Article Summary

• New pas­sen­ger car and com­mer­cial vehi­cle sales hit 1.62 mil­lion in China in Sep­tem­ber, down from 1.65 mil­lion a year ago
• Much of the drop came from Japan­ese automak­ers see­ing sales collapse
• GM, Ford, Volk­swa­gen, Honda, and Daim­ler are build­ing vehi­cles in part­ner­ship with Chi­nese automakers