GAC Trumpchi/Motor Deliveries 2020-2025

GAC's Trumpchi as a brand name is only used in China. It's GAC Motor for export markets. The vast majority of deliveries are for the domestic market, and had put most of its eggs in that basket. 

At the beginning of 2026, the GAC Group spun off Trumpchi to speed up decision-making. The reason is to save the brand due to intense competition at home. The goal is also to go more upmarket. 

Chinese sales were growing nicely each year and the Trumpchi brand rode the crest of that wave. 2025 was a strong year too but ruthless discounting and cut backs on subsidies hurt many brands, including this one. 

Looking back historically, the first year of car sales was 2011, with 15,700 units sold. It escalated from there to 34,200, 85,600, 105,500 and 190,000 by 2015. 

2016 witnessed a doubling of volume to 370,900, then 508,600, 565,900 before falling back to 349,100 in 2019. The chart covers the following years. 

It was all good until 2025, when a 23% drop was experienced. This led to the spin off mentioned earlier. The year 2026 will be covered here in the near future to see how things are progressing. 

Data source: GAC Group. 
Photo source: Netcarshow (above). 

Philippines Car/LCV Sales: 2026 (Jan-July)

The data from here is variable, to put it politely. It depends on importers reporting and that is inconsistent. So while registrations are down, too much volume isn't available to make a call on that but I came up with -9% YTD anyway. 

The 2025 share shown below is for the complete year. Toyota is the dominant brand with 46% of the market. Most of the top brands are legacy ones and they are suffering. Chinese brands are pressing for more share and something has to give. 

BYD reported registrations in 2025 but not so far this year so its total is an estimate. GAC is now reporting and GWM for 2026, the latter didn't in 2025. Many smaller imported brands have never been included but their numbers will be tiny. 

Data: Campi. Photos: Toyota (Wigo & Innova).

Albania Car Sales : 2026 (Jan-July)

Sometimes things just don't add up, yet it's true. The Albanian car market in 2026 is unprecedented in an extreme way but more on that in a moment. Most new cars sold here are not through Albanian dealers but imported through non-official channels rather than traditional local dealership networks.

Hyundai was the leading brand for 2020 and 2021, then VW took over for three years. BYD's first full year in Albania was in 2024, managing 5th place with 7% market share. 

In 2025, it rocketed to first place with 34% share and so far this year has nearly 50% of the registrations.  

It's hard to understand how that can happen in what is, by my understanding, an open market. Chinese penetration is now overwhelming and growing. Legacy car brands are for the most part getting battered. A few are doing well. 

Total sales are up 48% YTD but only 7% in July. It will be interesting to see if that was a blip or a sign that things are settling down. As the +/- column is about market share, a decrease in most cases will not mean a drop in sales. 

Data source: Dpshtrr. Photos: BYD.