In the first half of 2025, over 347 thousand arrived on European roads. new passenger cars produced in China. Their market share for the first time exceeded 5 percent. And he approached the results achieved by Mercedes – according to JATO Dynamics data.
According to them in the first half 2025 in countries belonging to the European Union and Great Britain was registered 6.862 million new passenger cars – by 0.3 percent less than in the same period last year.
The general decrease in the number of registration was affected above all in the number of registration of gasoline and diesel cars than a year ago, in which the decline in annual terms was 21.6 and 27.3 percent, respectively.
More than a year ago, however, hybrids (+16.3 percent), plug-in hybrids (+24 %) and fully electric cars (+25 %) were recorded.
Mg chased away Tesla
Just like in Poland, where in the first half 2025 we talked about sales increases, the number of registrations at a similar level to last year's cars from China.
According to Jato Dynamics, during the first six months of 2025 in countries belonging to the European Union and Great Britain registered 347 135 Cars of Chinese brands – by 91 percent more than in the same period of 2024, their participation increased almost twice to 5.1 percent. This is almost the same as in the case of the eighth most popular brand on the Old Continent – Mercedes.
Saic Motor, the owner of the most popular brand of the Middle Kingdom – MG, remains at the head of the Chinese popularity ranking. Wiło 2025 in the European Union was registered 107,171 copies with the logo Mg – by 33.3 percent More in an annual basis, which for the first time allowed to overtake Tesla, who recorded a decrease in the number of registrations by 43 percent. r/r.
Of the most popular Chinese brands, the strongest increase in the number of registrations (+311 percent y/y) recorded Hunteron which in the first half 2025, 70.5 thousand were recorded copies. Model registration was particularly influenced by the brand result SEAL Uwhich in the first half 2025 was the third most frequently registered plug-in hybrid and the second in June, giving way to Volkswagen Tiguan.
Chinese registrations also drive also popular in Poland brands Jaecoo, Omoda, as well as Leapmotor and Xpeng.
Cars of Chinese producers are also pushing on the Polish market. Wiło 2025 Poles, mainly individual customers, registered over 16.6 thousand. copieswhich translated into 5.8 percent market share.
What's more, it is difficult not to get the impression that it was the registration of Chinese models that made a significantly to achieve a record result throughout the market.
Fiat Passé, Cupra is gaining the most
Where Chinese brands and models gain, players with a much longer history on the European market lose. According to the data of the ACEA Association, among the largest corporations, the largest decrease in the number of registrations in an annual basis was noted Stellantis (-11.1 percent y/y).
Considering individual brands and focusing only on those where the number of registrations exceeded 100,000. pcs, the most – by 23 percent The number of registrations has dropped on an annual basis fiats. The other way is popularity Cuprywhich mainly gains at the expense of sister seats. In an annual basis, the popularity of Spanish cars increased by 35 percent.
In turn, among the ten most popular brands – by 8.6 percent. – the number of registrations has dropped toyotwhich was also due to the weakening (although still standing out of the rest of the rate) the popularity of this brand in Poland (-13 percent y/y). Toyota still has nearly 16 percent on the Vistula. shares in the market of new cars. In the entire European Union, less than 8 percent
Every ninth car in Europe is Volkswagen
The most popular brand on the Old Continent (EU+EFTA+UK) remains Volkswagenwhich in the first half 2025 he noted close 748 thousand registered copies – by 2.8 percent more on an annual basis, which translated into 11 percent. market share.
Among the most popular models, however, there is no representative of Volkswagen or German automotive industry at all. Wiło 2025 Europeans most often, though less willingly than a year ago, chose Dacia Sandero (128.8 thousand pcs.). The popularity of another car from the Renault stable has increased slightly – Renault Clio (122.5 thousand pcs.). The podium was completed by another representative of the French motoring – Peugeot 208 (109.1 thousand pcs.).
100,000 threshold registration has yet exceeded Two Volkswagen: T-Roc (106.1 thousand pcs.) and Golf (104.2 thousand pcs).
In turn, among the French models in the top ten was still Peugeot 2008 and citroen c3. The total share of the three largest French brands on the European market amounted to 12.4 percent. For comparison, the fashion for French cars in Poland is systematically falling. Wiło 2025, the participation of analyzed brands on the Polish market amounted to 7 percent.
