This last December, says Autocar magazine, one in five new cars registered in the United Kingdom was from a Chinese brand. Oh, officially Chinese automakers’ share of the 2025 British market was 9.7%, but the real eye-opener, says Nick Gibbs, the magazine’s business correspondent, was the 18.2% of the market they captured in December. And, just so we’re on the same page, that’s one-in-five of all cars sold, not just the battery-powered segment. In fact, they own 29% of Britain’s EV market, up 5% from last year. Yes, rather Tesla-like numbers.
