China Best Selling Cars Ranking in 2024 sees the BYD SONG moving up 2 spots to take 1st, followed by the BYD Qin PLUS in 2nd and the Tesla Model Y in 3rd. The BYD Seagull climbed 13 spots into 4th while the Volkswagen Passat rose 9 spots into 10th.
As reported in a dedicated post on the Chinese Market, the year began positively for the world’s largest auto market and it kept growing during the first nine months of the year in YTD figures (+1.7%). After a decline in year-on-year volumes during late Q3, sales rebounded in September and mantained the positive momentum throughout Q4 and up to November, when sales grew 11.5%.
Considering cumulative data up to November 2024, the best-selling model was the BYD Song -up 2 spot- from Chinese manufacturer BYD, which secured the top spot with 509,735 sales (+47.4%).
The BYD Qin Plus ranked in 2nd with 439,316 sales (+11.8%), followed by the Tesla Model Y -down 2 spots- in 3rd with 418,428 sales (+5.6%). The BYD Seagull -up 13 spots- made a surprising leap to 4th place with 404,839 cumulative registrations (+104.2%).
The Nissan Sylphy -down 1 spot- ranked 5th with 305,123 (-7.5%), ahead of the Volkswagen Lavida -down 1 spot- with 283,326 (-7.7%), the Toyota Corolla -down 1 spot- with 269,281 (-9.3%) and the BYD Yuan Plus -down 1 spot- with 252,175 (-9.6%)
Wuling Hongguang Mini EV -up 3 spots- ranked in 9th with 223,394 registrations (+5%) followed in 10th place by the Volkswagen Passat -up 9 spots- with 222,014 (+25.4%).
Tables with sales figures
In the tables below we report sales for the top 100 Models
