Top 4 Japanese automakers by Q1 China sales

Up to now, four major Japanese automakers have already released their sales performances in China in the past three months. From the data the reporter summarized as below, Nissan ranked first by both March sales and Q1 sales. Affected by the CR-V engine quality issue, Honda was the only one that suffered losses in both March sales and Q1 sales.

Nissan

Nissan vehicle sales in China rose 2.4% in March from a year earlier to 122,959 vehicles (including imported vehicles), according to the data the company released on April 4.

Among that, the PV sales of Dongfeng Nissan and Dongfeng Venucia in March reached 99,060 units in total, growing 3.4% from a year earlier. Meanwhile, the sales performance of the CV units (including Dongfeng Automobile Co., and Zhengzhou-Nissan) faced a slight year-on-year decline of 0.8% to 20,143 units last month.

For the first three months of the year, China sales volume totaled about 336,131 vehicles for Nissan, up 6.9% from the same period a year ago. The PV sales climbed 7.2% year on year with 283,087 units delivered in the first quarter, while the CV sales reached 44,674 units, increasing 11.4% from a year ago.

Toyota

Toyota Motor’s China sales rose 5.4% in March from a year earlier to about 118,500 vehicles, according to relevant reports.

For the first three months of this year, sales volume totaled about 321,900 vehicles, up 8.7% year on year.

Toyota aims to sell 1.4 million vehicles in China this year, around 9% more than its annual sales in 2017.

Honda

GAC Honda and Dongfeng Honda posted a total delivery of 97,587 vehicles in March, dropping 13% year on year, according to the data released by Honda China on April 3rd. To be specific, GAC Honda reached a delivery volume of 58,950 units last month, edging up 1.9% from a year earlier, while Dongfeng Honda suffered a year-on-year decrease of 28.9% to 38,637 units, mainly curbed by the declining sales of CR-V and CIVIC that involved engine quality issue.

In the first quarter of this year, deliveries of GAC Honda and Dongfeng Honda reached 300,826 units in total, ticking down 2.3% over the previous year. Among that, GAC Honda boasted a year-on-year sales growth of 3.3% to 172,045 units, while Dongfeng Honda delivered 128,781 units during the first three months, falling 8.9% year on year.

Mazda

Mazda China announced on April 3rd that the company sold 23,406 vehicles in China last month, edging down 1.0% from the previous March. Among that, FAW-Mazda faced year-on-year sales decrease of 2.7% to 10,106 units last month, while Changan Mazda handed over 13,300 units with a slight growth of 0.4% over the previous year.

In addition, the company delivered a total of 77,450 vehicles in China in the first quarter of this year, jumping 20.2% year on year, which reached a new high of cumulative sales in China in the first three months. Both FAW-Mazda and Changan Mazda accomplished year-on-year sales growth during the first quarter of 5.0% and 33.5%, with 31,641 units and 45,809 units delivered respectively.