In August, the nationwide SUV sales in China dropped 4.7% to 742,100 units. For the first eight months, a total of around 6.01 million SUVs were handed over, a year-on-year growth of 6.2%, according to the data released by the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA).
China SUV market saw its market share continuously decline month by month from 45% for last December to 42% for this August. Besides, the sales growth has also slowed. From June to August, the monthly sales of SUV market presented year-on-year decrease for 3 consecutive months. There were 3 car models whose August sales exceeded 30,000 units, while the sales of the best-selling SUV model only reached around 26,700 units.
Gasgoo hereby sorted out the top 20 SUV models by August sales. Haval H6 took the championship despite a year-on-year sales drop of 31.8%. The sales of the best-selling SUV model will probably be further promoted in the rest time of the year by the price cut policy announced on September 1.
The August sales of the Hyundai ix35 and the Vision X3 skyrocketed 2646.6% and 2805.5% compared with their relatively small sales volumes for the same period a year ago.
GAC Toyota's Highlander ranked 20th with its August sales jumping 32.4% from a year ago to 9,879 units. Since the Highlander refreshed model hit the market in March, its sales have been standing at over 9,000 units for 5 consecutive months.
