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.