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17-07-2007
China's
major pickup producers sold 84,755 units in
the first half of this year, with domestically-owned
brands accounting for nearly 80 percent of the
total sales, sources with the China Association
of Automobile Manufacturers said on Tuesday.
Great
Wall, Zhongxing and Zhengzhou-Nissan were the
top three sellers, the CAAM sources added.
Between
January and June, 25,016 Great Wall pickup were
sold, or 29.5 percent of the total sales. They
were followed by Zhongxing pickup with sales
of 14,287, or 16.9 percent of the total, and
by Zhongzhou-Nissan pickup with sales of 13,033,
or 15.4 percent of the total.
In
a related development, the sources said China's
total vehicle sales amounted to 4.37 million
in the six-month period, a growth of 23.3 percent
on the same period of last year.
Last
year China became the world's second largest
market for new vehicles after the United States,
with annual sales at 7.22 million.
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