18.3 per cent of Australia's new-car market is Chinese brands
Australia’s new-car market in 2025 saw Chinese-made vehicles account for 221,699 units sold, representing 18.3 per cent of the Australian new-car market. Drive’s website reported that sales of vehicles sourced from China rose by 25.9 per cent, with 45,540 more Chinese-made cars sold in 2025 than in 2024 in Australia. Among Chinese brands, competition remained tight, with three Chinese brands breaking into the top 10 in 2025, and many new brands in the country signalling ambitions to reach that level.
GWM was the leading Chinese brand by sales in Australia in 2025, with 52,809 new units sold, placing it seventh overall among all brands in the country. Compared with 2024, GWM’s sales rose 23.4 per cent (42,782 units). In 2023, GWM sold 36,397 vehicles, meaning two-year growth exceeded 45 per cent.
BYD finished 2025 just behind GWM, with 52,415 sales, up 156 per cent from 20,458 vehicles shipped in 2024. In 2023, BYD sold 12,438 cars, so the two-year increase reached 321.4 per cent.
The tenth spot in the overall ranking was MG Motor, which was the third-best-selling Chinese brand with 41,298 sales. MG’s results show a decline from 2024’s 50,592 and 2023’s 58,346; in 2025 MG sales fell by 18.4 per cent, with a two-year trend indicating a 29.2 per cent decline.
Chery ranked fourth among Chinese brands in 2025 with 34,889 sales. Note that Chery counts itself as a single brand, while its Australian sub-brands Omoda and Jaecoo report their sales under separate brand entries.
LDV, the commercial-vehicle specialist, ranked fifth among Chinese brands with 14,108 units sold, though it likewise fell year-on-year in 2025 and 2024. LDV recorded 16,022 sales in 2024 (down 11.9 per cent) and 21,298 in 2023 (down 33.8 per cent in two years).
Geely ranked sixth among Chinese brands in 2025 with 5,010 sales. 2025 marked Geely’s return to the Australian market’s VFACTS report for the first time since its reintroduction.
Omoda Jaecoo, the Chery sub-brand, ranked seventh. It was also a 2025 debut, so no prior sales data for comparison were available. The sub-brand posted 3,721 sales.
Beyond these brands, Zeekr ranked eighth with 1,994 sales in its first year on sale in Australia. Other newcomers in 2025 included JAC Motors, which placed ninth among Chinese brands in Australia, followed by Leapmotor, Deepal, and Foton.
In last place, with only two sales in the year, was BYD’s premium brand Denza. Although the two cars are listed in VFACTS data for 2025, official deliveries to customers began in 2026.
Other Chinese brands also sold in 2025 but do not appear in the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries’ official VFACTS report, including Farizon, GAC Group, and XPeng.