China’s #auto sales volume reached 28.88 million in 2017,

[onebyone]

China’s #auto sales volume reached 28.88 million in 2017, up 3% on a year-on-year basis and topping world sales for nine consecutive years, according to #China’s Ministry of Commerce. Sales of new energy vehicles grew 53.3% last year

 

[AndrewJin]

China's Expressway Development History:

1. October 31, 1988, the first completed expressway in mainland China. Shanghai Jia Highway has four lanes, a total length of 20.4 km.

2. 1989, the opening of the expressway in mainland China was 271 kilometers.

3. 1994, the total length of expressways opened to traffic in mainland China reached 1603 kilometers.

4.1998, the total mileage of the expressway in mainland China reached 8733 kilometers.

5. In 2000, the opening of the expressway in mainland China reached 16,000 km.

6. In 2001, the mileage of expressways in mainland China reached 19,000 km, ranking No.2 in the world.

7. In 2004, the total mileage of the expressways in mainland China exceeded 34,200 kilometers.

8. In 2007, the total mileage of the expressways in mainland China exceeded 536,00 kilometers.

9. 2013, China's total expressway mileage reached 104,000 km, ranking No.1 in the world.

10. 2017, Chinese expressway length reached 136,000 km.

5000km new expressways to open in 2018

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=232957&page=172

 

[Menthol]

China's Expressway Development History:

1. October 31, 1988, the first completed expressway in mainland China. Shanghai Jia Highway has four lanes, a total length of 20.4 km.

2. 1989, the opening of the expressway in mainland China was 271 kilometers.

3. 1994, the total length of expressways opened to traffic in mainland China reached 1603 kilometers.

4.1998, the total mileage of the expressway in mainland China reached 8733 kilometers.

5. In 2000, the opening of the expressway in mainland China reached 16,000 km.

6. In 2001, the mileage of expressways in mainland China reached 19,000 km, ranking No.2 in the world.

7. In 2004, the total mileage of the expressways in mainland China exceeded 34,200 kilometers.

8. In 2007, the total mileage of the expressways in mainland China exceeded 536,00 kilometers.

9. 2013, China's total expressway mileage reached 104,000 km, ranking No.1 in the world.

10. 2017, Chinese expressway length reached 136,000 km.

5000km new expressways to open in 2018

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=232957&page=172

From 20km to 130.000km!

Not only that, bridges, railways, tunnels, powerplants, high-rise buildings, airports, seaports, etc.

Is there any country capable such feat?

The best government in entire human history! No doubt! A bunch of genius and extremely high IQ officials.

 

[Daniel808]

From 20km to 130.000km!

Not only that, bridges, railways, tunnels, powerplants, high-rise buildings, airports, seaports, etc.

Is there any country capable such feat?

The best government in entire human history! No doubt! A bunch of genius and extremely high IQ officials.

In the less of 30 years.
Crazy !

I cannot Imagine in 1988 China's only have 20.4 km Expressway, but today they have 136,000 km Expressway and still counting.. @AndrewJin

 

[Kai Liu]

Top 10 bestselling models 2017:
No.1 Wuling Hongguang: 533,950 units

No.2 Great Wall Haval H6: 506,418 units

No.3 VW Lavida: 457,959 units

No.4 Buick Excelle GT: 416,990 units

No.5 Nissan Sylphy: 405,854 units

No.6 Baojun 510: 363,949 units

No.7 GAC Trumpchi GS4: 337,330 units

No.8 Toyota Corolla: 333,488 units

No.9 VW Sagitar 341,331 units

No.10 VW Tiguan: 332,402 units

Full list of the sales figures of 551 models produced and sold in China: http://www.sohu.com/a/216329109_660888

 

[Kai Liu]

Some other Chinese brand cars besides the four listed above, i.e. Wuling Hongguang, Greatwall Haval h6, Baojun 510 and GAC Trumpchi GS4, with significant sales (>100,000 units) :

