Full CPCA rankings: Top-selling models and automakers in China in Mar

This article shares the CPCA's rankings of the best-selling models and car companies in China for March.

The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on April 11 the top selling models and car companies in China in March, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry.

CnEVPost highlighted the Nio ET5 and Tesla's Model Y on these lists in yesterday's articles.

Here are 20 tables that CnEVPost put together based on data from the CPCA, if you wish to know more details about these rankings.

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Automakers with highest retail sales in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Automaker	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY	Share
1	BYD	192,289	103,229	86.3%	12.1%
2	FAW-Volkswagen	146,816	126,133	16.4%	9.2%
3	Changan	93,073	120,437	-22.7%	5.9%
4	Geely	90,175	93,378	-3.4%	5.7%
5	SAIC-Volkswagen	84,019	78,018	7.7%	5.3%
6	Tesla China	76,663	65,754	16.6%	4.8%
7	SAIC-GM	65,021	70,021	-7.1%	4.1%
8	FAW Toyota	62,347	58,239	7.1%	3.9%
9	GAC Toyota	60,626	88,048	-31.1%	3.8%
10	BMW Brilliance	58,320	42,623	36.8%	3.7%
11	Great Wall Motor	50,710	74,071	-31.5%	3.2%
12	Beijing Benz	49,530	45,552	8.7%	3.1%
13	Dongfeng Nissan	49,416	67,821	-27.1%	3.1%
14	SAIC-GM-Wuling	49,199	70,841	-30.6%	3.1%
15	Chery	46,286	45,963	0.7%	2.9%

Automakers with highest retail sales in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Automaker	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY	Share
1	BYD	508,706	287,363	77.0%	11.9%
2	FAW-Volkswagen	368,762	421,852	-12.6%	8.6%
3	Changan	302,898	324,675	-6.7%	7.1%
4	Geely	269,701	294,495	-8.4%	6.3%
5	SAIC-Volkswagen	238,650	295,793	-19.3%	5.6%
6	GAC Toyota	188,768	228,779	-17.5%	4.4%
7	SAIC-GM	173,063	263,063	-34.2%	4.1%
8	BMW Brilliance	164,429	168,707	-2.5%	3.9%
9	FAW Toyota	156,104	159,397	-2.1%	3.7%
10	Dongfeng Nissan	151,753	242,341	-37.4%	3.6%
11	SAIC-GM-Wuling	150,771	216,579	-30.4%	3.5%
12	Beijing Benz	138,742	148,304	-6.4%	3.3%
13	Tesla China	137,429	108,300	26.9%	3.2%
14	Great Wall Motor	127,915	219,478	-41.7%	3.0%
15	Chery	126,555	156,157	-19.0%	3.0%

Automakers with highest retail sales of NEVs in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Automaker	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY	Share
1	BYD	192,289	103,229	86.3%	35.4%
2	Tesla China	76,663	65,754	16.6%	14.1%
3	GAC Aion	40,016	20,317	97.0%	7.4%
4	SAIC-GM-Wuling	27,848	46,791	-40.5%	5.1%
5	Geely	26,923	13,633	97.5%	5.0%
6	Changan	23,779	15,233	56.1%	4.4%
7	Li Auto	20,823	11,034	88.7%	3.8%
8	Nio	10,378	9,985	3.9%	1.9%
9	Great Wall Motor	8,462	14,999	-43.6%	1.6%
10	BAIC Motor	8,135	4,112	97.8%	1.5%
11	BMW Brilliance	7,629	4,133	84.6%	1.4%
12	FAW-Volkswagen	7,394	7,232	2.2%	1.4%
13	SAIC-Volkswagen	7,123	6,543	8.9%	1.3%
14	Xpeng	7,002	15,414	-54.6%	1.3%
15	Neta	6,360	12,026	-47.1%	1.2%

Automakers with highest retail sales of NEVs in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Automaker	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY	Share
1	BYD	508,706	282,686	80.0%	38.8%
2	Tesla China	137,429	108,300	26.9%	10.5%
3	GAC Aion	80,308	44,874	79.0%	6.1%
4	SAIC-GM-Wuling	77,701	105,227	-26.2%	5.9%
5	Changan	60,674	30,645	98.0%	4.6%
6	Geely	59,597	44,735	33.2%	4.5%
7	Li Auto	52,584	31,716	65.8%	4.0%
8	Nio	31,041	25,768	20.5%	2.4%
9	Neta	22,449	30,152	-25.5%	1.7%
10	BMW Brilliance	21,334	12,119	76.0%	1.6%
11	Great Wall Motor	20,936	34,719	-39.7%	1.6%
12	Xpeng	18,230	34,561	-47.3%	1.4%
13	FAW-Volkswagen	16,965	17,674	-4.0%	1.3%
14	Chery	16,125	50,072	-67.8%	1.2%
15	FAW Hongqi	14,571	2,584	463.9%	1.1%

