June: sales and production growth

　　　In June no matter the passenger cars and commercial vehicles, or the overall automobile market, the increase in sales and production growth rate both declined to the lowest in the first half of the year.

　　The total sales and production of the automobile market in June were no more than 1.3 million units, even double-digit decline in output compared with May, and n increase of no more than 13% compared with the same period last year.

　　June 1

　　Description: New Teana V6 engine sales exceeded 30 million.

　　Early June, Nissan announced that cumulative sales of the new Teana V6 engine exceeded 30 million units, another new record in China automobile market. It is worth mentioning that 2010 has become the lucky year of the new Teana. In 2010l, not only the sales of Teana across the country has been soaring all the way, it also beat two old rivals Camry and Accord to be the national monthly sales championship over the second half of this year.

　　Comments: Teana is the best demonstration of “Nissan technology” in China. As Nissan’s flagship model, it can be said a culmination of those Nissan technologies. And the most powerful is the Nissan VQ series V6 engine that has been the only one that has won the title of the “World Top Ten engines” in succeeded 14 years to date. The success of the new Teana not only represents the overall victory of V6 engine in high-class car market in the country, but also indicates that domestic automobile consumers are paying more and more emphasis on hard power and technologies of the manufacturers.

　　June 2

　　Description: new plant of BMW Brilliance laid a foundation and the BMW are speeding up development in China market.

　　The eye-catching new plant of BMW Brilliance Automotive Co., Ltd. officially started construction. With a total investment of over 5 billion Yuan, the second phase projects of BMW Brilliance started fully. According to the overall planning, this world-class facility will build stamping, welding, painting and assembly four processes, as well as engine plant and a large logistics center, testing center for large vehicles and other ancillary facilities. The construction of the new plant will follow a phased implementation strategy of overall planning. The production will begin in 2012 and the capacity can reach 100, 000 units after the first phase of construction. At a later stage, the new plant will continue to be built, and the targeted capacity is 300,000 units.

　　Comments: In the past 7 years, BMW Brilliance has been developing quite rapidly, with a total production of over 170,000 BMW 3 Series and 5 Series cars. In the first four months of 2010, BMW Brilliance continued to maintain high growth by an increase of more than 30%. Through the steadily increasing capacity and the factory building, BMW Brilliance is forming profound power to meet the even greater success.

　　June 5

　　Description:

　　Honda Accord became champion in both sales and registration.

　　According to the released sales data of the first half of this year, the cumulative sales and registration of Honda Accord reached 82,651 from January to June, the highest in B-class car market, which fatherly strengthened its King’s identity in the luxury cars Market.

　　Since the eighth generation Accord was listed in the market in January 2008, its sales exceeded 170,000 for two consecutive years, and became the first senior car brand to have achieved a total of sales 1 million units. The current eighth generation Accord has four core strengths, namely, i-VTEC engine technology, golden combination of front and rear suspension, VGR variable-ratio steering, as well as G-CON full range of security technologies, among which the i-VTEC engine is the most representative, which made Accord the most fuel-efficient among the same level models and achieved the perfect performance of power and fuel-efficiency.

　　Comments:

　　From 2009 to the present, Accord has maintained the champion of B-class car market in terms of both sales and registration. Its 3 years or 100,000 km warranty service also led to the development of the automobile industry. Beside, Accord’s million users has become the industry benchmark.

　　June 22

　　Description: one millionth KIA car went off the assembly line.

    In the assembly shop of KIA second plant, as one Forte FURUIDI slowly exiting from the OK line, the number on the big screen finally set at 1000000, KIA ushered in the historic moment that its first millionth car went off the assembly line. Principal leaders of Yancheng municipal government and municipal party committee, the China Youth Foundation, high-level shareholders of the corporation, distributors, supporting business and the media i representatives gathered in Yancheng gather to witness this historic moment. In the following signing ceremony of aiding primary schools, Dongfeng KIA announced to invest 12 million Yuan in China Youth Development Foundation to build 30 primary schools in the next three years.

　　Comments:

　　From the first Maxima vehicle in 2002 till the first millionth Furui Di Forte presently, Dongfeng KIA has been developing really rapidly. Till now, another “million club” member showed up and the KIA has entered a new era.

　　June 22

　　Description:

　　New Prado was listed.

　　The launch ceremony of FAW Toyota Prado was held in Beijing. The all-new domestically made Prado has a displacement of 4.0L and consists of TX, TX-L, TX-L NAVI, VX, VX NAVI five levels, priced 538,000, 578,000, 618,000, 638,000, 698,000, each model has five body colors. At the same time, LAND CRUISER owners club 2010 “ challenge the limits •cherish natural treasure” has officially started.

　　Comments:

　　Developing from world-renowned Toyota LAND CRUISER, Prado is a global strategic model of Toyota Motor Corporation and is selling quite well in more than 170 countries and regions. The new Prado has a surging power, superior passing ability, good handling and ride comfort and high-level security, which is called “the high-performance SUV”. The supply of new Prado has been always short due to excellent quality.

　　June 23

　　Description:

　　Buick Hideo GT was listed in the auto market.

　　Buick Hideo GT is the sedan version of Hideo XT. However, with different market orientation, their appearances are different in such as the headlight shape and light-colored interior, which is more biased in favor of stable home style. The model is equipped with a 1.6-liter naturally aspirated; 1.6T turbocharged and naturally aspirated 1.8-liter engines, as well as 5-speed manual and 6-speed manual gearboxes. The GM “OnStar full-time assistant” system also can be found in this model.

　　Comments: The listing of Hideo GT means that the formal completion of Buick layout in A-level car market, echoing the regal and LaCrosse. During the last two years, the regal and LaCrosse has achieved great success. The coming of Hideo will add another choice for consumers.

　　June

　　Description: sales of POLO ranked in first place among A0-class hatchback car market. During the first half of 2010, in the A0-class hatchback car market, POLO sales took first place. Good things always come in pairs. At the same time, with excellent performance, POLO Sporty also won the championship at the 2010 CTCC arena. The team consisted of Wang Rui, Han Han, Gao Huayang and Li Yonghan wa s unprecedented powerful. In the Tianma in Arpil and Chengdu, when the POLO driven by Wang Rui crossed the finish line firstly, the audience cheers were only for the racing driver, but also the quality of POLO.

　　Comments:

　　Brand needs sedimentation while quality needs test. POLO also came across depression for a long time, but eventually wins the favorable comment of the market.

　　(Translator: Yalong/Jessie)

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