No.13 Geely Boyue: 286,885 units

No.14 Baojun 730: 270,797 units

No.16 Geely Emgrand 7 (EC7): 264,432 units

No. 18 Changan CS75: 240,095 units

No.20 Roewe RX5: 237,635 units

No.21 Baojun 310: 215,606 units

No.22 Great Wall Haval H2: 215,100 units

No.27 Dongfeng Fengguang 580: 176,309 units

No.36 Changan CS35: 151,622 units

No.37 Geely Emgrand GS: 150,584 units

No.38 Baojun 560: 150,055

No.41 Geely GC7 Yuanjing: 145,005 units

No.48 Chery Arrizo5: 135,313 units

No.52 Geely Yuanjing SUV: 127,042 units

No.54 Geely Emgrand GL: 124,112 units

No.55 BYD F3: 124,000 units

No.70 South East Motor DX3: 103,367 units

No.71 GAC Trumpchi GS8: 102,204 units

No.72 BYD Song: 101,534 units

 

[Kai Liu]

Sales figures for luxury brand cars in China 2017:
A total of more than 2,570,000 luxury brand cars have been sold in China last year. Here is the list:
No.1 Mercedes Menz: 610,965 units; growth 25.9% (exclude Smart: 590,879 units)
No.2 Audi: 595,288 units; growth 1.1%
No.3 BMW: 594,388 units; growth 15.1%
No.4 Cadillac: 175,489 units; growth 51.0%
No.5 Jaguar Land Rover: 146,399 units; growth 23.0%
No.6 Lexus: 132,864 units; growth 22.0%
No.7 Volvo: 114,410 units; growth 25.8%
No.8 Porsche: 71,508 units; growth 9.6%
No.9 Lincoln: 54,124 units; growth 66.0%
No.10 Infinity: 48,408 units; growth 16.4%
No.11 Maserati: 14,498 units; growth 19.3%
No.12 Acura: 16,348 units; growth 100.8%
Total 2,575,093 units
http://auto.sina.com.cn/news/hy/2018-01-23/detail-ifyquptv8933907.shtml

 

[Daniel808]

Top 10 bestselling models 2017:
No.1 Wuling Hongguang: 533,950 units

No.2 Great Wall Haval H6: 506,418 units

No.3 VW Lavida: 457,959 units

No.4 Buick Excelle GT: 416,990 units

No.5 Nissan Sylphy: 405,854 units

No.6 Baojun 510: 363,949 units

No.7 GAC Trumpchi GS4: 337,330 units

No.8 Toyota Corolla: 333,488 units

No.9 VW Sagitar 341,331 units

No.10 VW Tiguan: 332,402 units

Full list of the sales figures of 551 models produced and sold in China: http://www.sohu.com/a/216329109_660888

It's nice to see, Chinese Brand Cars grab the Top and Second Spot.

Congrats for Wuling Hongguang (in Indonesia called Wuling Confero S)

And Great Wall Haval H6

Cannot wait to see, that recently launched Wuling S3 SUV fill the highway in China

 

[Kai Liu]

It's nice to see, Chinese Brand Cars grab the Top and Second Spot.

Congrats for Wuling Hongguang (in Indonesia called Wuling Confero S)

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And Great Wall Haval H6

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Cannot wait to see, that recently launched Wuling S3 SUV fill the highway in China

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Yes. The Chinese brands are really growing fast these years. They sold 10,847,000 cars last year in China with 43.9% market share of passenger car here in a market with fierce competition from foreign brands. Wuling are very popular, a lot of them are used as workhorses for shop owners here. The company sold close to 2 million cars last year. If the sales of Volvo included, Geely also sold approx 2 million cars last year. Great wall still remains at 1 million class, as they mainly focus on SUVs.

 

[Huan]

In the less of 30 years.
Crazy !

I cannot Imagine in 1988 China's only have 20.4 km Expressway, but today they have 136,000 km Expressway and still counting.. @AndrewJin

It would be great to see a visual map of China's expressway system in 1988 vs 2017.

 

[Menthol]

It's nice to see, Chinese Brand Cars grab the Top and Second Spot.

Congrats for Wuling Hongguang (in Indonesia called Wuling Confero S)

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And Great Wall Haval H6

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Cannot wait to see, that recently launched Wuling S3 SUV fill the highway in China

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A year ago, I read best selling car in China. That is the first time I saw Wuling.

At the time, I saw this car as a crap. I don't understand what is Chinese think when designed this car. It must be idiot!

It turn out as I saw wuling car myself, I surprise, that this car is actually extremely good! The model is also look far better than in photo. The feature is amazing! It even feel like driving a Toyota.

The price is even amazing! Even 35-40% cheaper than Toyota, the features is far surpassing it.

