China has an incredibly diverse automotive industry and market– and it's expanding rapidly. There are manufacturers in China as small as new electric vehiclestartup companies founded in the past week to corporations which dominate a large percentage in automobile sales and own other large foreign companies. Each manufacturer brings something unique and different too. China has the world's largest automotive industry, but unfortunately, the Western World knows very little of this market. Such a large yet unknown automotive industry that demands expanded and improved coverage on Wikipedia is what WikiProject Chinese Cars is here to work on.
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Facts about the Chinese automotive industry and market[edit]
If you would like some further educating and information about the automotive industry and market in China, here are some interesting facts about the topic:
The best-selling car of both 2020 and 2021 in China is the Nissan Sylphy, 542,725 sales in 2020[1] and 500,150 sales in 2021.[2]
The best-selling car of 2022 in China is the BYD Song Plus[3], 459,424 sales that year. However, Nissan Sylphy still managed to be the second place, with 446,492 sales in 2022.[4]
The best-selling car of 2023 in China is the Tesla Model Y, 456,394 sales that year. The second and third places belong to BYD Qin Plus and BYD Song Plus respectively. Nissan Sylphy still managed to be the fourth place.[5] (Some sources report that the BYD Song has sold 627,731 units in 2023 in China[6], but, in fact, the Song nameplate consists of several different models.)
The best-selling brand of all time in China is Volkswagen. The company's best year in sales was 2017, with 3,139,120 sales[7]
BYD became the best-selling brand of the year 2023 in China, with 2,571,109 sales. Volkswagen still came in the second place, with 2,228,635 sales.[5]
China produces the world's largest amount of vehicles, about 28% of all vehicles made. For comparison, the US is in second place, with 12% of all.[8]