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In the first 11 months of this year, ten registered pickup brands recorded 131,020 in sales, up 199.9 percent from the same period last year.

Great Wall Motors (43,300 sales) topped pickup sales during the period, accounting for 33.1 percent of China's pickup market.

The second and third pickup makers in terms of sales and market shares were Jiangling Motors Co Ltd (21,900 sales, 16.7 percent) and Zhengzhou Nissan Automobile Co Ltd (19,900 sales, 15.2 percent).

Following two were Hebei Zhongxing Automobile Co Ltd (18,426 sales) and Beiqi Foton Motor Co Ltd (11,447 sales), comprising 14.1 and 8.7 percent respectively of the market.

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The full text is available in the December Issue of AutoChina.

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