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WikiProject Chinese Cars
A Hongqi CA770, an official state car of China and one of the most iconic Chinese cars
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WikiProject Chinese Cars is dedicated to expanding and creating articles on Chinese automobiles, manufacturers, and the industry itself.

Introduction

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China has an incredibly diverse automotive industry and market– and it's expanding rapidly. There are manufacturers in China as small as new electric vehicle startup companies founded in the past week to corporations which dominate a large percentage in automobile sales and own other large foreign companies. Each manufacturer brings something unique and different too. China has the world's largest automotive industry, but unfortunately, the Western World knows very little of this market. Such a large yet unknown automotive industry that demands expanded and improved coverage on Wikipedia is what WikiProject Chinese Cars is here to work on.

Anybody who has an interest in or has high knowledge about Chinese cars are welcomed here and encouraged to participate in WikiProject Chinese Cars and help contribute to our topic.

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Participants

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If you would like to be a participant in this WikiProject, follow the steps below. 

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User Status Main work Additional projects
WaddlesJP13 Active Creating articles, templates, and categories Adding Chinese cars to disambiguation pages
DestinationFearFan Active Creating articles for car brands Creating redirect pages for car models
Jengtingchen Active Creating articles for car brands and models. Uploading photos of cars. Creating redirect pages for car models
Warren Whyte
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Love Krittaya
Infinty 0 Active Creating articles for car brands and models, updating Chinese car makes sales figures Creating redirect pages for car models
User3204 Active Uploading high quality Chinese car images Replacing low quality Chinese car images
S5A-0043 Active Uploading vehicle images
Kevauto Active Media coverage Replacing low quality images, housekeeping
Needlesballoon Active Expanding/creating articles for car models Cleaning up article formatting, adding sales figures
Andra Febrian Active Contributed to over 5,900 edits in Chinese car articles since 2019 Expanding content, aligning with WikiProject Automobiles / Wikipedia standards
Commandant Quacks-a-lot New Member Nothing...yet.
Opok2021 Active Content, maintenance, and categories Creating redirect pages for car models
RZ2Ø16 New Member Article expansion and creation.

Articles for creation

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Several Chinese automobiles and manufactures do not have Wikipedia articles. You are encouraged to add more items to the list or create any of these pages:

Manufacturers and marques

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Automobiles

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Concept cars

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Other

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Articles created from AFC list

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The following is a list of articles created from the list above:

Manufacturers and marques

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Automobiles

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Concept cars

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Other

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Facts about the Chinese automotive industry and market

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If you would like some further educating and information about the automotive industry and market in China, here are some interesting facts about the topic:

  • The best-selling car of both 2020 and 2021 in China is the Nissan Sylphy, 542,725 sales in 2020[1] and 500,150 sales in 2021.[2]
  • The best-selling car of 2022 in China is the BYD Song Plus[3], 459,424 sales that year. However, Nissan Sylphy still managed to be the second place, with 446,492 sales in 2022.[4]
  • The best-selling car of 2023 in China is the Tesla Model Y, 456,394 sales that year. The second and third places belong to BYD Qin Plus and BYD Song Plus respectively. Nissan Sylphy still managed to be the fourth place.[5][a]
  • The best-selling car of 2024 in China is the Tesla Model Y, 480,309 sales that year. The second place belongs to BYD Qin Plus, with 480,025 sales, just 284 units behide the Model Y.[7] (Tesla launched the new Model Y Juniper in China on January 10, 2025.)
  • The best-selling car of 2025 in China is the Geely Xingyuan, 465,775 sales. The second place is Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, 435,599 sales.
  • The best-selling brand of all time in China is Volkswagen. The company's best year in sales was 2017, with 3,139,120 sales[8]
  • BYD became the best-selling brand of the year 2023 in China, with 2,571,109 sales. Volkswagen still came in the second place, with 2,228,635 sales.[5]
  • China produces the world's largest amount of vehicles, about 28% of all vehicles made. For comparison, the US is in second place, with 12% of all.[9]
  • China's first domestic automaker is First Automotive Works (FAW), which started production of automobiles in 1958. The state-owned manufacturer provides the Chinese government with Hongqi state cars.
  • The most expensive vehicle in China was the Hongqi S9 PHEV, with an asking price of 10 million yuan ($1.45 million)[10]
  • The fastest vehicle in China was the NIO EP9, which was also the fastest electric vehicle in the world
  • The most expensive production electric vehicle in China was the HiPhi X.
  • The cheapest street-legal vehicle in China was the Jiangnan TT (Zotye TT), at only 5,800 yuan ($2,415).[11] The cheapest non street-legal car was the Changli, at only $900.[12]

