China overtakes U.S. as world’s biggest auto market for first half of 2009
Posted on 09. Jul, 2009 by admin in Buick, China
America’s days as the world’s biggest auto market are coming to an end, with China for the first time ever overtaking the U.S. in vehicle sales for the first of 2009. On the back of strong sales in the month of June, which itself was up 36.5%, China’s total vehicle sales for the first half of the year rose to 6.1 million, up 17.7% from a year earlier despite the harsh economic conditions.
That easily outpaced the U.S., where vehicle sales in the same period plunged to 4.8 million units.
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