A Snapshot of China's Auto Market, 1H 2012

Between January and June 2012:
- 9.53 million vehicles were produced, up 4.1% year on year
- 7.6 million passenger cars were produced, up 7.9% year on year
- 9.6 million vehicles were sold, up 2.9% year on year
- 7.61 million passenger cars were sold, up 7.1% year on year
- 3.15 million Chinese-branded passenger cars were sold, down 0.2% year on year; representing 41.4% of total sales, down 3 percentage points from a year earlier
- Sales by the top 10 automakers racked up to 8.45 million vehicles, up 4.5% year on year; representing 88% of total sales, up 1.4 percentage points from a year earlier
- 3,167 clean energy-powered vehicles were produced, including 3,021 electric vehicles and 146 hybrid vehicles
- 3,525 clean energy-powered vehicles were sold, including 3,444 electric vehicles and 81 hybrid vehicles
- 487,900 vehicles were exported, up 28% year on year

Source: Chinese Association of Automobile Manufactures