Chinese cars around the world

[Kai Liu]

China's auto sales in 2018 is over 28 million, over 23 million of which are passenger cars. Approximately half of the sales comes from Chinese car companies, that is around 14 million, which is a huge number. Due to this tremendous demands from the domestic market, Chinese car companies have not pay much attention to the global market, with the export figure of cars from Chinese automakers standing at around 1 million for the past few years. This begins to change recently as we can see Chinese automakers accelerate their exploration of overseas market by setting up more and more factories overseas or by taking over local brand to gain the market (e.g., Geely acquired Proton, and is selling Geely cars under Proton brand). We can predict that the era of Chinese car companies conquering the global market is arriving. Now let's take a look at the presence of Chinese cars around the globe.

To be continued.

 

[Kai Liu]

Part I: ASEAN
Indonesia
Wuling has a pretty large presence in Indonesia today, ranking among the top 10 in terms of sales volume:
https://www.marklines.com/en/statistics/flash_sales/salesfig_indonesia_2018

Some models:

 

[Kai Liu]

In Malaysia, some Geely models are sold under Proton:
Proton X70 (Geely Boyue in China) is the top seller in its segment:
https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/proton-x70-helps-push-may-sales-highest-nearly-two-years

With more models coming soon:

 

[thepakistani]

Actually 70% of total world investment for future electric cars was in China alone

Future is electric for cars
It has many advantages, no moving parts except motor and wheels, no lubricants at all, minute maintenance comparative to gasoline cars

China with next few years, in electric Cars would be a giant having biggest battery productivity

 

[Kai Liu]

MG achieved around 20,000 annual sales figure in Thailand:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/SAIC-pushes-into-emerging-markets-with-MG-brand

 

[Kai Liu]

In other ASEAN countries, various Chinese brands such as Zotye, BAIC, MG (British in origin, owned by SAIC), JAC, and BYD etc.have some presence:

 

[Kai Liu]

Part II: Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa
Around 5 years ago, Great Wall Motors was once a major player in the Australian ute (pick-up truck) market, later the sells declined due to some reason, and today, various Chinese brands (LDV, MG, Great Wall+Haval, Foton, etc) sell around 1,500 vehicle per month in Australia, a few hundreds in New Zealand. Notably, Haval sold ~800 per month in South Africa
https://www.caradvice.com.au/753296/vfacts-april-2019-new-car-sales-figures/
https://www.cars.co.za/motoring_news/the-rise-of-haval-local-md-speaks/46711/

 

[Kai Liu]

To be continued

 

[Manidabest]

MG achieved around 20,000 annual sales figure in Thailand:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/SAIC-pushes-into-emerging-markets-with-MG-brand

is it the same brand which went bankcrupt in UK and then Chinese company bought it ??? if yes then the Chinese company has done great job by overhauling the car

 

[kris]

MG achieved around 20,000 annual sales figure in Thailand:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/SAIC-pushes-into-emerging-markets-with-MG-brand

Mg is a British brand now owned by chinese

 

[Kai Liu]

is it the same brand which went bankcrupt in UK and then Chinese company bought it ??? if yes then the Chinese company has done great job by overhauling the car

Nanjing Automobile (later merged with SAIC) acquired MG in 2005.

 

[Kai Liu]

Part III: Latin America
In Brazil, Chery achieved ~1,700 per month sales. In Chile, Chery sold over 8,000 cars and JAC sold over 6,000 in 2018. Along with sales in other countries, Chinese cars have a descend presence in the Latin America.
https://www.marklines.com/en/statistics/flash_sales/salesfig_brazil_2019
https://raycee1234.blogspot.com/2019/01/chile-passenger-car-sales-2018.html

 

[Kai Liu]

Part IV: Middle East
Chinese cars have a fairly strong presence in the Middle East, capturing around 20% of Iranian car market and around 10% of market in Egypt. In other Middle East countries Chinese cars are sold pretty well.
https://bestsellingcarsblog.com/201...se-hold-21-of-market-down-36-imports-down-70/
https://bestsellingcarsblog.com/201...n-renault-shines-byd-returns-in-market-up-44/