Analysis of Sales of Top Ten Vehicles in Class B in January 2012

The B-Class Market Slipped 7.2% According to Gasgoo.com's data, the sales volume of China's Class B vehicles (in this article, all referring to non-luxury brands) fell 7.2% year-on-year (wholesale volume, the same below). To 132,900 vehicles, the decline was lower than the entire car market (-25.7%). Among them, the sales of the top ten models totaled 98,500, which accounted for 74.1% of the total domestic B-class market, which was slightly higher than the same period of last year (73.2%).

In January 2012, the top ten models of Class B vehicles sold were Passat (including new and old models), Camry (including new and old models), New LaCrosse, Xintianke, Sonata 8G, New Regal, Accord, Magotan (including new and old models), and Mazda. 6 and Hao Rui. Among them, the German and Japanese cars are the most, with three and four models respectively.




German: Passat’s January sales of 30,000 more than other models German Passat’s January sales increased 128.8% year-on-year to 3,00,000, ranking the top of the B-Class sales charts and the highest sales of all cars. However, even if the new and old models are separated, the sales volume of the new Passat (NMS) 18,600 units will also occupy the top spot in the sales of Class B cars, while Passat’s princes sold a total of 11,410 vehicles, which also exceeded Camry’s 11,373 vehicles.

From the data of recent years (as shown in Figure 2), in 2009, Passat’s monthly sales were mostly maintained at more than 10,000 units, while the monthly sales in 2010 were mostly between 8,000 and 10,000 units, only in November. In December, it sold more than 10,000 vehicles. In 2011, its sales volume slipped even further: From January to May 2011, Passat's prince sales fell from 13,100 units to 3,386 units. From June to December, sales were below 5,000 units.



The new Passat listed on April 2011 saw an increase in sales. In the fourth month of the listing (July), the sales of the new Passat exceeded 10,000 units, reaching 10,600 units. In the fifth month of the listing (August), its sales volume increased sequentially. 70.5% to 18,000 vehicles, reaching the peak of sales in 2011. From September to December or due to quarterly sales decline, the monthly sales of the new Passat are still above 10,000 units.

In the top ten cars of Class B sales, the other two German cars, the MAGOTAN and Haorui, both experienced declines in sales. In January 2012, sales volume dropped by 7.6% and 45.1% to 6,438 and 4,069 vehicles, respectively, ranking eighth and third respectively. Ten people.

Japanese: Sales of Camry increased by 73.4%. Others all dropped in the four Japanese cars ranked in the top 10 in the Class B market. Only Cameron’s sales increased. In January 2012, its sales increased by 73.4% to 11,400 units. Among them, the displacement 2.5L version Camry (all seventh-generation Camry) sales of 8998 vehicles, accounting for the largest proportion of the total Camry (74.7%), while the 2.0L and 2.4L version of the Camry sales are down - are down 56.5% and 99.7% to 2850 vehicles and 25 vehicles.

Sales volume of New Tianyi, Accord and Mazda 6 both declined. Among them, the sales volume of Xintianhao and Accord fell 52.2% and 64.6% from the 17,600 units and 20,800 units in the same period last year to 8,440 units and 7,375 units, respectively, and fell to the fourth and seventh place respectively in the class B market.

US Department of Korea and South Korea: Shuangjun sales increase and decrease Sonata 8th-ranked fourth Shanghai GM Double King sales increased one by one. New Regal sales rose 3.9% to 7,760 units, still ranking sixth. The sales volume of New LaCrosse slipped 15.7% to 9,402 vehicles. However, due to the relatively low rate of decline, its sales surpassed that of Xintiandi and Accord, ranking fourth from the fourth quarter of last year to third.

The sales of Beijing Hyundai (listed in April 2011) Sonata 8 generation in January 2012 fell 28.9% to 8,006 vehicles, ranking fourth. From September to December of last year, its monthly sales were over 10,000 vehicles, of which 11253 were sold in December.

Note:

1. The statistics of the B-class car include: Sonata 8th generation, Sonata Lingxiang, Minghao, BYD G6, BYD F6, Mondeo - Zhisheng, Tengyi C50, Si Platinum Rui, Peugeot 508, Gelan, Xintiandi, Citroen C5, K5, far Ships, Geshitu, Camry, Zunchi, Huatai B11, Dihao EC8, Binyue, Ruiqi G5, Ruiqi G6, Oriental Sons, Passat (including new and old models), Hao Rui, Roewe 750, MG7, Xinjun Yue, Xinjunwei, Jingcheng , Magotan, Volkswagen CC, Reiz, Mazda 6, Pentium B70, Mazda 6 Core.

2. Unless otherwise specified, the sales growth of this article is the year-on-year growth rate.