Car sales up by 24% in first three quarters

Passenger vehicle sales in China rose by almost 24 percent in the first three quarters, mainly driven by strong demand for sedans, an industry association said yesterday.

January-September sales of domestically made passenger vehicles - sedans, multipurpose vehicles (MPVs), sports-utility vehicles (SUVs) and microvans - reached 4.58 million units, up 23.84 percent from a year ago, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

Meanwhile, sedan sales shot up by 25.76 percent to 3.44 million units.