China Auto Market

That's up from 12.79 percent in January and 13.82 percent a year earlier.

Retail sales of sedans in February were 499,699 units, SUVs 550,984 units and MPVs 52,811 units.

German brands came in second with a 21.26 percent share in February, while Japanese brands came in third with a 14.37 percent share.

Local brands' share in December was lower than the 55.29 percent recorded in November and higher than the 48.79 percent recorded in the same month last year.

Retail sales in December were 1,101,944 units for sedans, 1,162,284 units for SUVs and 99,973 units for MPVs.

That's up from 12.86 percent in November and 12.06 percent a year earlier.

Retail sales of sedans in November totaled 981,055 units, SUVs 1,011,585 units and MPVs 86,661 units.

This was up from 12.69 percent in October but down from 14.78 percent a year earlier.

Local brands' share in November was slightly lower than October's 55.54 percent and higher than the 53.37 percent recorded in the same month last year.

That's down from 13.83 percent in September while up from 10.97 percent a year earlier.