Toyota - Sliding reputation brings a meagre harvest

Although Toyota performed relatively well in first tier cities where it ranked fourth after Buick, Audi and VW in our recent survey, it had slipped to joint sixth with Honda in second tier cities, and joint ninth with Mazda in third tier cities, where only 3% of respondents said they planned to buy the brand.

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• Forbidden City

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• The Big Call

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• Consumer China

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  BMW - Taking the high road

  Geely - Stalling after a strong 1H, though new launch "Vision" shows promise

  BYD - Taking a breather but still strong in lower tier cities

  SAIC Motor - Thriving through joint ventures with VW and GM

• In Depth

  Trust companies - A benign or malignant part of China's financial architecture?

• The Best of Chinese Commentators

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  Loose liquidity or tight supply?

• Funds Data

  Flows to China hold up despite inflation fears

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