China In May 2010: Finally, The Official Word

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

I know you are tired of China sales numbers. Just for the record: The final, official tally of all passenger vehicles sold in China in May stands at 1.04m units, up 26 percent from last year, says the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) via Gasgoo. The CAAM has the last word. Total vehicle sales hit 1.44m units, up 28.8 percent, says the Straits Times. With these numbers, we declare the TTAC patent-pending Growth-o-Meter as broken. Wuling’s lousy may numbers did it in. As a make-good, another round of the very best of Chinese traffic accidents. In color!


Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Robert.Walter Robert.Walter on Jun 09, 2010

    Talk about driver ineptitude! Guess we now know the reason behind those incredible sales growth numbers... BTW, my favorite one is the very last one!

  • Mtypex Mtypex on Jun 09, 2010

    China has lots of freeways, right? Let's see some high-speed chases and crashes. I'm seeing a big market for COPS: High-Speed Chases in China!

  • Jacksonbart Jacksonbart on Jun 10, 2010

    So where these videos taken just after the bars let out?

  • Chinaman Chinaman on Jun 11, 2010

    the title of the video is in Japanese, it says traffic accident video collection in Chinese schools. From the look the intersection it does look like roads in side schools. Not school zone but schools. so those are private road. Other then that it didn't specify where. from the trees you can tell its not from the south, cause its like tropics there.

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