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2024 best-selling sedan, SUV, and MPV ranking in China

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Jan 20, 2025 12:40 AM CET
Dong Yi Chen

In 2024, China’s domestic passenger car sales volume was 22.608 million units, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%. Specifically, the sales volume of Chinese brand passenger vehicles was 17.97 million units, a year-on-year increase of 23.1%. The sales volume of domestically produced high-end brand passenger vehicles was 4.738 million units, a year-on-year increase of 2.3%.

Let’s take a closer look below at the best-selling vehicles by type.

Sedan and hatchback sales ranking

RankingSedan2024 Sales Volume
1BYD Qin Plus480,025
2BYD Seagull453,593
3Nissan Sylphy342,395
4Volkswagen Lavida322,933
5SGMW Wuling Hongguang Mini EV261,141
6Volkswagen Passat246,007
7Volkswagen Sagitar241,127
8BYD Qin L229,591
9BYD Han228,713
10BYD Destroyer 05217,232
11SGMW Wuling Bingo210,374
12BYD Seal 06193,631
13Tesla Model 3176,793
14Audi A6L176,347
15Volkswagen Magotan174,973
16BYD Dolphin160,594
17Mercedes-Benz C-Class159,700
18Toyota Camry158,038
19Geely Preface154,783
20Changan Eado153,348

The BYD Qin Plus ranked first with 480,025 units sold for the entire year, a year-on-year increase of 10.6%, that’s an average monthly sales of 40,000 units; of which 304,388 units were sold for the PHEV variant and 175,637 units for the EV variant. Besides being the best-selling sedan in 2024, the BYD Qin Plus is also the overall second best-selling vehicle in China, just behind the Tesla Model Y.

SUV sales ranking

RankingSUV2024 Sales Volume
1Tesla Model Y480,309
2BYD Song Plus418,474
3BYD Yuan Plus275,223
4BYD Song Pro241,598
5Geely Xingyue L219,892
6Changan CS75 Plus218,353
7Toyota Frontlander204,847
8Toyota RAV4193,402
9Aito M7193,342
10Li L6192,257
11Toyota Corolla Cross190,992
12Chery Tiggo 8190,114
13Honda CR-V182,183
14Volkswagen Tiguan L170,679
15Volkswagen Tayron164,177
16GAC Aion Y156,503
17Aito M9156,051
18Mercedes-Benz GLC153,100
19Audi Q5L147,224
20BYD Tang140,627

The Tesla Model Y topped the list with a sales volume of 480,309 units in China. Followed closely behind was the BYD Song Plus, with sales of 418,474 units. The Aito M7 and Li L6 also made it into the top ten. As Aito’s first model on the top 10 list, the M7 sold 193,342 units.

New Aito M7

MPV sales ranking

RankingMPV2024 Sales Volume
1BYD Denza D9102,951
2Toyota Sienna89,450
3Toyota Granvia78,687
4GAC Trumpchi M865,126
5Buick GL864,688
6Dongfeng Voyah Dreamer55,117
7GAC Trumpchi M650,126
8GAC Trumpchi E8 49,163
9Honda Odyssey31,980
10SGMW Wuling Jiachen26,915
11Buick GL8 PHEV23,056
12Zeekr 00922,631
13Xpeng X921,608
14Honda Elysion19,570
15Arcfox Kaola19,289
16Dongfeng Forthing Lingzhi19,156
17Bestune NAT18,717
18SGMW Wuling Zhengcheng14,753
19Mercedes-Benz Vito14,716
20Volkswagen Viloran14,675

The 2024 domestic MPV retail sales in China were 1.088 million units, a slight increase of 0.4% year-on-year, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). In particular, the BYD Denza D9 has been the MPV sales champion for two consecutive years.

BYD Denza D9 EV variant.

Source: 315che, Sina Finance

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