According to data from Yiche, BYD was the third best-selling brand in the world in July of this year. The data shows that BYD sold nearly half as many cars as first-placed Toyota and was just over 30,000 behind second-placed Volkswagen. Despite ranking so highly in July, so far this year, from January to July, BYD is in eighth place in the sales rankings. It should be emphasized that the results are for the brand rather than the group.

BYD sold 315,600 cars in July compared to Toyota’s 651,200 and Volkswagen’s 346,200. No other Chinese brand managed to get within the top 10, however, Chery managed to get eighteenth position with sales of 71,100 and Geely twentieth place with sales of 63,800.

1	Toyota	651,200
2	Volkswagen	346,200
3	BYD	315,600
4	Honda	280,800
5	Ford	265,400
6	Hyundai	245,900
7	Suzuki	228,400
8	Nissan	218,300
9	Kia	199,000
10	Chevrolet	198,600
11	Mercedes Benz	139,700
12	BMW	139,400
13	Tesla	112,400
14	Audi	111,000
15	Mazda	94,200
16	Fiat	72,600
17	Subaru	72,200
18	Chery	71,100
19	Jeep	64,100
20	Geely	63,800

However, the picture regarding sales for the year so far was significantly different. Despite its strong showing in July, BYD only managed to clinch eighth place from January to July, based on sales of 1,714,100. Sales for Geely were significantly lower, at 577,700, with the brand managing eighteenth place overall. Once again, Toyota and Volkswagen were in first and second place, respectively, but Honda came in third for the year so far.

1	Toyota	4,594,000
2	Volkswagen	2,613,600
3	Honda	2,078,200
4	Ford	2,037,300
5	Hyundai	1,879,900
6	Suzuki	1,770,500
7	Nissan	1,721,700
8	BYD	1,714,100
9	Kia	1,484,000
10	Chevrolet	1,407,800
11	BMW	1,133,400
12	Mercedes Benz	1,068,400
13	Tesla	915,100
14	Audi	882,500
15	Renault	719,000
16	Mazda	665,700
17	Fiat	635,100
18	Geely	577,700
19	Jeep	538,100
20	Peugeot	533,600

Editor’s note:

Chinese car sales are usually more concentrated in the second half of the year, and it will be interesting to see whether the overall rankings of Chinese brands will increase by December. This data, however, shows that despite the strength of the Chinese car market, it is still relatively fragmented and that bar BYD, there is yet to be a brand that can really register on the world stage. If Chinese cars really are going to dominate the world market then we ought to be seeing at least one or two other brands in the top ten in addition to BYD.

Source: Fast Technology