Chinese carmakers doubled EU market share to 5.9% in May 2025, led by MG & BYD, as car sales rose 2.5%. In the same period Renault Clio topped the model rankings.
A survey conducted by the China Automotive Dealer Association in May found that BYD dealers held an average inventory of 3.21 months, the highest among all brands in China, whereas the inventory level industry-wide was at 1.38 months.
Chinese automakers are in big trouble everywhere in the world, but foremost in their home market. China’s market leader BYD slows production, cancelling shifts in factories or closes factories completely, suspended some plans to set up new production lines.
The ongoing overproduction of Chinese carmakers and a fierce price war takes its toll (with around 400 Chinese carmakers went bankrupt or ceased production since 2018).
But China needs Europe and the rest of the world to buy their cheap products, made by coerced labour, so the propaganda must go on.