The first car market in May is experiencing positive growth for Audi BMW

According to the latest data released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on the 9th, the production and sales of domestic automobiles in the first five months of this year were 8.003 million and 802.35 million, respectively, an increase of 3.19% and 1.70% year-on-year. Statistics show that in May domestic production of 1.709 million vehicles, a decrease of 4.66%, an increase of 16.19%; sales of 1.6072 million, a decrease of 1.06%, a year-on-year increase of 15.97%.

The monthly sales data of domestic mainstream car manufacturers that were announced successively last week also showed that a small peak appeared in the Chinese auto market in May. The Japanese cars represented by Toyota, Honda, and Nissan continue to make rapid progress. The increase of 105% further boosts Toyota's confidence. Only Mazda is different, with negative growth in May.

The luxury car market seems pretty good. In addition to only 0.8% micro growth Mercedes-Benz, Audi, BMW have achieved a 30% or even higher growth rate.

In the first half of the year, for the second half of the automobile market, the industry generally believes that with the upcoming subsidy for the car to the countryside and the incentives such as old-fashioned replacement policies, it is expected that the auto market sales will rise slightly in the second half of the year.

The Toyota Motor Corporation led Toyota's sales in China to 78,700 vehicles in May, a significant increase of 105% over the same period of last year. In the first five months of this year, Toyota sold about 372,000 vehicles in China, an increase of 26.1% over the same period of last year, which is higher than the average growth rate of the industry. After the earthquake in Japan last March, Toyota’s sales in China were affected due to factory damage and obstructed supply of parts, resulting in a low base.

Honda has also achieved considerable growth with Toyota. In May, Honda sold 52,000 vehicles in China, an increase of 91.7% compared to the same period last year. Dongfeng Honda and Guangzhou Automobile Honda of Honda's China-based joint venture company performed well, with Dongfeng Honda achieving a growth of 104.1%, achieving sales of 25,000 units; and Guangzhou Automobile Honda sales of 27,200 units, an increase of 81.6%.

Audi BMW's growth was alarming. In May, FAW-VW Audi sold a total of 36,000 new cars to the Chinese market, an increase of 45% year-on-year.

BMW Group sold 27,185 vehicles in China in May, an increase of 31.5% year-on-year. This sales volume includes the total sales of the BMW brand, MINI brand and Rolls-Royce brand. Among them, BMW's brand accounted for 25,500 units, an increase of 31% from the same period of last year in May.

Mercedes-Benz, taking into account the Hong Kong market, in May this year, Daimler sold 16,529 Mercedes-Benz cars in the Chinese market, compared with the previous 16401 sales increased slightly by 0.8% year-on-year. From January to May of this year, Mercedes-Benz's cumulative sales in the Chinese market reached 82,534 units, which represented an increase of 8.7% from the same period last year of 75,896 units.

Wuling accounted for half of the country's total sales. In May, SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 128,680 vehicles, an increase of 35.4% year-on-year; Wuling's brand increased 33.5% year-on-year to 120,652 units, and its market share further increased from April to 53.6%. Half of the market. In the first five months of this year, SAIC-GM-Wuling sold a total of 648,611 vehicles, an increase of 16.3% year-on-year, and completed 48% of the annual sales target.

In May, the sales volume of General Motors and its joint ventures in China reached 231,183, an increase of 21.3% over the same period of last year, setting a record for the highest sales of General Motors in China in May. Shanghai GM’s domestic sales increased by 7.1% year-on-year to 99,113 units. FAW-GM's domestic sales in May reached 3,706 vehicles, a year-on-year drop of 0.7%.

Shanghai Volkswagen’s double-digit growth Shanghai Volkswagen’s Volkswagen brand achieved 81,118 units of total sales in May, a year-on-year increase of 14.5%, while cumulative sales for the five months reached 404,726 units, an increase of 13.4% over the same period last year. Among them, the Passat brand retail sales reached 17,043 in May, of which the new Passat sold 15,362 units. This year's cumulative sales have exceeded 80,000 units. Ford's modern growth of 8%

The new Fox sales in May sold nearly 13,000 units, driving the Ford Motor Co.'s passenger vehicle joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Motors' single-month sales volume to a record high of 34,550 units, up 23% year-on-year. Ford Motor China issued a total of 46,608 vehicles in May, an increase of 8% year-on-year. In the first five months of this year, Ford China sold a total of 224,882 vehicles.

In May, the sales volume of Hyundai Group's branded models in China (excluding imported cars) reached 105,400, an increase of 8% year-on-year. Hyundai Motor's two major joint ventures in China have produced impressive transcripts, of which Beijing Hyundai sold 62,400 vehicles in May and Dongfeng Yueda Kia sold 38,000 vehicles in May.

Mazda slid 16%

Mazda China sold a total of 87,853 units from January to May, which represented a year-on-year increase of 2%. In May alone, sales of 15,653 units decreased by 16% year-on-year.