China's automobile sales witnessed sharpest monthly decline in the past seven years in September. 9月份，我国汽车月销量创下7年来最大降幅。 China's automobile sales dropped 11.6% year-on-year to 2.39 million in September and the cumulative sales from January to September were 16.18 million with just 0.6% increase year-on-year, according to data from China Association of Automobile Manufactures. 根据中国汽车工业协会的数据，9月，我国汽车销量为239万辆，同比下跌11.6%；1-9月的汽车累计销量为1618万辆，同比增幅仅为0.6%。 Statistics show domestic automobile industry experienced 4% year-on-year negative growth in July, continued to decline 3.8% year-on-year in August and posted the double-digit fall in September. 统计数据显示，7月，国内汽车行业经历了同比4%的负增长，8月跌势延续，跌幅同比达3.8%，9月则出现了两位数跌幅。
All the top 10 automobile companies saw sales slump in September, except Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the company whose sales increased 14.3% to 122,114. 9月，除浙江吉利集团外的10大车企销量均出现下滑。当月，浙江吉利的汽车销量增长14.3%至122114辆。 Sales of FAW-Volkswagen, SAIC Volkswagen and SAIC-GM, the top three automobile companies with a combined 27.3 percent market share in China, fell 5.4 percent, 8.6 percent and 18.4 percent, respectively, on a yearly basis in September. 一汽大众、上汽大众和上汽通用是中国车企前三名，占据了27.3%的市场份额。这三家企业的汽车销量在9月份同比分别下降5.4%、8.6%和18.4%。 Automobile industry has witnessed continuous growth in 26 consecutive years since 1992 and the last sharpest monthly drop occurred in January 2012 with 26.4% decline. 自1992年以来，汽车行业已连续增长26年，上一次汽车月销量大跌出现在2012年1月，跌幅达26.4%。