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HONG KONG \u2014 Major German carmakers saw sharp quarterly sales declines in China as domestic demand weakened and competition heated up in the world\u2019s biggest auto market.<\/p>\n

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At Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche, China sales for the April-June quarter plummeted between 30% and 41% compared with the same period a year ago, according to company data released over the past week.<\/p>\n

For the first half of this year, they all reported a more than 20% year-on-year drop in China. The falling China sales have squeezed their overall profits and in some cases offset gains from other regions.<\/p>\n

This also comes at a time when these legacy German carmakers are faced with intensified competition from Chinese automakers outside of China, including in Europe, as leading Chinese brands like BYD make inroads overseas.<\/p>\n

The latest quarterly sales declines were some of the steepest seen for the German automakers in China, said Lei Xing, an independent auto analyst.<\/p>\n

Volkswagen group, for example, saw deliveries in China down 36.6% during the quarter to 424,300 vehicles, which dragged down its global sales to a 8.6% decline, even as deliveries increased in Europe and the Americas.<\/p>\n

The Wolfsburg, Germany-based auto group, which has been betting big on the Chinese market, said it would be slashing its model lineup by up to half after the latest sales declines.<\/p>\n

China\u2019s prolonged property sector downturn and an economic slowdown have hurt consumer sentiment, with more people shunning big-ticket purchases. Strong competition in its domestic car market and a yearslong fierce price war have also hit many European carmakers, with drivers opting for affordable Chinese car brands.<\/p>\n

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Porsche, part of the Volkswagen group, called China\u2019s market environment \u201cchallenging\u201d in a statement, while Mercedes-Benz said China is facing \u201ca significantly weaker overall market and macroeconomic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n

China\u2019s passenger car sales at home fell 24% in the first half of this year to nearly 8.3 million, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, an industry group.<\/p>\n

Consultancy AlixPartners expects sales of light vehicles, including passenger cars, in China will likely fall about 10% for the whole of this year.<\/p>\n

As Chinese car brands become increasingly preferable in China, \u201cforeign automakers are going to have to fight for every share of (the) market,\u201d Stephen Dyer, Asia-Pacific leader of the automotive practice at AlixPartners, said at a news briefing last month.<\/p>\n

German auto groups remain much stronger in making internal combustion engine vehicles, such as gasoline cars, than electric vehicles, said Chris Liu, with the research and advisory group Omdia, at a time when EVs sales in China are doing better than conventional fuel vehicles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe German automakers are bearing most of the brunt,\u201d said Xing, the independent analyst.<\/p>\n

Chinese carmakers also have a competitive edge over foreign automakers as they typically update their model lineup a lot more frequently than their rivals, Dyer added.<\/p>\n

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