Leading positions in the ranking of the best-selling car brands in China are held by joint ventures. Here are their figures:
1. SAIC (Shanghai Auto): 5,073,300 cars
2. Dongfeng Motor: 3,534,900 cars
3. FAW (First Auto Works): 2,908,400 cars
4. Chang'an: 2,203,300 cars
5. BAIC (Beijing Auto): 2,111,100 cars
6. GAC (Guangzhou Auto): 1,004,200 cars
7. Brilliance: 777,400 cars
As for brands that produce cars exclusively of their own Chinese design, their list looks like this:
8. Great Wall Motor: 754,200 units
9. Geely (excluding Volvo Cars): 549,400 units
10. JAC (Jianghuai Auto): 514,300 units
The largest passenger car manufacturers turned out to be joint ventures: Shanghai-GM, Shanghai-Volkswagen, and FAW-Volkswagen. Notably, the brand we know, Chery, did not even make it into the top ten most sought-after brands in China.
Here is what the list of the most sought-after mid-size cars looks like:
In the crossover segment, the Chinese Great Wall holds the lead with the Haval H6 model, but it is being actively chased by VW Tiguan and Honda CR-V from Shanghai-VW and Dongfeng-Honda:
The success of the Chinese model is largely explained by the price of the Haval H6, which in China starts from 96 thousand yuan ($15,800), while for the Tiguan they ask from 200 thousand ($33,000).
It is also worth reading about how in 2013 Ukrainians made a choice in favor of Chinese cars rather than Russian ones.
