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
| Ranking | Sedan | 2024 Sales Volume |
| 1 | BYD Qin Plus | 480,025 |
| 2 | BYD Seagull | 453,593 |
| 3 | Nissan Sylphy | 342,395 |
| 4 | Volkswagen Lavida | 322,933 |
| 5 | SGMW Wuling Hongguang Mini EV | 261,141 |
| 6 | Volkswagen Passat | 246,007 |
| 7 | Volkswagen Sagitar | 241,127 |
| 8 | BYD Qin L | 229,591 |
| 9 | BYD Han | 228,713 |
| 10 | BYD Destroyer 05 | 217,232 |
| 11 | SGMW Wuling Bingo | 210,374 |
| 12 | BYD Seal 06 | 193,631 |
| 13 | Tesla Model 3 | 176,793 |
| 14 | Audi A6L | 176,347 |
| 15 | Volkswagen Magotan | 174,973 |
| 16 | BYD Dolphin | 160,594 |
| 17 | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | 159,700 |
| 18 | Toyota Camry | 158,038 |
| 19 | Geely Preface | 154,783 |
| 20 | Changan Eado | 153,348 |
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
| Ranking | SUV | 2024 Sales Volume |
| 1 | Tesla Model Y | 480,309 |
| 2 | BYD Song Plus | 418,474 |
| 3 | BYD Yuan Plus | 275,223 |
| 4 | BYD Song Pro | 241,598 |
| 5 | Geely Xingyue L | 219,892 |
| 6 | Changan CS75 Plus | 218,353 |
| 7 | Toyota Frontlander | 204,847 |
| 8 | Toyota RAV4 | 193,402 |
| 9 | Aito M7 | 193,342 |
| 10 | Li L6 | 192,257 |
| 11 | Toyota Corolla Cross | 190,992 |
| 12 | Chery Tiggo 8 | 190,114 |
| 13 | Honda CR-V | 182,183 |
| 14 | Volkswagen Tiguan L | 170,679 |
| 15 | Volkswagen Tayron | 164,177 |
| 16 | GAC Aion Y | 156,503 |
| 17 | Aito M9 | 156,051 |
| 18 | Mercedes-Benz GLC | 153,100 |
| 19 | Audi Q5L | 147,224 |
| 20 | BYD Tang | 140,627 |
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.
MPV sales ranking
| Ranking | MPV | 2024 Sales Volume |
| 1 | BYD Denza D9 | 102,951 |
| 2 | Toyota Sienna | 89,450 |
| 3 | Toyota Granvia | 78,687 |
| 4 | GAC Trumpchi M8 | 65,126 |
| 5 | Buick GL8 | 64,688 |
| 6 | Dongfeng Voyah Dreamer | 55,117 |
| 7 | GAC Trumpchi M6 | 50,126 |
| 8 | GAC Trumpchi E8 | 49,163 |
| 9 | Honda Odyssey | 31,980 |
| 10 | SGMW Wuling Jiachen | 26,915 |
| 11 | Buick GL8 PHEV | 23,056 |
| 12 | Zeekr 009 | 22,631 |
| 13 | Xpeng X9 | 21,608 |
| 14 | Honda Elysion | 19,570 |
| 15 | Arcfox Kaola | 19,289 |
| 16 | Dongfeng Forthing Lingzhi | 19,156 |
| 17 | Bestune NAT | 18,717 |
| 18 | SGMW Wuling Zhengcheng | 14,753 |
| 19 | Mercedes-Benz Vito | 14,716 |
| 20 | Volkswagen Viloran | 14,675 |
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.
Source: 315che, Sina Finance
