Read auto news from USA and spot the difference: China is taking the lead in autosales from US.
SHANGHAI (AP) -- Chinese auto sales surged 25 percent in February from a year earlier, as a tax cut for small cars and other measures helped revive the market, an industry group said Wednesday.
February's sales totaled 827,600 units, up 12 percent from the 735,000 sold in January, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a report posted on its Web site.
That's the second month in a row that Chinese vehicle sales beat U.S. sales, which totaled 688,909 cars and trucks in February. In January, Chinese monthly auto sales overtook those in the U.S. for the first time -- largely because of a plunge in American car sales.
Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp., a partner of both General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen AG, led the market with 169,500 vehicles sold in February, followed by FAW Group, with 114,100 units sold, the industry group said.
Passenger cars accounted for 607,300 of the vehicles sold.
Production in February totaled 807,900 units, up about 23 percent from the year before, it said.
China slashed the sales tax on small-engine passenger cars earlier this year, seeking to boost sales of fuel-efficient vehicles, especially in the countryside. It is also rolling out a program to subsidize car purchases by farmers.
"The forecast is that the situation in March will be even better than February," the state-run newspaper Shanghai Securities News quoted Xiong Chuanlin, a senior association official, as saying.
However, despite the apparent rebound in China's own auto market, a slump in demand is crimping sales overseas: exports in January fell 33.5 percent from a year earlier, to $2.66 billion, the group said.
The impact was most severe for domestic-brand cars, with January exports falling 64 percent from a year earlier to 16,300 units, it said.
Imports of vehicles also took a hit amid the deepening economic downturn, falling 20.3 percent from a year earlier in January to $1.73 billion, it said.
February's sales totaled 827,600 units, up 12 percent from the 735,000 sold in January, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a report posted on its Web site.
That's the second month in a row that Chinese vehicle sales beat U.S. sales, which totaled 688,909 cars and trucks in February. In January, Chinese monthly auto sales overtook those in the U.S. for the first time -- largely because of a plunge in American car sales.
Shanghai-based SAIC Motor Corp., a partner of both General Motors Corp. and Volkswagen AG, led the market with 169,500 vehicles sold in February, followed by FAW Group, with 114,100 units sold, the industry group said.
Passenger cars accounted for 607,300 of the vehicles sold.
Production in February totaled 807,900 units, up about 23 percent from the year before, it said.
China slashed the sales tax on small-engine passenger cars earlier this year, seeking to boost sales of fuel-efficient vehicles, especially in the countryside. It is also rolling out a program to subsidize car purchases by farmers.
"The forecast is that the situation in March will be even better than February," the state-run newspaper Shanghai Securities News quoted Xiong Chuanlin, a senior association official, as saying.
However, despite the apparent rebound in China's own auto market, a slump in demand is crimping sales overseas: exports in January fell 33.5 percent from a year earlier, to $2.66 billion, the group said.
The impact was most severe for domestic-brand cars, with January exports falling 64 percent from a year earlier to 16,300 units, it said.
Imports of vehicles also took a hit amid the deepening economic downturn, falling 20.3 percent from a year earlier in January to $1.73 billion, it said.
What about TATA Motors? TTM?
ReplyDeletedo you have opinion there?
Do they have an Electric car as well? for me it is more like Zinc/Lead play CZX.v , once they started mainstream production.
ReplyDeleteTata is India(n) car manifactures
ReplyDeletethey own commersial Daewo (means all Daewo except passenger cars), they own Jaguar, they own Land Rover. :)
They have compressed air car (whatever this is), they work on electric car, and they have 50% from some Norwegian electric car company.
http://www.panasianbiz.com/2008/12/20-things-i-know-about-tata-motors/
The thing I like most is their small car with price $2,500.00 USD - Tata Nano.
However... as long as I know Chinese buys mostly big cars - SUV and limos. It is interesting if we can find statistics what kind of cars Chinese buy/like to buy.