On September 10, the China Automobile Dealers Association released the results of the “Auto Dealer Inventory” survey for August 2026: The comprehensive inventory coefficient for auto dealers in August was 1.58, up 6.8% from the previous month and 20.6% from the previous year. Although the car market showed some restoration in August, the terminal demand base is still unstable, dealer inventory pressure is rising, and the industry as a whole is still in the process of bottoming out and adjusting. According to data from the Passenger Federation Branch of the China Automobile Dealers Association, the national passenger car market retailed 1,541 thousand vehicles in August. According to this estimate, the total inventory of car dealers at the end of August was about 2.44 million vehicles, and the overall inventory scale of the channel increased slightly compared to the end of July.

On September 10, the China Automobile Dealers Association released the results of the “Auto Dealer Inventory” survey for August 2026: The comprehensive inventory coefficient for auto dealers in August was 1.58, up 6.8% from the previous month and 20.6% from the previous year. Although the car market showed some restoration in August, the terminal demand base is still unstable, dealer inventory pressure is rising, and the industry as a whole is still in the process of bottoming out and adjusting. According to data from the Passenger Federation Branch of the China Automobile Dealers Association, the national passenger car market retailed 1,541 thousand vehicles in August. According to this estimate, the total inventory of car dealers at the end of August was about 2.44 million vehicles, and the overall inventory scale of the channel increased slightly compared to the end of July.