Automakers with highest wholesale sales in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Automaker	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY	Share
1	BYD	206,089	104,338	97.5%	10.4%
2	FAW-Volkswagen	165,484	122,197	35.4%	8.3%
3	Changan	152,426	132,483	15.1%	7.7%
4	Chery	115,699	73,674	57.0%	5.8%
5	Geely	110,300	101,166	9.0%	5.5%
6	Tesla China	88,869	65,814	35.0%	4.5%
7	SAIC Passenger Cars	81,478	61,012	33.5%	4.1%
8	GAC Toyota	81,300	97,006	-16.2%	4.1%
9	SAIC-Volkswagen	81,019	110,018	-26.4%	4.1%
10	Great Wall Motor	70,259	82,475	-14.8%	3.5%
11	GAC Honda	70,110	76,833	-8.8%	3.5%
12	Dongfeng Nissan	63,783	62,335	2.3%	3.2%
13	SAIC-GM	62,800	88,523	-29.1%	3.2%
14	FAW Toyota	61,857	69,957	-11.6%	3.1%
15	BMW Brilliance	61,628	35,723	72.5%	3.1%

Automakers with highest wholesale sales in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Automaker	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY	Share
1	BYD	547,917	289,961	89.0%	10.8%
2	Changan	392,307	360,730	8.8%	7.8%
3	FAW-Volkswagen	382,524	434,073	-11.9%	7.6%
4	Geely	322,453	326,024	-1.1%	6.4%
5	Chery	307,465	209,317	46.9%	6.1%
6	Tesla China	229,322	182,174	25.9%	4.5%
7	SAIC-Volkswagen	226,330	331,229	-31.7%	4.5%
8	GAC Toyota	220,000	247,006	-10.9%	4.4%
9	SAIC Passenger Cars	195,108	191,253	2.0%	3.9%
10	SAIC-GM	185,958	274,536	-32.3%	3.7%
11	BMW Brilliance	172,766	158,368	9.1%	3.4%
12	Great Wall Motor	171,151	240,548	-28.8%	3.4%
13	Dongfeng Nissan	165,620	275,759	-39.9%	3.3%
14	FAW Toyota	153,209	197,327	-22.4%	3.0%
15	Beijing Benz	150,006	142,246	5.5%	3.0%

Top-selling sedans at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	BYD Qin	43,230	24,791	74.4%
2	BYD Dolphin	27,687	10,448	165.0%
3	Aion S	26,392	6,798	288.2%
4	Volkswagen Lavida	24,427	21,331	14.5%
5	Nissan Sylphy	23,170	30,240	-23.4%
6	Wuling Hongguang Mini	23,159	41,980	-44.8%
7	Tesla Model 3	21,726	26,024	-16.5%
8	Honda Accord	20,158	14,855	35.7%
9	Volkswagen Sagitar	17,938	15,148	18.4%
10	Toyota Corolla	16,925	15,474	9.4%
11	Audi A6L	15,614	9,453	65.2%
12	Changan Eado	15,367	20,353	-24.5%
13	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	14,145	9,415	50.2%
14	Geely Emgrand	14,037	16,336	-14.1%
15	BMW 3 Series	13,924	8,519	63.4%

Top-selling sedans at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	BYD Qin	87,955	75,834	16.0%
2	Nissan Sylphy	72,779	108,741	-33.1%
3	Volkswagen Lavida	72,613	93,326	-22.2%
4	Wuling Hongguang Mini	69,842	94,778	-26.3%
5	BYD Dolphin	67,951	29,611	129.5%
6	Volkswagen Sagitar	52,919	55,423	-4.5%
7	Aion S	48,310	17,227	180.4%
8	Honda Accord	47,970	51,578	-7.0%
9	Tesla Model 3	42,782	33,619	27.3%
10	Toyota Corolla	42,415	41,716	1.7%
11	Toyota Camry	40,500	61,696	-34.4%
12	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	40,261	43,195	-6.8%
13	Audi A6L	40,246	30,673	31.2%
14	Geely Emgrand	38,528	49,161	-21.6%
15	BYD Han	37,817	34,401	9.9%

Top-selling high-end sedans at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	Audi A6L	15,614	9,453	65.2%
2	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	14,145	9,415	50.2%
3	BMW 3 Series	13,924	8,519	63.4%
4	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	13,565	12,797	6.0%
5	BMW 5 Series	9,991	12,041	-17.0%
6	Audi A4L	9,394	10,752	-12.6%
7	Nio ET5	6,437	NA	NA
8	Volvo S90	2,679	2358	13.6%
9	Hongqi H9	1,517	1,969	-23.0%
10	Cadillac CT6	905	1,034	-12.5%
High-end models are those with a starting price of more than RMB 300,000.

