In January, the highest ten record noticed a major change. The champions of each the sedan/hatchback and SUV markets modified arms, each had been claimed by a Geely mannequin. BYD, which has dominated the record for a few years, solely had one mannequin within the prime ten of the sedan/hatchback and SUV gross sales rankings final month. Let’s take a better look beneath.
For reference, China offered 1.794 million passenger autos in retails final month, a year-on-year lower of 12.1% and a month-on-month lower of 31.9%.
Sedan/hatchback rating
| Rating | Sedan/hatchback | January gross sales |
| 1 | Geely Geome Xingyuan | 28,146 |
| 2 | Volkswagen Sagitar | 25,745 |
| 3 | Volkswagen Passat | 25,411 |
| 4 | Wuling Hongguang Mini EV | 24,924 |
| 5 | Nissan Sylphy | 23,959 |
| 6 | Volkswagen Lavida | 23,863 |
| 7 | Geely Preface | 23,294 |
| 8 | Xiaomi SU7 | 22,897 |
| 9 | Audi A6L | 19,710 |
| 10 | BYD Seagull | 18,171 |
The sedan/hatchback market was topped by the Geely Geome Xingyuan with 28,146 models offered. Since its launch, the Xingyuan was marketed as “on the value of the BYD Seagull however on the stage of the BYD Dolphin”. Quite the opposite, BYD solely has the Seagull that made it into the highest ten record.
SUV Rating
| Rating | SUV | January gross sales |
| 1 | Geely Xingyue L | 29,434 |
| 2 | Tesla Mannequin Y | 25,694 |
| 3 | Changan CS75 Plus | 23,493 |
| 4 | Geely Boyue L | 21,839 |
| 5 | Geely Galaxy Starship 7 EM-i | 20,328 |
| 6 | Chery Tiggo 8 | 19,949 |
| 7 | Toyota Frontlander | 17,242 |
| 8 | Volkswagen Tiguan L | 16,865 |
| 9 | Honda CR-V | 16,076 |
| 10 | BYD Track Professional DM | 15,698 |
Within the SUV section, the spotlight was the Geely Xingyue L taking the top-selling SUV spot for the primary time with a gross sales quantity of almost 30,000 models, up 6.8% from the earlier month. The Xingyue L’s earlier excessive was third. The Tesla Mannequin Y got here in second, which was down 58.5% from December. It was the best-selling SUV for 11 months final yr and solely ranked third even in its worst month.
MPV Rating
| Rating | MPV | January gross sales |
| 1 | BYD Denza D9 DM | 9,525 |
| 2 | Toyota Sienna | 6,786 |
| 3 | Buick GL8 | 5,980 |
| 4 | Voyah Dreamer PHEV | 5,796 |
| 5 | Wuling Zhengcheng | 5,424 |
| 6 | Toyota Granvia | 5,195 |
| 7 | GAC Trumpchi M8 | 4,991 |
| 8 | BYD Xia | 2,794 |
| 9 | Arcfox Kaola | 2,431 |
| 10 | Wuling Kaijie Victory | 2,333 |
The BYD Denza D9 DM was the best-selling SUV, with 9,525 models offered, up 1.2% from the earlier month. The automotive was ranked within the prime three each month within the first three quarters of 2024 along with the Toyota Sienna and Buick GL8. In China, these three fashions are referred to as the “Three Musketeers of Nanny Vehicles”. Alternatively, the Toyota Sienna, though in second place, its gross sales quantity was down 9.1% from the earlier month. The Buick GL8 had a fair bigger lower, down 32.7% month-on-month.
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