February Sales Of Passenger Cars More Than Half Of Their Own Share Of Japanese Cars Fell

Data show that in February own-brand passengerFebruary Cumulative production and sales respectively,
cars were sold 477.4 thousand, accounting for 50.63%compared with a year earlier, up 92% and 84%. "Zhu
of total passenger cars sold In addition, affected byYiping, analysts say.
the recall, only the Japanese cars sold 186.2 thousand,    Zhu Yiping, said in February and below 1.6-liter
accounting for slipped to 19.76 percent.passenger car market share increased. 2010, the first
    China news agency quoted the Beijing Newstwo months of such models continue to perform well
reported March 10 that China Association ofin the passenger-car market share increased 2
Automobile Manufacturers yesterday released inpercentage points to 72%. One 1.6-liter displacement
February of foreign national automobile production andand below the proportion of sedan cars accounted for
sales data, February auto production and sales have70%, one percentage point higher than last year.
more than 1.2 million, and continued higher since 2009    Small-displacement car market soared, the own
growth. However, the vast majority of growth modelsbrand market share increased gradually. Statistics
into the emergence of two or more ring than the fall. Inshow that in February, passenger car brands were
addition, Japanese cars affected by the recall a timesold 477.4 thousand, accounting for 50.63% of total
when sales of own-brand passenger cars accountedpassenger cars sold. Among them, own-brand vehicles
for more than half.were sold 202.2 thousand, accounting for 32.45% of
    Statistics show that in February of thetotal car sales, Japanese, German Department, the
respective national automobile sales 1.2062 million andU.S. Department followed.
1.2115 million, respectively, over the previous month    In the Toyota, Honda, Suzuki and Nissan cars
decreased by 25% and 27% over the same periodhave recently diurnal frequency of depression, "recalls
last year were up 49% and 46% respectively. Thegate" incident, the statistics show that Japanese car
completion of production and sales of car models,market share in China, a decline compared with 2009.
most models of chain growth rate down, and drop intoAccording to China's Automobile Association statistics,
the above were two.in 2009 Japanese-brand passenger cars in China, sold
    Assistant secretary-general of steam, said Zhu2.1966 million, accounting for 21.26% of the total sales
Yiping, due to the impact of Chinese New Year holidayvolume of passenger cars, while in February only
in January and the high base of automotive sales,Japanese cars sold 186.2 thousand, accounting for
automotive production and marketing chain drop is a19.76% down to . January-February of the accounting
normal phenomenon.for 19.33%, lower than its own brand.
    "We still can determine vehicle production and    Deputy Secretary-General of China
sales situation continues to maintain a goodAssociation of Automobile Manufacturers Xiong
development momentum, the ground of February autoChuan-lin that because China's independent brand
production and sales more than 2009 Clear degreesvehicles in the future there will be growth, and thus
average; reason for second vehicle production andJapanese cars is difficult to maintain the existing
sales in February compared with same period lastmarket share.
year show high growth state, from January to