In July 2008, the Buick GL8 rules the roost again, 8 years after it was launched in China. The GL8 was refined in 2005, and continues to sell very well, carving its own niche in the premium business MPV market. Poor sales from the Dongfeng-Citroen Picasso are quite shocking, the same for the Kia Carnival.





MPV’s with more than 5 seats are not overly popular for family use, as Chinese families are usually a nuclear family. Most 7 seater and up MPV’s are used for business use. Recently VW and Ford introduced 5 seater versions of their MPV’s, to encourage uptake, as cars with more than 5 seats have to pay double road tax.