Chinese buyers not big fans of American luxury cars
 

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The automotive market in <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/china">China</a> is expanding, and it's doing so quickly. Chinese car shoppers helped the industry grow 33 percent in 2010. Luxury automakers enjoyed even more prosperity with a 75-percent increase in sales. So what brand catches the eye of a Chinese consumer looking to put some luxurious wheels in his driveway? Not American ones, apparently.<br />
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<a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/germany">Germany</a> has a strong hold on the Chinese luxury market. Nine of the top ten luxury vehicles sold in 2010 to a Chinese buyer were German. <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/lexus">Lexus</a> somehow snuck on the list, but there is nary an American automaker in site. In fact, <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/cadillac">Cadillac</a>, which saw a 139 percent sales increase last year, sold 17,000 vehicles there in 2010. <a href="http://autoblog.com/make/audi">Audi</a>, by comparison, sold <em>115,353</em> <a href="http://autoblog.com/tag/audi+a6l">A6L</a> sedans alone.<br />
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Now, that 115k+ performance is quite ahead of the rest of the pack. However, even the 10th-best-selling luxury model in China's 2010 buying market (<a href="http://autoblog.com/model/3+series">BMW 3 Series</a>) sold over 12,000 units. Audi also saw success with its <a href="http://autoblog.com/model/a4">A4</a>, which placed second in sales by moving 58,466 examples.<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/18/chinese-buyers-not-big-fans-of-american-luxury-cars/">Chinese buyers not big fans of American luxury cars</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Wed, 18 May 2011 09:58:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/18/chinese-buyers-not-big-fans-of-american-luxury-cars/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19943210/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/05/18/chinese-buyers-not-big-fans-of-american-luxury-cars/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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