In the first four months of 2023, more than 180 000 vehicles were imported from China
- According to Inovev, 182,864 vehicles were imported into Europe (Europe 29 countries including the United Kingdom) from China in the first quarter of 2023. This quantity is the sum of vehicles produced by Chinese local carmakers in China (99,057 units or 54% of vehicles imported, compared to 48,946 in the first quarter of 2022 - an increase of 102%) and vehicles produced in China by foreign carmakers (83,807 units or 46% of imported vehicles, compared to 76,188 in the first quarter of 2022 - an increase of 10%).
It should be noted that all of the 182,864 vehicles imported represent 4.4% of the European market (Europe 29 including the United Kingdom) during the period considered.
It should be noted that all of the 182,864 vehicles imported represent 4.4% of the European market (Europe 29 including the United Kingdom) during the period considered.
- The analysis of Chinese brands has largely been made in a previous analysis (Auto Analysis of 08/03/2023).
- For models from non-Chinese brands, we can list the Tesla Model Y (35,133 sales from China), Tesla Model 3 (21,207 sales), Dacia Spring (16,110 sales), BMW iX3 (5,534 sales), Citroën C5 X (4,118 sales), Volvo S90 (858 sales), Smart 01 (634 sales), DS 9 (213 sales).
- At this rate, Europe (Europe 29 including the United Kingdom) could import more than 500,000 cars from China over the whole of 2023, which would represent 5% of the European passenger car market. This pace could still accelerate with the arrival of new Chinese models, with the rise of the Smart 01, with the start of the electric Mini Cooper and the Volvo EX30, etc... On the other hand, the ramp-up of the Tesla factory in Berlin could gradually reduce the number of Tesla Model Y models sold in Europe and imported from China.