Chinese brands spearheaded new car sales across Europe inn May with a doubling of market share year on year.
According to JATO Dynamics’ data, 65,808 units were registered by Chinese automakers last month, accounting for 5.9% of total sales across the region.
This means that Chinese car brands more than doubled their market share from the 2.9% recorded in the corresponding month in 2024.
“Despite the EU’s imposition of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, its car brands continue to post strong growth across Europe,” said Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics, which supplied the data.
“Their momentum is partly due to their decision to push alternative powertrains, such as plug-in hybrids and full hybrids, to the region.
Overall, Europe’s new car market recorded a 2.5% year-on-year increase in registrations last month, according to JATO Dynamics’ data for 28 European markets.
A total of 1,107,517 new vehicles were registered in May 2025, bringing the year-to-date figure to 5,535,831 units.
This represents an increase of 0.7% compared to the same period in 2024.
Volkswagen Group, Renault Group and BMW Group all performed well last month with volume increases of 3.3%, 4.6% and 6.3%, respectively.
