Chinese automobile industry?

[azfar]

Please share some information about Chinese local automobile manufacturers. Their notable car manufacturers and their products as compare to rest of world.

 

[oct605032048]

Since November 2009, China is the largest auto market in the world. China's automobile industry has been in rapid development since the early 1990s. In 2009, China produced 13.79 million units of automobile, of which 8 million units were passenger cars (sedans, sport utility vehicles (SUV), multi-purpose vehicles (MPV) and crossovers), and 3.41 million units were commercial vehicles (buses, trucks, and tractors). Of the automobiles produced, 44.3% are local brands (BYD, Lifan, Chang'an, Geely, Chery, Hafei, Jianghuai (JAC), Great Wall, Roewe, etc.), the rest being produced by joint ventures with foreign car makers such as Volkswagen,Mitsubishi, General Motors, Hyundai, Nissan, Honda, Toyota etc. Most of the cars manufactured in China are sold within China, with only 369,600 cars being exported in 2009.

China's annual automobile production capacity first exceeded one million in 1992. By 2000, China was producing over two million vehicles. After China's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 2001, the development of the automobile market further accelerated. Between 2002 and 2007, China's national automobile market grew by an average 21 percent, or one million vehicles year-on-year. In 2006, China’s vehicle production capacity successively exceeded six, then seven million, and in 2007, China produced over eight million automobiles. In 2009, 13.759 million motor vehicles were manufactured in China, surpassing Japan as the largest automobile maker in the world. In 2010, both sales and production topped 18 million units, with 13.76 million passenger cars delivered.

The number of registered cars, buses, vans, and trucks on the road in China reached 62 million in 2009, and is expected to exceed 200 million by 2020.

The consultancy McKinsey & Company estimates that China's car market will grow tenfold between 2005 and 2030.

Reference: wikipedia

The main national industry group is the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协&#20250.

 

[Nomenclature]

A Great Wall Motors ute (the white one in the background) driven by Libyan rebels.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

I heard Geely was famous one

GEELY INTERNATIONAL

 

[ChineseTiger1986]

I heard Geely was famous one

GEELY INTERNATIONAL

They just got Volvo last year.

 

[azfar]

thanks for the info but I already went through wiki. any thing new? what is export rate?

 

[oct605032048]

Domestic needs are vigorous. Roughly only 2% of the products are exported, that is about 360,000 units (last year's data).

 

[Anonymous user]

A Great Wall Motors ute (the white one in the background) driven by Libyan rebels.

The picture makes it look too cute, probably because of the truck infront.

 

[BigTree.CN]

In my opinion, Chinese automobile industry is a joke!

 

[tanlixiang28776]

In my opinion, Chinese automobile industry is a joke!

Can you back up that claim?

 

[BigTree.CN]

Can you back up that claim?

Just look at the logos of the cars running on Chinese streets, you can figure out the truth.

 

[tanlixiang28776]

Just look at the logos of the cars running on Chinese streets, you can figure out the truth.

I'm sure their are many foreign brands in China but it doesn't change that 44% percent are Chinese companies made. This will only increase in the future as quality gets better.

 

[BigTree.CN]

I'm sure their are many foreign brands in China but it doesn't change that 44% percent are Chinese companies made. This will only increase in the future as quality gets better.

That is more than enough to claim Chinese automobile industry to be a joke.

 

[tanlixiang28776]

That is more than enough to claim Chinese automobile industry to be a joke.

44% still means over 6 million a year which is larger than the entire US automobile industry and almost as large as the Japanese one.

 

[Akasa]

Just look at the logos of the cars running on Chinese streets, you can figure out the truth.

Read the facts. China's auto industry is the world's largest and the world's fastest-expanding one. They are even planning to export BYD and Chery cars to the US and Europe.