Chinese car sales reached 7.6% of the European passenger car market in September 2025
- Sales of Chinese cars (excluding Volvo, Lotus, and Smart) reached a new record in Europe 30 (EU + UK + Switzerland + Norway) in September 2025, with a volume of 94,000 cars and a market share of 7.6%. While the market share for the first nine months of the year has remained relatively stable (5.4% compared to 5.3% for the first eight months of the year, with 535,000 sales), it appears that the upward trend in Chinese car sales, which has been steadily increasing since the beginning of 2025, will continue in the coming months. This is largely due to the increased availability of these types of cars on the continent, the improved acceptance of Chinese products by European consumers, the ramp-up of production of the Chery plant in Spain and the future openning of BYD in Hungary.
- The Chinese brands that saw the most significant growth in September 2025 were MG and BYD, with strong increases also for Jaecoo, Omoda (both Chery group), and Polestar (Geely group). BYD, in particular, saw the most substantial increase compared to 2024, jumping from 2,400 sales in January 2024 to 24,000 in September 2025 (a tenfold increase). MG still leads the pack (its sales rose from 16,500 in January 2024 to 33,000 in September 2025), but the gap with BYD is narrowing.
- If we include Volvo, Lotus and Smart in the total of Chinese brands (these three brands being half or wholly owned by the Chinese group Geely), the market share of Chinese brands in Europe will reach 10% for the first time in September 2025, which was totally unimaginable just two or three years ago.