BMW also have more than 30% growth, an increase of 37.4%, 30.7% and 36.5%; VW, GM and PSA sales rose 10.3%, 26.1% and 22.7% respectively year-on-year. .

Both Hyundai and Daimler grew by single digits, with growth of 3.6% and 2.1% respectively.

The decline in sales of foreign brands are Japanese Honda, Suzuki, Mazda, Mitsubishi and the United States Department of Ford. Among them, Mazda fell the most, at 29.3%; the other three Japanese car companies fell 3.6%, 9.2% and 9.4%; Ford fell 7.2% to 20,300 units.

Moment: the fastest growing in modern times The highest drop in Ford and Daimler from the August sequential sales growth rate, there are 8 positive growths in the 15 foreign brands, namely Volkswagen, GM, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia, PSA, Mitsubishi and Lotus. Among them, the growth rate of the modern chain is the highest, reaching 21.2%. Followed by Lotus, Mitsubishi, PSA, and Volkswagen, sales also rose in double-digit quarter-on-quarter. Sales of GM, Toyota, and Kia increased by single digits year-on-month.

There are seven foreign brands with a decline in sales volume, including Nissan, Honda, Ford, Suzuki, Mazda, BMW and Daimler. Among them, Ford and Daimler had the highest quarter-on-quarter declines, being 18.7% and 14.3%, respectively. Sales volume of Nissan, Honda, Suzuki, Mazda and BMW all fell in single digits.

Note:

1. All sales in this article refer to the sales of foreign-made cars of foreign-owned brands in China.

2. The concept of Guangzhou Automobile Honda and Baojun of SAIC-GM-Wuling belong to the joint venture's own brand, so this article does not include it in sales of foreign brands.

3. Sales of Ford domestic cars do not include Volvo.