China is the largest auto market in the world. Through November this year auto sales is up 34% compares to 2009. The list of China’s top 10 automakers by sales as of November 2009 and their relative market share is shown below:

RANKING AUTOMAKERS     JAN-NOV SALES  MKT SHR (PCT) VS  2009

 1. SAIC Motor (600104.SS) 3.27 mln        19.9     vs  19.8 (1)

 2. Dongfeng Motor         2.47 mln        15.1     vs  13.9 (3)

 3. FAW Group              2.33 mln        14.2     vs  14.3 (2)

 4. Changan Auto           2.16 mln        13.2     vs  13.7 (4)

 5. Beijing Auto           1.36 mln         8.3     vs   9.1 (5)

 6. Guangzhou Auto         0.66 mln         4.0     vs   4.5 (6)

 7. Chery Automobile       0.61 mln         3.7     vs   3.7 (7)

 8. Brilliance Auto        0.47 mln         2.9     vs   2.6 (9)

 9. BYD (1211.HK)          0.47 mln         2.9     vs   3.3 (8)

10. Jianghui Auto          0.43 mln         2.6     vs    --

Source: Reuters

None of the automakers noted above trade on the organized U.S. exchanges. BYD Co trades on the OTC market with the ticker BYDDY.

The top auto makers in China and India can be found here.

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