September sales of Chinese brands' A0-class cars dropped 5.1 percent year-on-year to 50,670 units, and their market share was up by 1.3 percentage points to 35.8 percent.

Chang'an led the segment among the Chinese brands by the sales of 10,541 units, up 64.2 percent year-on-year. Tianjin-FAW and Geely took the second and third places with the sales of 10,102 and 6,511 units, down 29 percent and 36.4 percent, respectively.

In the first nine months of this year, Chinese brand sales in the segment reached 456,048 units, up 8.4 percent, and their market share was up by 3.5 percentage points to 36.6 percent compared to the same period of last year.

Tianjin-FAW ranked No.1 by the sales of 95,800 units in the segment, with a decline of 25.6 percent.

Sales of top 10 A0-class car models of Chinese brands in Sep. 2013 (in units)