China Car Sales By Model : 2013

The Wuling Hongguang is the top seller in China. No, really

I am reluctant to put any articles here on the Chinese car market. The reason? Numerically it is the largest car market in the world, yet getting reliable, consistent data is a challenge. Sales figures always exclude imported cars, which wouldn't - as it turns out - affect this list due to prohibitive import duties. However, the Asian mentality about wanting to export, while obstructing imports I find somewhat galling. Throughout much of Asia, a fair playing field is a strange notion in the area of trade.

Still, foreign brand proliferate in China; made in factories with compulsory local joint venture partners. Sedan and hatch variants count as differing models, so for example two Corolla and Focus models are listed. The two Hyundai Elantra models below are made by separate companies. Are they different in some way? Typical of the confusion of car statistics for China.

Europe (or basically VW) provide the most common nameplates on this list. Chinese brands tie with Japan as do US and Korean. Korea does surprisingly well and the Japanese you imagine would do better but for bitter feelings in China with that nation.

1	Wuling Hongguang	448,484	Germany
2	VW Lavida Sedan	374,056	14 Models
3	Buick Excelle	296,183
4	VW Sagitar	271,188	China
5	VW Jetta	263,408	11 Models
6	Chevy Sail, sedan	263,163
7	Nissan Sylphy	259,545	Japan
8	Chevy Cruze	246,890	11 Models
9	VW Bora	237,156
10	VW Passat	227,262	USA
11	Haval H6	217,889	7 Models
12	Ford Focus, hatch	207,376
13	Hyundai Elantra Langd'ng	206,348	Korea
14	VW Tiguan	199,782	7 Models
15	Honda CR-V	199,333
16	Hyundai Verna	197,482
17	Ford Focus, sedan	196,264
18	Emgrand EC7	193,210
19	VW Magotan	187,173
20	VW Santana	180,617
21	Toyota Camry	177,649
22	Hyundai Elantra Yuedong	171,547
23	Hyundai ix35	156,876
24	Buick Excelle GT	150,521
25	Audi A6L	149,183
26	Toyota Corolla EX	147,921
27	Toyota Corolla	146,480
28	Kia K3	135,666
29	VW Polo (excl X Polo)	132,019
30	Nissan Tiida	129,346
31	Great Wall M4	128,054
32	Great Wall C30	126,036
33	Nissan Qashqai	124,589
34	BYD Surui	123,643
35	BMW 5 Series	123,439
36	Audi A4L	122,672
37	Chery QQ	121,630
38	Skoda Octavia	120,246
39	Honda Accord	118,920
40	Kia K2	117,892
41	Toyota RAV4	117,800
42	Roewe 350	113,033
43	Nissan Sunny	112,963
44	Dongfeng Fengxing	110,112
45	Nissan Teana	106,220
46	Hyundai Sonata	104,670
47	Audi Q5	102,514
48	FAW Xiali	101,071
49	Chevy Malibu	100,141
50	BYD L3	99,450

Data source: Thanks to ChinaAutoWeb

The conservative looking VW Lavida is 2nd