Top-selling high-end sedans at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	Mercedes-Benz E-Class	40,261	43,195	-6.8%
2	Audi A6L	40,246	30,673	31.2%
3	BMW 3 Series	37,151	43,100	-13.8%
4	BMW 5 Series	35,728	47,485	-24.8%
5	Mercedes-Benz C-Class	31,907	24,986	27.7%
6	Audi A4L	21,272	36956	-42.4%
7	Nio ET5	18,703	NA	NA
8	Volvo S90	7,853	6910	13.6%
9	Hongqi H9	3,479	6,532	-46.7%
10	Jaguar XFL	2,196	1,754	25.2%
High-end models are those with a starting price of more than RMB 300,000.

Top-selling new energy sedans at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	BYD Qin	43,230	24,791	74.4%
2	BYD Dolphin	27,687	10,448	165.0%
3	Aion S	26,392	6,798	288.2%
4	Wuling Hongguang Mini	23,159	41,980	-44.8%
5	Tesla Model 3	21,726	26,024	-16.5%
6	BYD Han	13,834	12337	12.1%
7	Geely Panda Mini	10,550	NA	NA
8	Changan Lumin	10,217	NA	NA
9	Shenlan SL03	8,568	NA	NA
10	BJEV EU Series	8,135	4105	98.2%
11	Nio ET5	6,437	NA	NA
12	GM Velite 6	5,409	3026	78.8%
13	BYD Seal	5,201	NA	NA
14	BYD Destroyer 05	4,136	1476	180.2%
15	Ora Good Cat	3,970	6,316	-37.1%

Top-selling new energy sedans at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	BYD Qin	87,955	75,834	16.0%
2	Wuling Hongguang Mini	69,842	94,778	-26.3%
3	BYD Dolphin	67,951	29,611	129.5%
4	Aion S	48,310	17,227	180.4%
5	Tesla Model 3	42,782	33,619	27.3%
6	BYD Han	37,817	34,401	9.9%
7	Changan Lumin	24,033	NA	NA
8	BYD Seal	19,573	NA	NA
9	Shenlan SL03	18,808	NA	NA
10	Nio ET5	18,703	NA	NA
11	Geely Panda Mini	17,211	NA	NA
12	BYD Destroyer 05	13,752	1,476	831.7%
13	Hongqi E-QM5	12,310	1517	711.5%
14	BJEV EU Series	10,389	6111	70.0%
15	Chery QQ Ice Cream	9,821	28,113	-65.1%

Top-selling SUVs at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	Tesla Model Y	54,937	39,730	38.3%
2	BYD Song	40,114	26,723	50.1%
3	BYD Yuan Plus	27,907	10,017	178.6%
4	Changan CS75	16,796	22,811	-26.4%
5	Haval H6	14,841	19,303	-23.1%
6	Aion Y	13,267	9,501	39.6%
7	BMW X3	12,880	11,231	14.7%
8	BYD Tang	11,954	9,086	31.6%
9	Volkswagen Tayron	11,953	7,036	69.9%
10	BMW X1	11,852	6492	82.6%
11	Toyota RAV4	11,725	14,415	-18.7%
12	Honda CR-V	11,624	16,437	-29.3%
13	Hongqi HS5	11,586	7,632	51.8%
14	Audi Q5L	11,355	10,703	6.1%
15	Geely Boyue L	10,135	NA	NA

Top-selling SUVs at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	BYD Song	141,415	73,704	91.9%
2	Tesla Model Y	94,647	74,681	26.7%
3	BYD Yuan Plus	62,528	16,532	278.2%
4	Changan CS75	51,826	67,230	-22.9%
5	Haval H6	47,993	71,411	-32.8%
6	Geely Boyue L	35,407	NA	NA
7	BMW X3	34,810	39592	-12.1%
8	Honda CR-V	33,314	56,312	-40.8%
9	BYD Tang	32,525	27,959	16.3%
10	Changan CS55	32,406	52,040	-37.7%
11	Aion Y	31,055	18,900	64.3%
12	Hongqi HS5	29,533	33,017	-10.6%
13	Geely Xingyue L	28,561	29,554	-3.4%
14	Toyota RAV4	27,368	38,857	-29.6%
15	Mercedes-Benz GLC	26,576	45,037	-41.0%

