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All four major Japanese carmakers reported sales in China in February, with Toyota alone growing and the other three falling. It is worth noting that Toyota continues to be the leader of Japanese car companies, with sales higher than Honda and Nissan, while the decline in Mazda further widened.

Some car companies have seen a decline in sales, as well as a low sales base, affected by the Spring Festival holiday and the overall car market downturn.

In February, Toyota sold 80,000 vehicles in China, up 3.3 per cent from the same period last year, the only Japanese car company to achieve proportional growth, while Toyota overtook Honda and Nissan for two consecutive months to become the leader in Japanese new car sales in China.

Toyota Camry sold 24900 vehicles from January to February, up 30% from a year earlier, including 17400 in January and 7500 in February. Toyota luxury brand Lexus sold 10379 vehicles in February, up 4.4% from a year earlier, of which 3523 gas-electric hybrid models were sold.

Toyota will also launch new cars such as Carola / Leiling, RAV4 Rongfang and domestic Asian Dragons this year.

Nissan sold 76745 vehicles in China in February, down 1.8 per cent from a year earlier. Of this total, sales of Dongfeng Nissan passenger cars (Nissan and Qichen) fell 3.4 per cent to 66386.

In terms of specific models, Xuanyi delivered 25240 new cars, Qijun sold 12491, and Xiaoke sold 7827. Nissan China said that Nissan's sales in China are still growing steadily due to the traditional off-season Chinese New year holiday and the overall decline in the auto industry. Nissan expects sales to boost in the second half of the year.

Honda sold 75907 vehicles in China in February, down 1.5 per cent from a year earlier. Among them, GAC Honda terminal sales totaled 40508, down 4.2% from the same period last year, while Dongfeng Honda terminal sales of 35399 vehicles, up 1.8% from the same period last year.

In terms of models, there are only more than 10,000 Civic and Accord models, of which Civic sales are 11805. In addition, CR-V terminal sales are only 8704, Feido 9035 and Lingpai 7511.

This year, Honda will have a number of model changes to the market, including the new Civic, the new colorful wisdom, etc., and will launch a new SUV, which is expected to be the CR-V version.

Mazda is the worst, with sales falling for 10 months in a row! Mazda released sales figures for the Chinese market, showing that monthly sales in February were 11544, down 42.5% from a year earlier. The two major sales channels were FAW Mazda with 5037 units and Changan Mazda with 6507 units.

Mazda China believes that "due to the Lunar New year holiday, sales activities are limited to late February, and did not restore sales momentum as soon as possible after the festival, so the February sales results are very grim." The market situation after March is still very difficult. "

There are fewer days of sales in February, and during the Spring Festival holiday, the sales base of car companies will also be relatively reduced, while China's auto market environment is still in a downward trend, and most car companies are expected to see a decline in sales.

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