This article is republished in full from the Parking World (magazine) newsletter with the kind permission of Parking World.
So where will these cars park? Monthly sales jumped nearly 80% year-on-year to 923,154 units in October 2009. China Passenger Association reported that in the first 10 months of 2009, sales of cars, sports-utility vehicles, minivans and multi-purpose vehicles surged nearly 52.4% over the same period last year, to nearly 8.08 million units. The association predicts full-year auto sales will grow by 44% (over last year) to 13.5 million, which would make China the world’s largest auto market in 2009.
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You can also read more about the growth in China passenger vehicle sales at the People’s Daily Online, in an article entitled China’s passenger vehicle sales continue to grow in October.