Acura Suffers Massive Blow In World’s Biggest Car Market

Acura entered the Chinese market in 2016 in cooperation with Guangqi (GAC), one of Honda’s key Chinese partners. Despite being one of the largest car markets in the world, Acura’s best sales figures, posted in 2019, were a paltry 14,701 vehicles. That figure declined to 6,554 units in 2021. GAC Acura sells the CDX and CDX Sport Hybrid, as well as the RDX. Acura joins a long list of manufacturers that have failed to successfully penetrate the Chinese market, including Citroen’s luxury DS brand and Nissan’s luxury arm, Infiniti. Honda’s premier offering, the NSX, also failed to impress Chinese buyers.