If wuling can prove the durability, Chinese car will dominate Indonesia in the near future.

Sales figures for luxury brand cars in China 2017:
A total of more than 2,400,000 luxury brand cars have been sold in China last year. Here is the list:
No.1 Mercedes Menz: 610,965 units; exclude Smart: 590,879 units
No.2 Audi: 595,288 units
No.3 BMW: 594,388 units
No.4 Cadillac: 175,489 units
No.5 Jaguar Land Rover: 146,399 units
No.6 Lexus: 132,864 units
No.7 Volvo: 114,410 units
No.8 Porsche: 71,508 units
No.9 Lincoln: 54,124 units
No.10 Infinity: 48,408 units
No.11 Maserati: 14,498 units
No.12 Acura: 16,348 units
http://auto.sina.com.cn/news/hy/2018-01-23/detail-ifyquptv8933907.shtml

If we read official GDP report, it looks like India economy is only 5x smaller than China.

But if we look at car sales, the luxury car sales. I don't believe that India economy is only 5x smaller than China, perhaps 10x or 15x times smaller.

Or actually China is far wealthier than what is being reported.

Or India try to fabricate the report to look bigger and China try to look smaller.

 

[Kai Liu]

A year ago, I read best selling car in China. That is the first time I saw Wuling.

At the time, I saw this car as a crap. I don't understand what is Chinese think when designed this car. It must be idiot!

It turn out as I saw wuling car myself, I surprise, that this car is actually extremely good! The model is also look far better than in photo. The feature is amazing! It even feel like driving a Toyota.

The price is even amazing! Even 35-40% cheaper than Toyota, the features is far surpassing it.

If wuling can prove the durability, Chinese car will dominate Indonesia in the near future.



If we read official GDP report, it looks like India economy is only 5x smaller than China.

But if we look at car sales, the luxury car sales. I don't believe that India economy is only 5x smaller than China, perhaps 10x or 15x times smaller.

Or actually China is far wealthier than what is being reported.

Or India try to fabricate the report to look bigger and China try to look smaller.

You are right. Both are true. The western media and organizations have long been degrading China and boasting India. Just look at their top selling cars, basically all little midget cars total worth less than our VW Tiguan alone. Here I found the top 10 best selling cars for 2003 in China, at that time China only has a GDP per capita of $1300 or so by IMF..
Here is the list:
http://auto.sohu.com/2004/04/09/50/article219785057.shtml
No.1 VW Jetta: 143,121 units
No.2 VW Santana: 122,663 units
No.3 VW Passat: 122,445 units
No.4 Tianjin Xiali: 96,180 units
No.5 VW Santana2000: 92,892 units
No.6 Buick Regal: 89,988 units
No.7 Honda Accord: 80,450 units
No.8 VW Bora: 78,068 units
No.9 Changan Alto: 61,302 units
No.10 Audi A6: 53,108 units
You can see, except the Alto, all these are serious cars, and at that time, cars were insanely expensive in China. So considering the boasting and bragging nature of SP12... You will know the reality..

 

[AndrewJin]

You are right. Both are true. The western media and organizations have long been degrading China and boasting India. Just look at their top selling cars, basically all little midget cars total worth less than our VW Tiguan alone. Here I found the top 10 best selling cars for 2003 in China, at that time China only has a GDP per capita of $1300 or so by IMF..
Here is the list:
http://auto.sohu.com/2004/04/09/50/article219785057.shtml
No.1 VW Jetta: 143,121 units
No.2 VW Santana: 122,663 units
No.3 VW Passat: 122,445 units
No.4 Tianjin Xiali: 96,180 units
No.5 VW Santana2000: 92,892 units
No.6 Buick Regal: 89,988 units
No.7 Honda Accord: 80,450 units
No.8 VW Bora: 78,068 units
No.9 Changan Alto: 61,302 units
No.10 Audi A6: 53,108 units
You can see, except the Alto, all these are serious cars, and at that time, cars were insanely expensive in China. So considering the boasting and bragging nature of SP12... You will know the reality..

wow, supa powans are damn rich PPP-wise!

 

[faithfulguy]

wow, supa powans are damn rich PPP-wise!

Yes, they are trying to buy Rafale in PPP.

 

[AndrewJin]

Yes, they are trying to buy Rafale in PPP.

Congrats to them