January-July 2011 B-Class Sales Rank

Above: from January to July 2011, the amount of B-class car sales do not analyze each department

The performance of the first four models in January-July 2011 and the highest sales volume in July for the first four B-class vehicles were Japanese-based Camry, Accord and Xintianyi, and the Ashkenazi Passat (which was also the same period last year), but only the top four. The internal sorting is different. The highest sales volume in January-July was Xintianyu, followed by the Accord, and the third and fourth were Passat (including the three new displacement vehicles listed on the collar and this year) and Camry. The highest sales in July were Camry (15,900), followed by the Passat (15,300), and the third and fourth were Accord (12,000) and Xintianyu (11,800).

Of the four vehicles, sales from January to July declined for the Accord and Camry, which fell 17.1% and 18.4% respectively. In July, only the Accord was still falling (with a deeper decline, reaching 24.6%), while Camry increased 9.7% year-on-year. Passat’s sales of new models increased by 42.7% year-on-year in July due to the launch of new models.

Shanghai Volkswagen's newly-listed Passat is equipped with a DSG dual clutch transmission. Among them, the 1.8T models had the highest sales, reaching 7,978 in July; followed by 2.0T models (2,542); while the 1.4T version was not yet officially listed, it had 38 wholesale sales in July.

The top four models accounted for 35.4% of the domestic B-class vehicle market in January-July, which was a decrease of 3.5 percentage points from the same period of last year. The July market share was 41.0%, which was 3.3 percentage points lower than that of July last year.

The 5-10th model of B-Class sales is the new Lacrosse this year and January-July last year. In July this year, the Audi A4L, New LaCrosse was pushed to No. 6. Audi A4L's sales for the January-July period increased by 43.4% year-on-year to 45,400 vehicles, surpassing that of New Regal, Magotan, and Jingcheng. In July, its sales volume increased by 61.1% year-on-year to 8,832 units, surpassing New LaCrosse (8605 units).

From January to July last year, sales of cars ranked 6-10 were followed by Mazda 6, New Regal, Magotan, BYD F6 and Chevrolet Epica. From January to July this year, they were Mazda 6, Audi A4L, New Regal, Magotan and Mondeo - Winning.

The sales volume of BYD F6 from January to July last year (3.84 million units) was behind Magotan, ranking the ninth place in the B-class car, higher than the Jingcheng, Audi A4L, etc.; from January to July this year, its sales volume fell 67.9% year-on-year to 12,300 units. To the 23rd, only 826 units were sold in July.

Magotan's sales in the January-July period fell 3.9% year-on-year to 42.900 units, and in July it increased 130.0% year-on-year to 7,799 units. Mondeo - Sales from July to July rose 12.9% YoY to 33,400 units; in July, although it increased by 31.8% YoY to 2,904 units, it was surpassed by new models such as Sonata 8th, Kia K5, and Volkswagen CC that were only listed this year and last year. It fell to 15th place.

The 5-10th-ranked vehicles sold in July last year were Mazda 6, New LaCrosse, Audi A4L, New Regal, Mazda 6-wing and Magotan. In July of this year, they were Audi A4L, New LaCrosse, Magotan, New Regal, and Reiz. Sonata 8th generation. The Mazda 6 and Mazda 6 Ruiyi, both ranked in the top ten in July last year, fell out of the top ten in July this year, but Shanghai Unicorn’s Xinjun Yue and Xinjunwei still ranked sixth and eighth respectively.

Judging from January to July or July, the market share of the top ten cars in the Class B car was down: from January to July to 68.8% from 68.7% in the same period last year, and from 72.6% to 71.9% in July.

The new car, which appeared on the public-listed CC last year, sold 21,700 vehicles in the first seven months of this year, surpassing the Mazda 6 Core, Citroen C5, Hyundai, and BYD F6, ranking 16th. July sales were 3,591, ranking 12th.

Although Guangzhou Gas Honda's song poetry map listed last year was known as a B-class crossover or a "couple-type luxury crossover vehicle," it is positioned higher than the Accord, but it is still within the scope of the general B-class car discussed in this article. Its sales performance is not good, only 1577 vehicles from January to July this year, less than Brilliance Chichi, Kia Yuanchuan, Roewe 750, etc.; July sales of only 60 vehicles, less than MG7, Triumph, Jianghuai Pinnacle and so on.

Hyundai-Kia’s Chinese-made Sonata 8th and Kia K5s are listed in China this year. In July of this year, the sales volume reached 5009 and 3108 vehicles respectively. Among them, sales of Sonata's 8th generation have entered the top ten of the B class.

The self-owned brand performance of the top-selling B-Class vehicles in January-July and July this year was the Pentium B70, followed by BYD F6, which had been in the top ten of the B-Class in January-July last year. However, the sales of both vehicles have declined. The sales of Pentium B70 from January to July decreased by 40.6% year-on-year, and in July it was a drop of 63.6%. The sales of BYD F6 from January to July and July all dropped by about 68% year-on-year.

The sales volume of other self-owned B-class vehicles from January to July also declined year-on-year. Among them, Roewe 750, Brilliance Wuchi, Jianghuai Pinnacle and MG7 all had a decline of more than 50%. In July, except for MG7 sales, which were increased from 47 vehicles in the same period last year to 67, the others declined. If Volvo is regarded as China's brand, the Chinese brand car with no sales decline in July will also have the Volvo S40 – an increase of 17.3% from the 365 cars in the same period last year to 428 cars.