In June, the production and sales of passenger cars were 1,599,000 and 1,564,100 units respectively, down 3.1% and 1.7% than that of last month, but up 17.4% and 11.5% year on year, generally running well.
        For the first half, the production and sales of passenger cars reached 9,708,500 and 9,633,800 units respectively, up 12.1% and 11.2% year on year.
        As for the first half by type, SUV and MPV significantly increased, both exceeding 30%, of which the production and sales of SUV were up 37.4% and 37.1%, and such figures for MPV were even up 58.6% and 55.4%. While the growth rates of the production and sales of cars remained low, only 5.9% and 5.3% respectively.
        What’s worse, the production and sales of crossed passenger cars decreased by 15.5% and 16.2%.