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I translated column headers into english, but since I do not speak chinese, some may be incorrectly translated.
Coverage
Earliest car included is from 1985, but number of cars get significant only after 2000s.
Is also well known that automotive market in China boomed recently. Each calendar year in which a car was produced is a separate row in database.
History
Over years several people asked me if I can make a database of chinese cars, but I never been able to find an english car website from China. In June 2019 an Indian company asked me to create databases for over 10 countries, for China we didn’t found any english website, and customer said that is OK with chinese language. We choose to extract data from https://cs.xiangauto.com (254 makes, 1341 models, 30319 versions, as 22 June 2019).
Only 6 people purchased this database by 2022 when first customer asked for an update, but I found only ~13000 models, I don’t know if they removed half cars compared with 2019 or I did something wrong, but didn’t spent any further time on this project and never published any update. As 2024 xiangauto.com no longer display car specifications so is impossible to update this database anymore.
If anyone know a Chinese car specs website (preferably in English) I will create a new distinct database.
Do you have a more up to date version? 2019 is a long time ago
I think this is a valuable lesson in assessing the market potential and sustainability of a data source before starting a project.
With AI technology has made it more easier to get information…
Here are some websites that provide Chinese car specifications (often in English or bilingual):
✅ Good Sites to Try
Site What it offers / strengths
AutoCango Multilingual database of Chinese car specs, export-oriented.
AutoCango
+1
ChinaMobil.ru (English) Catalog of Chinese cars with specs (SUVs, EVs, etc.)
chinamobil.ru
Automobile-Catalog Global car specs database which also includes Chinese models
Automobile Catalog
Auto-Data.net Broad technical specs coverage (many brands, many markets)
Auto Data
China EV Database (CarNewsChina) Focused on Chinese electric vehicles, with detailed specs & sales data
Data.CarNewsChina.com
Chinamobil.ru English version Chinese cars catalogue in English
chinamobil.ru
Very detailed and informative database, great resource for researching Chinese car models and specifications.
yes, great post