In September 2016, automobile production and sales maintained rapid growth, among which the growth rate of passenger vehicles was significantly faster than that of commercial vehicles. From January to September, the production and sales of automobiles maintained steady growth. Compared with January to August, the growth rate continued to increase.

1. Car sales in September increased by 26.1% year-on-year

In September, automobile production was 2.531 million, a month-on-month increase of 26.8% and a year-on-year increase of 32.8%; sales were 2.564 million, a month-on-month increase of 23.5% and a year-on-year increase of 26.1%.

From January to September, the production and sales of automobiles were 19.422 million and 19.360 million, a year-on-year increase of 13.3% and 13.2%, an increase of 2.4 percentage points and 1.7 percentage points from January to August respectively.

(1) Passenger car sales in September increased by 28.9% year-on-year

In September, the production and sales of passenger cars were 2.232 million and 2.268 million respectively, with production and sales up 29.1% and 26.0% respectively from the previous month; compared with the same period of the previous year, production and sales increased by 36.8% and 28.9%, respectively, with a rapid growth year-on-year. , 4.0 and 2.8 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of automobiles. Sales of sedans were 1.119 million units, a year-on-year increase of 17.1%; SUV sales were 879,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 54.2%; MPV sales were 222,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 37.3%; crossover passenger car sales were 49,000 units, a year-on-year decrease of 32.4%.

From January to September, a total of 16.752 million passenger cars were sold, a year-on-year increase of 14.8%, an increase of 1.9 percentage points from January to August. Among them, 8.441 million sedans were sold, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%; 5.999 million SUVs were sold, a year-on-year increase of 45.9%; 1.749 million MPVs were sold, a year-on-year increase of 22.9%;

Rapid growth of passenger cars of 1.1.6 liters and below

According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, the sales of passenger cars of 1.6 liters and below reached 1.634 million units in September, a year-on-year increase of 42.2%, which was 13.3 percentage points higher than the overall growth rate of passenger cars. Passenger cars of 1.6 liters and below accounted for passenger car sales. The proportion is 72.1%. From January to September, 12.035 million passenger cars of 1.6 liters and below were sold, an increase of 22.1% over the same period, accounting for 71.8% of passenger car sales, an increase of 4.1 percentage points over the same period last year.

2. The market share of Chinese brand passenger vehicles continues to increase

According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in September, Chinese brand passenger vehicles sold 975,000 units, a month-on-month increase of 33.5% and a year-on-year increase of 39.1%, accounting for 42.7% of the total passenger vehicle sales, with an increase of 2.4 units from the previous month. percentage point.

From January to September, the sales of Chinese brand passenger vehicles totaled 7.072 million units, an increase of 18.7% year-on-year, accounting for 42.2% of the total passenger vehicle sales, and the share increased by 1.4 percentage points over the same period of the previous year. Among them, the sales volume of sedans was 1.572 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 8.1%, and the market share was 18.6%, a decrease of 2.2 percentage points from the same period of the previous year; the sales volume of SUVs was 3.373 million units, a year-on-year increase of 56.6%, and the market share was 56.2%, an increase of 3.8 percentage points from the same period of the previous year. ; MPV sales were 1.565 million units, a year-on-year increase of 25.4%, with a market share of 89.5%, a year-on-year increase of 1.8 percentage points.

(2) Commercial vehicle sales in September increased by 8.1% year-on-year

In September, the production and sales of commercial vehicles were 299,000 and 296,000, up 11.7% and 7.3% month-on-month, and 9.3% and 8.1% year-on-year.

From January to September, the production and sales of commercial vehicles reached 2.604 million and 2.608 million respectively, an increase of 4.8% and 4.0% respectively compared with the same period of the previous year. In terms of production and sales by model, the production and sales of passenger cars decreased by 7.7% and 8.8% respectively compared with the same period of the previous year; the production and sales of trucks increased by 7.3% and 6.5% respectively compared with the same period of the previous year.

2. Sales of new energy vehicles in September increased by 43.8% year-on-year

According to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, 43,000 new energy vehicles were produced and 44,000 were sold in September, up 25.7% and 43.8% year-on-year respectively. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles completed 34,000 and 35,000 units, an increase of 31.6% and 63.1% year-on-year, respectively; the production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles completed 8,000 and 9,000 units respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 6.3% in production and a decrease of 2.1% in sales. %.

From January to September, 302,000 new energy vehicles were produced and 289,000 were sold, an increase of 93.0% and 100.6% respectively over the same period of the previous year. Among them, the production and sales of pure electric vehicles were 229,000 and 216,000 respectively, an increase of 118.1% and 128.4% over the same period of the previous year; the production and sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles were 73,000, an increase of 41.7% and 47.2% over the same period of the previous year. %.