China Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

I don't do many articles on China. Imported cars are not included in the data and that doesn't make any sense to me. For many brands it won't matter, but for some it paints a distorted picture. A few foreign brands fail to even make the chart because of that.

With the data below, 10,000 sales is the cutoff point. For the first eight months of 2025 approximately 18.34 million cars were sold here. BYD is now well ahead after taking the lead in 2023. VW had been well on top for decades and seemed invincible, but quite quickly things changed. 

VW is now far away from the top spot although and is still second, but for how long? The likes of Geely or Chery overtaking seems inevitable. Toyota is likewise losing market share along with VW and foreign brands generally.

Jaguar sales have stopped in all but a few places where they seemingly stocked up before production ended. In China they assemble Jaguars and nearly all 2025 XE and XF sales are here. They are doing a 90th anniversary XFL for a special price but only sold in China. I can't see why it couldn't have been exported to LHD markets. The interior is pictured below and it looks nice. 

Philippines Vehicle Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations are similar to last year so gains earlier in the year have been wiped out. Nearly 306,000 units delivered is still not a bad result. Several brands do not belong the the agencies that release this data so they are omitted. Despite that, by far the majority of the volume is accounted for in the chart below. 

Toyota/Lexus remains well on top with 48% of the total, not an overly unusual percentage for a protected market, although it is a strong position to be in. Mitsubishi is also a popular brand with 19% of all sales. It is some way down from there.

Data source: CAMPI, TMA. Photograph: Toyota Philippines - the Avanza.

Albania Passenger Car Sales : 2025 (Jan-Aug)

Registrations in Albania amounted to 7,326 by the end of August, but the amazing thing is that it took 75 brands to achieve that. 24 of them sold two cars or less. Many of the registrations don't appear to be through an official importer but they are new so I've counted them 

BYD is the leading brand so far this year and will almost certainly remain so. In 2023 it arrived in the country and reached 13th; in 2024 5th. Volkswagen was the top brand for the previous three years but it now resides in second place. 

Hyundai was the leader before that but is now 5th, so nothing can be taken for granted. Škoda has slipped one place to 3rd and likewise Fiat down one to 4th. 

The aforementioned proliferation of  brands has been driven by all the new Chinese entrants. One is Fang Cheng Bao which is a BYD brand described as offering luxury electric SUVs. Consumers in Albania can't complain about a lack of choice. 

For 2024 sales, click here.

Data source: DPSHTRR. Photograph: BYD Europe.