Market Analysis on Luxurious Coaches in the First Quarter of 2012Ⅰ

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Part one: General Sales Analysis on the Market of Luxurious Coach Valuing above ￥ 0.9 Million in the First Quarter of 2008~2012

1. In the first quarter of 2008~2012, the sales volume of the luxurious coaches valuing above ￥0.9 million in each price segments show below:

Table One: Statistics of the luxurious coaches in various price segments in the first quarter of 2008~2012

 Chart One: Statistics of the luxurious coaches in various price segments in the first quarter of 2008~2012
　

2. General sales volume of the luxurious coaches valuing above ￥ 0.9 Million in the first quarter of 2008~2012

Table Two: Sales statistics of the luxurious coaches valuing above ￥0.9 million in the first quarter of 2008~2012
 

  Chart Two: Sales statistics of the luxurious coaches valuing above ￥0.9 million in the first quarter of 2008~2012
 

From the above data, it is seen that

In the first quarter of 2012, the year-on-year growth of luxurious coaches valuing above ￥0.9 million is 3.75%, but it is nearly 4.3% less than the year-on-year growth rate that of in 2011, which is 8.1%. It shows that the sales of the luxurious coaches increase, but the growth rate decreases.

There are three main reasons that influence the sales of the luxurious coaches:

(1) In 2011, under the state policy stimulation, the sale volume of luxurious coaches was good so the radix number is big for the sales volume of 2012.
　　

(2) The 2012 national monetary policy is still unclear for the bus industry, which impacts the luxurious coach sales volume in 2012.
　

In recent years, the slaes of the new energy buses is one of the direct reasons that contributes to the sales of the luxurious coaches. However, in the first quarter of 2012, the sales of the new energy bus is not too good nor too bad, so the sales of the luxurious coaches is similar to such situation.