In August, the production and sales of passenger cars were 1,481,000 and 1,468,200 units respectively, up 0.6% and 8.1% than that of last month, and up 6.7% and 8.5% year on year. The yearly increase rates fell obviously comparing with last month.
        For the first eight months, the production and sales of passenger cars reached 12,661,800 and 12,459,500 units respectively, up 11.6% and 10.7% year on year.
        As for the first eight months by type, SUV and MPV significantly increased, both exceeding 30%, of which the production and sales of SUV were up 35% and 34.5%, and such figures for MPV were even up 58.7% and 54.1%. While the growth rates of the production and sales of cars remained low, only 5.3% and 4.5% respectively. What’s worse, the production and sales of crossed passenger cars decreased by 15.5% and 14.3%.