2020 China Auto Sales Figures – By Brand (Brand Rankings)

2020 Chinese Automotive Sales by Brand – The Best-Selling Automotive Brands By Sales Volume

As opposed to other markets like Europe and the US, the Chinese car market recovered quickly from COVID-related lockdowns. After an 81.7% drop in February and an 48.8% decline in March, April was down just 5.2% and from then on the market was back into the black, with the year-on-year gains growing every month until the 10.9% gain in November before dropping slightly to +6.2% in Decemer, which was the biggest month of the year in absolute terms. Because of the first quarter declines, Chinese car sales drop 6.7% in 2020 to 19.7 million. That makes it the third consecutive year of declines and the first time since 2014 that fewer than 20 million cars were sold in China.

Crossovers and SUVs are up 5.1% to reach a new record share of 47% of the Chinese passenger car market, less than half a percentage point below sedans, which were down 6.7% in 2020 to 47.4% share. At this rate, crossovers and SUVs may outsell sedans in 2021 for the first time ever. MPVs are down 22.7% to the lowest share since 2012 at of 5.6%.