Continued strong growth of China's car market in January, with sales soaring 84 percent last year, which significantly increased the mini-van, said the China Association of cars on Friday.
Rao Da, the association of the Secretary-General said that a total of 1218722 cars, SUV, minivans and trucks sold last month, an increase of 84.2 percent over the previous year and 5.1 percent in December.
The sales increase is mainly due to the minivan segment, which rose 88.9 percent on year to 44.4 percent, due to the previous month. This was mainly the result of subsidies on trade-ins, and introduced tax cuts in the stimulus package the government.
Thank you for Minivan sales growth, based in Chongqing Chang'an Suzuki announced his excellent performance on the market during the past month, with sales of 198,400 units, up 123 percent over the previous year and 82 percent in December.
GM mini commercial vehicle joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling, the largest manufacturer of mini-van of China reported a year for sales growth this year from 59.6 percent in January, with sales of 119,969 units.
Rao predicted that sales of cars could increase by 50 percent in February from a year earlier. And in the first quarter, said it was conservative assessment that more than 900,000 cars in China during the same period last year sold.
It also predicted that China will have a total of 17 million vehicle sales this year by 25 percent over the previous year. Last year, sales of passenger cars in China rose 52.9 percent to 10.3 million, as the industry saw total sales of 13.6 million vehicles, a record 46 percent last year, place across the United States for the biggest company in the world - the market for the first time.
