In February, the sales and production of passenger cars enjoyed a growth comparing with the same period of last year, driven by the high-speed growth of SUV and MPV. This month, the production and sales were 1,412,800 and 1,396,700 units respectively, down 28.3% and 31.5% than that of last month, but up 5.5% and 6.4% year on year.
        For the first two months, the production and sales of passenger cars reached 3,382,900 and 3,434,700 units respectively, up 10.9% and 8.7% year on year. As for the passenger cars by type, comparing with the same period of last year, SUV and MPV continued a high-speed growth, of which the production and sales of SUV were up 45% and 46.2%, and such figures for MPV were up 22.8% and 17.5%. The growth rates of the production and sales of cars were 2.6% and 0.2%. However, the production and sales of crossed passenger cars decreased by 15.8% and 18%.