Total vehicle sales in April -- including cars, buses and trucks -- rose 34.4 percent from a year earlier to 1.56 million units.

The following table captures Chinese passenger car and vehicle sales in April and year-to-date, and by manufacturer (units; percent changes are from a year earlier):

^ Car sales only

* Denotes new entry

~ Please see note

** VW sales include mainland China and Hong Kong

NA: figures not available

 
NOTE:

Ford Motor Co makes Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo and other sedan models in China in a three-way tie-up with Chongqing Changan Automobile Co and Japan's Mazda Motor. 

Beijing Hyundai is a joint venture between Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Corp and Hyundai Motor .

Dongfeng Motor Group makes cars in tie-ups with Honda Motor , Nissan Motor  and PSA Peugeot-Citroen.

Honda also operates two plants in partnership with Guangzhou Automobile in south China making Accord, City, Odyssey and Fit models.

Daimler AG makes Mercedes-Benz models in China in a tie-up with Beijing Automotive Industry Holdings Corp.

Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd is a unit of China's Geely Zhejiang Holdings. The Hong Kong-listed company is China's largest private car manufacturer.

BMW operates a manufacturing venture with Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Ltd  in the northern Chinese city of Shenyang.

Toyota  makes cars in tie-ups with FAW Group and Guangzhou Automobile.