Table

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10 best-selling cars in China 2025-
Rank Car Sales (2025)[13][b]
1 Geely Xingyuan 465,775
2 Wuling Hongguang Mini EV 435,599
3 Tesla Model Y 425,337
4 Nissan Sylphy 320,000
5 BYD Seagull 310,596
6 BYD Qin Plus DM 276,892
7 Volkswagen Lavida 270,477
8 Xiaomi SU7 258,164
9 Volkswagen Sagitar 255,979
10 Geely Xingyue L 244,068

Notes

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  1. ^ Some sources report that the BYD Song has sold 627,731 units in 2023 in China[6], but, in fact, the Song nameplate consists of several different models.
  2. ^ Dongchedi's ranking is differentiated four kinds of BYD Qin: Qin Plus DM, Qin L DM, Qin Plus EV and Qin L EV. Yiche's ranking is differentiated BYD Qin Plus and BYD Qin L models but not differentiated between the "DM-i" and "EV" powertrain versions. So its top-ten ranking has 387,315 units of BYD Qin Plus and 264,671 units of BYD Qin L are sold in 2025 in China.[14] CleanTechnica's ranking is listed Qin Plus and Qin L like the Yiche's, and also more pro-BYD by combined Song Plus (200,276) and Song Pro (180,661) (but not combined Song L) and said 380,937 units of BYD Song are sold in 2025 in China.[15]

References

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  1. ^ https://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-analysis-2020/
  2. ^ https://carsalesbase.com/china-car-sales-analysis-2021/
  3. ^ https://dealerfloor.co.za/industry-news/2022s-best-selling-vehicles-around-the-world
  4. ^ https://www.focus2move.com/best-selling-cars-models-in-china-2022/
  5. ^ a b https://carnewschina.com/2024/01/12/top-selling-car-brands-in-2023-in-china-byd-surpassed-volkswagen-and-won-the-championship-for-the-first-time/
  6. ^ https://cleantechnica.com/2024/01/31/25-of-new-car-sales-in-china-were-100-electric-in-2023/
  7. ^ https://www.maiche.com/news/detail/3270695_2.html
  8. ^ https://carsalesbase.com/china-volkswagen/
  9. ^ https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets-economy/090616/6-countries-produce-most-cars.asp#1-china
  10. ^ https://carbuzz.com/news/this-is-the-most-expensive-chinese-car-ever-built
  11. ^ http://www.chinamobil.ru/eng/zotye/tt/
  12. ^ https://www.news18.com/news/auto/costing-less-than-an-iphone-11-pro-heres-an-unboxing-of-worlds-cheapest-car-that-costs-rs-70000-2662413.html
  13. ^ "近一年全部车系零售量销量榜_排行榜_懂车帝" [Sales volume ranking of all car models in the past year - Top Rankings - Dongchedi]. Dongchedi (in Chinese). January 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  14. ^ "【易车销量榜】全国2025年零售量销量榜-易车榜-易车" [[Yiche Sales Ranking] National Retail Sales Ranking in 2025 - Yiche Ranking - Yiche]. Yiche (in Chinese). January 2026. Retrieved 2026-01-21.
  15. ^ "(Another) Record Month for EV Sales in China!". CleanTechnica. 2026-01-20. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
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