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Every tenth new car delivered across Western Europe now a China import

  • Writer: Matthias Schmidt
    Matthias Schmidt
  • 13 hours ago
  • 1 min read
Reflection of pedestrians and traffic in a window, overlaying an image of a white car labeled "ZEEKR X" against a city backdrop.


As the EU delays the Industrial Accelerator Act once again and pushes the key framework which is designed to protect a fragile European industrial economy, Chinese new passenger car imports, including Western brands manufactured there, accounted for more than 10% of the Western European new passenger car market during the final quarter of 2025, according to new research published by Schmidt Automotive Research in the latest Q4 2025 quarterly European Chinese OEM Study. Over one million new Chinese-made passenger cars are expected to enter the region during 2026 according to the study... Full details, data, forecasts, trends and background information can be found in our industry-leading studies, providing key context and trusted by stakeholders breaching industry divides. 


Source: Schmidt Automotive Research 






*Western Europe 18 Markets: EU Member States prior to the 2004 enlargement plus EFTA markets Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, plus UK

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