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Car sales surged in the United States last year, the auto industry is back in the dark days of the recession, but vehicles June 15 million copies sold in America last year still lags behind China, which in 2013 would become the first country to sell more than 20 million euros.
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said sales 2013 figures are up 14 percent compared to the 2012 data and a new report from IHS Automotive expects sales of passenger vehicles in the PRC continue to increase in 2014, that global and domestic automakers vying for the lucrative domestic market.
According to IHS, sedan saw the biggest volume growth in China last year, reaching 7 3 million units, representing nearly 47 percent of the market of the nation's passenger vehicles.
The best-selling passenger car in China last year was the Ford Focus F, with sales of nearly 403,000 units, up 36 2 percent year on year The next best-selling model was the Volkswagen lavida, followed by Buick Excels produced General Motors GM.
But Volkswagen claims the title of the first brand in China by sales volume last year IHS said the German automaker sold nearly 2 4 million units in China in 2013, up 16 9 percent ago Hyundai South Korea was next year of sales, followed by Japanese automakers Toyota and Nissan TM, with GM fifth.
And automakers expect even more growth The China Briefing website that focuses on business information in the People's Republic reports that the ownership of the car is relatively low in China, with about 120 million cars in a country of 1 to 4 billion people, less than 100 cars per 1,000 people.
Compare that to the U S which according to some estimates, about 800 vehicles for 1000, although other reports say that the number is actually much higher.
For those working in the automotive industry, the only country in which they must know where sales are still strong is China, Hubertus Troska, chairman of Daimler China, told China Information.
IHS Automotive said international automakers are creating models specifically for the Chinese market and Japanese companies such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan HMC make a concentrated push to capture more of the Chinese automotive market by developing their brands and increase market penetration.
Despite this pressure, there may be one thing that can kill Chinese consumers new love affair with cars - more and more of the nation problem of air pollution.
In recent years cars have become so popular that they evolve from the symbols of the good life aspirations to a daily necessity, Shanghai Daily editor Wan Lixin wrote in a recent column published by the news agency Xinhua state .
But Wan also criticized recent attempts by Chinese officials to downplay auto emissions growth crisis of pollution of China's air.
Given the importance of China to major automakers and Chinese dependence on cars, he added, any proposal to discourage car use, if the addressed everything must be sweetened with tact to do freedom from bad feelings.
This latest attempt whitewashing cars came at a time of degradation of the wholesale environment, particularly overwhelming as omnipresent smog, Wan continued There is a crying need for rapid and collective action to address the issue .
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