Top-selling high-end SUVs at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	BMW X3	12,880	11,231	14.7%
2	Audi Q5L	11,355	10,703	6.1%
3	Mercedes-Benz GLB	7,786	4,369	78.2%
4	Li Auto Li L7	7,702	NA	NA
5	BMW X5	7,245	NA	NA
6	Li Auto L8	6,224	NA	NA
7	Li Auto Li L9	5,831	NA	NA
8	Volvo XC60	4,234	4,122	2.7%
9	Mercedes-Benz GLC	3,451	12,748	-72.9%
10	Volkswagen Teramont	3,438	3,399	1.1%

Top-selling high-end SUVs at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	BMW X3	34,810	39,592	-12.1%
2	Mercedes-Benz GLC	26,576	45,037	-41.0%
3	Audi Q5L	26,236	36,624	-28.4%
4	BMW X5	24,973	NA	NA
5	Li Auto Li L9	21,126	NA	NA
6	Li Auto L8	20,515	NA	NA
7	Mercedes-Benz GLB	16,924	13,906	21.7%
8	Volvo XC60	14,003	12,371	13.2%
9	Volkswagen Teramont	9,383	10,890	-13.8%
10	Li Auto Li L7	7,702	NA	NA

Top-selling new energy SUVs at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	Tesla Model Y	54,937	39,730	38.3%
2	BYD Song	40,114	26,723	50.1%
3	BYD Yuan Plus	27,907	10,017	178.6%
4	Aion Y	13,267	9,501	39.6%
5	BYD Tang	11,954	9,086	31.6%
6	Li Auto Li L7	7,702	NA	NA
7	BYD Frigate 07	6,455	NA	NA
8	Li Auto L8	6,224	NA	NA
9	Smart #1	5,911	NA	NA
10	Li Auto Li L9	5,831	NA	NA
11	Zeekr 001	4,517	1,795	151.6%
12	BMW X3	3,864	2,582	49.7%
13	Leapmotor C11	3,154	4,201	-24.9%
14	Neta U	3,056	3,904	-21.7%
15	Hycan Z03	2,499	1,689	48.0%

Top-selling new energy SUVs at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	BYD Song	141,415	70,199	101.4%
2	Tesla Model Y	94,647	74,681	26.7%
3	BYD Yuan Plus	62,528	16,532	278.2%
4	BYD Tang	32,525	27,959	16.3%
5	Aion Y	31,055	18,900	64.3%
6	Li Auto Li L9	21,126	NA	NA
7	Li Auto L8	20,515	NA	NA
8	BYD Frigate 07	17,927	NA	NA
9	Smart #1	12,697	NA	NA
10	Zeekr 001	12,472	8,241	51.3%
11	Neta V	9,598	18,677	-48.6%
12	BMW X3	8,986	5,785	55.3%
13	Li Auto Li L7	7,702	NA	NA
14	AITO M5	7,322	4,921	48.8%
15	Neta U	7,080	11,475	-38.3%

Top-selling MPVs at retail in China in Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Mar-23	Mar-22	YoY
1	Buick GL8	11,949	7,839	52.4%
2	Wuling Hongguang	10,970	13,726	-20.1%
3	Denza D9	10,398	NA	NA
4	GAC Trumpchi M8	8,420	4,400	91.4%
5	Toyota Sienna	6,232	6,444	-3.3%
6	GAC Trumpchi M6	5,488	3,193	71.9%
7	Honda Elysion	4,820	2,163	122.8%
8	Toyota Granvia	3,732	NA	NA
9	Wuling Jiachen	3,511	NA	NA
10	Dongfeng Fengxing Lingzhi	2,960	5,277	-43.9%
11	Honda Odyssey	2,365	3,793	-37.6%
12	Zeekr 009	2,146	NA	NA
13	JAC Ruifeng	1,929	2,017	-4.4%
14	FAW Bestune NAT	1,926	375	413.6%
15	Buick Century	1,833	NA	NA

Top-selling MPVs at retail in China in Jan-Mar 2023
Ranking	Model	Jan-Mar 2023	Jan-Mar 2022	YoY
1	Wuling Hongguang	34,385	57,636	-40.3%
2	Denza D9	24,161	NA	NA
3	Buick GL8	23,277	32,986	-29.4%
4	GAC Trumpchi M8	19,282	11,410	69.0%
5	Toyota Sienna	18,506	14,893	24.3%
6	Wuling Jiachen	12,064	NA	NA
7	GAC Trumpchi M6	11,740	11,543	1.7%
8	Toyota Granvia	9,967	NA	NA
9	Honda Elysion	9,117	6,951	31.2%
10	Dongfeng Fengxing Lingzhi	7,050	13,676	-48.4%
11	Honda Odyssey	6,157	11,714	-47.4%
12	JAC Ruifeng	5,115	5,623	-9.0%
13	Buick Century	5,037	NA	NA
14	FAW Bestune NAT	3,623	971	273.1%
15	Brilliance Xinyuan Jinhaishi	3,597	1,965	83.1%

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