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l China produced 9.34 million automobiles in 2008
Top Five Auto Manufacturers in 2008
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Output (2008) |
Output (2007) |
Growth (y.o.y.) |
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Shanghai Automobile Industry Corp. (SAIC Group) |
1,721,600 |
1,561,200 |
10.27% |
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China First Automobile Works Group Corp. (FAW Group) |
1,504,000 |
1,464,900 |
2.67% |
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Dongfeng Motor Corp. |
1,320,400 |
1,154,900 |
14.33% |
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Chana Auto Co. Ltd. |
855,600 |
877,700 |
-2.52% |
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Beijing Automobile Works Co. Ltd. |
771,800 |
706,400 |
9.26% |
Auto Manufacturers With Core Business Revenue Surpassing 100 billion yuan ($14.6 billion)
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Year |
Number |
Company |
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2003 |
1 |
FAW |
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2004 |
2 |
FAW, SAIC |
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2005 |
3 |
FAW, SAIC, Dongfeng |
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2008 |
4 |
FAW, SAIC, Dongfeng, Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group Co. Ltd. |
● In the first five months of this year, the total output of Chinese auto manufacturers reached 4.84 million, rising 11.1 percent year on year. A total of 4.96 million autos were sold in China, growing 14.29 percent in the first five months year on year.
--China sold 3.66 million passenger autos in the first five months, surging 21.2 percent compared with the same period last year, including:
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Sales |
Growth (y.o.y.) |
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Sedan |
2,603,500 |
16.54% |
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Multi-purpose vehicle |
83,700 |
-10.25% |
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Sport utility vehicle |
198,400 |
10.73% |
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Crossover |
775,300 |
50.78% |
--In the first five months, a total of 1.32 million commercial vehicles were produced and 1.3 million were sold in China, which rose 0.62 percent and dropped 1.56 percent respectively.
(Source: China Association of Automobile Manufacturers)
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