Volkswagen turned to be the best-selling brand in China since its sales volume greatly exceeded others.
The year 2020 was a depressing and heavy year. The automobile industry in the world has been suffered from unprecedented challenges because of the epidemic. However, the automobile market in China still kept a healthy development with the struggle of all parties, including policy stimulation, manufacturers, merchants and consumers.
According to the information publicized by the CPCA, 19.288 million cars were sold in the entire 2020 with the year-on-year reduction of 6.8%, but it was still better than the year-on-year reduction of 7.3% in 2019.
Let’s come to the main point. We should have a look at the best-selling brands in 2020 in the mind of consumers. Who were they?
The Mercedes-Benz occupied the top of the best-selling brands in the Chinese luxury car market in 2020 with its unique branding value, comfort and good handling.
The Audi is the first luxury car brand to enter China. It has been called “China’s No.1 luxury brand” with the features of social cognition, industrial standard and consumption value orientation.
The performance of the Haval in 2020 should be so outstanding. The H6 of the brand has been called the “Best-Selling Cars” in the SUV market, and it has won the annual sales champion of SUV for 8 consecutive years.
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Seen from the model in 2020, the Changan CS series became the sales representative. The CS75 of 2021 had been the popular model of Changan since its launch on the market.
The development of the Buick is stable in 2020. It could achieve a year-on-year increase of 6.3% although it could not get higher than one million.
Geely is the leader of a Chinese self-owned brand, and the annual sales target of 2020 was fully completed. It has been ranked first in the sales of Chinese brand passenger cars for four consecutive years.
The daily sales of Nissan in 2020 were 1.13 million units with excellent overall performance. The Sylphy is the top type of brand that occupied the top position of sedan sales list each month.
The sales data officially publicized by Toyota was 1.54 million. In 2020, Toyota had a good performance in sales with the accelerating input of the TNGA type.
Honda had a good sales performance in 2020, and Accord, CR-V and Civic reached annual sales of 200 thousand.
Volkswagen kept the first one with a performance of more than 2.6 million in 2020. Volkswagen turned to be the best-selling brand in China since its sales volume greatly exceeded others. 40% global delivery volume of the entire Volkswagen Group was contributed by the Chinese market.
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| Rank | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|
| #1 |  Volkswagen |
Germany |
| #2 |  Toyota |
Japan |
| #3 |  Stellantis |
Netherlands |
| #4 |  Mercedes-Benz Group |
Germany |
| #5 |  Ford Motor |
United States |
| Rank | Company | Country |
|---|---|---|
| #1 |  Michelin |
France |
| #2 |  Bridgestone |
Japan |
| #3 |  Continental |
Germany |
| #4 |  Goodyear |
United States |
| #5 |  Sumitomo |
Japan |
