·Analysis of sales of domestically produced foreign brands in 2013

It is reported that in the domestic passenger car market in 2013, the sales volume of foreign brands exceeded 10 million units, reaching 10.617 million units, a rapid growth of 19.2% year-on-year, but the growth rate was slightly lower than the market average of 20.0%. Among the German, Japanese and Korean Koreans, only the American cars grew faster than the average market growth last year, and other factions grew weaker than the market.

Germany, Japan, and the United States only grow faster than the US market
In 2013, sales of US-made cars in China increased by 24.9% year-on-year, which was better than that of Germany, Japan and South Korea. The sales volume increased from 1,778,100 in 2012 to 2,221,500. Its growth is mainly driven by the sales of new cars. In recent years, the US has listed more new cars, such as Fox, Maverick, Wing Bo, Mondeo, Angola, etc. Among them, Fox has sold more than 40,000 vehicles a year, which is the market. The best-selling car.
German, Japanese and Korean sales growth was less than the average market growth last year. Among them, under the strong recovery of four consecutive months, the Japanese car achieved a 15.8% growth in sales last year, which reversed the downward trend in 2012 and achieved sales of 2,904,200. Sales of German and Korean cars increased by 17.2% and 18.0% respectively to 3,364,400 and 1,57,600.
Hyundai Kia exceeds GM Ford's fastest growth
From the enterprise level, in 2013, the top ten domestically produced foreign investment companies were Volkswagen, Hyundai Kia, General Motors, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Ford, PSA, Suzuki and BMW.

Among them, the top public, the sales of domestically produced cars in China exceeded 3 million, which was 3,073,200, an increase of 16.4%. In the second place, sales of Hyundai-Kia increased by 18.0% to 1,576,600 units, surpassing GM, ranking second, while GM sales increased by 13.5% to 1,542,600 units, dropping to third place.
The fourth to sixth are Toyota, Nissan and Honda. Among them, Honda's sales growth is the fastest, last year's annual sales increased by 30% to 727,200. Toyota sales increased by 15.0% to 857,700 units, surpassing Nissan; Nissan's sales increased by 12.2% to 842,800 units.
Ford ranked seventh, with the fastest growth in sales among the top ten companies. Last year, sales of domestically produced cars in China reached 679,900 units, an increase of more than 60% (62.2%). Its high sales growth was mainly due to the sales of new cars. In 2013, Ford listed more heavy-duty models, such as Maverick, Wing, and New Mondeo. The market performance of these models is good, and the annual sales of the wing tigers reached 95,900.
Among the other top ten companies, sales of PSA and BMW in China also increased by 25.6% and 24.9% respectively, while sales of Suzuki fell, down 8.4% year-on-year, and it was the only Japanese company with a decline in sales.
Note:
1. The sales volume of this paper refers to the wholesale volume of domestically produced vehicles, and some of the enterprises' sales volume includes export volume. Therefore, the market share calculated in this article is only an approximation.
2. The cars produced by Honda Motor (China) Co., Ltd. are not included in the Chinese market, so they are not included in the sales of Honda.

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