Shanghai (ZXZC)- According to data released by the China Passenger Car Association, Lavida was the best seller among all models from German brands in December. It reached a sales volume of 45,554 units last month, increasing 21.32% year on year, while slightly falling 4.21% month on month. The second best-selling model was Sagitar that reached a December sales volume of 29,946 units with a year-on-year growth of 19.09% and a month-on-month increase of 2.78%.

Bora and Magotan ranked third and fourth among German models in December 2017 with sales volumes of 22,458 units and 20,343 units respectively. Both of them witnessed a year-on-year sales growth and a month-on-month sales increase.

Among the top 10 German models, New Santana (ranking 5th), Jetta (ranking 7th) and Passat (ranking 9th) all suffered year-on-year and month-on-month sales drops in December. Especially New Santana, its December sales were 16,932 units, slumping 42.11% from a year earlier and dropping 37.21% compared with November.

Although just ranking 8th in sales, Benz C Class saw an impressive sales growth of 46.43% from the previous year to 12,489 units. This is the first time for  Benz C Class to enter top 10 list of German models.