In April, sales of passenger vehicles decreased month-on-month, which represented a rapid year-on-year growth. From January to April, sales of passenger cars maintained a slight increase, which was slightly faster than that in January-March.
Summary of sales: In April, passenger vehicles sold a total of 1.9144 million units, which was a decrease of 11.72% compared with the previous period and an increase of 11.16% year-on-year. Among the major varieties of passenger vehicles, the sales volume of the four categories of passenger vehicles were compared to the previous month. The number of MPVs decreased more significantly than in the same period of the previous year. Sales of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and basic passenger cars (sedans) grew faster. Other varieties In April, the sales of basic passenger cars (cars) was 928,300, a decrease of 9.56% from the previous quarter and a year-on-year increase of 10.80%; the sales of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) totaled 810,000, a decrease of 12.08% from the previous month. The year-on-year increase was 18.34%; the sales of multi-function passenger vehicles (MPV) were 377,100 units, a decrease of 22.27% month-on-month and 4.62% year-on-year; the sales of cross-type passenger cars was decreased by 12.41% year-on-year, which was a decrease of 30.71% year-on-year.
From January to April, a total of 8,011,400 passenger vehicles were sold, an increase of 4.45% year-on-year, and the growth rate was 1.89 percentage points higher than that in January-March. Among them, the sales of basic passenger cars (sedans) was 3,790,500, an increase of 3.08% year-on-year. Sales of sports multi-purpose passenger cars (SUVs) were 3,654,400 units, a year-on-year increase of 12.86%; sales of multi-function passenger vehicles (MPVs) were 613,600 units, a year-on-year decrease of 11.98%; sales of cross-type passenger vehicles were 141,800 units, up Declined 36.92%.
Brief description of sales by country: In April, a total of 810,400 Chinese branded passenger vehicles were sold, a year-on-year decrease of 18.64%, which represented a year-on-year increase of 10.54%, accounting for 42.33% of the total sales of passenger cars, and the market share decreased by 3.60 from the previous month. Percentage. German, Japanese, American, Korean and French passenger cars sold 390,800 units, 339,200 units, 22.1 million units, 10.31 million units, and 34,300 units, respectively, which accounted for the total sales of passenger cars. 20.41%, 17.72%, 11.54%, 5.39% and 1.79%. Compared with the previous month, the sales of Korean brands increased slightly, other foreign brands decreased, and the legal system decreased more significantly.
In January-April, China's branded passenger vehicles sold a total of 3.5639 million units, which represented a year-on-year increase of 3.20%, accounting for 44.49% of the total passenger vehicle sales, and the occupancy rate was down 0.54 percentage point from the same period of last year. German, Japanese, and American Department , Korean and French passenger cars respectively sold 1.667 million, 13.53 million, 881,200, 347,900 and 13.80 million passenger cars, which accounted for 20.82%, 16.89%, and 11% of the total sales of passenger cars, respectively. % and 1.72%. Compared with the same period of last year, sales of US-based brands decreased slightly, and other foreign brands increased slightly.
Passenger car sales by sub-model manufacturer: In April, the top ten car manufacturers in sales were: FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC-GM, SAIC-Volkswagen, Dongfeng Limited (Headquarters), Geely Holdings, Beijing Hyundai, Guangzhou Automobile Toyota, FAW Toyota, Guangzhou Automobile Honda and BMW Brilliance Automotive. Compared with the previous month, Geely Holdings, Beijing Hyundai Motor and BMW Brilliance BMW saw a certain increase in sales, and the other seven companies had a decrease. Among them, FAW Toyota and Guangzhou Automobile Honda saw a more pronounced decline. In April, the above Ten companies sold 64.50 million vehicles, accounting for 69.48% of the total sales of cars.
In April, the top ten SUV manufacturers in terms of sales volume were: Geely Holdings, Great Wall Motors, SAIC-GM-Wuling, Changan Automobile, SAIC-VW, Dongfeng Limited (Headquarters), SAIC-GM, SAIC, GAC Passenger Cars and Beijing Hyundai Compared with the previous month, sales of Geely Holdings and SAIC Motor increased slightly, and all other eight companies showed declines. Among them, Changan Automobile and GAC passenger vehicles plunged. In April, the above-mentioned ten companies sold a total of 457,800 vehicles. Accounted for 56.53% of the total SUV sales.
In April, the top ten MPV manufacturers in the sales ranking were: SAIC-GM-Wuling, SAIC-GM, BYD Auto, Dongfeng, Dongfeng Honda, JAC, Changan Automobile, Guangzhou Automobile Honda, Jinbei Automobile and SAIC-Volkswagen. In comparison, SAIC Motor’s sales volume showed a significant increase. Jinbei Automobile's growth rate was slightly lower, and other companies declined to varying degrees. Among them, Chang’an Automobile and SAIC-GM-Wuling declined faster. In April, the above-mentioned ten companies sold a total of 115,400 vehicles, which accounted for MPV sales. 84.16% of the total.
Table 1 Top ten passenger car brand sales in April 2018
Table 2 Top 10 sales of passenger car brands in January-April 2018
