How Australians are choosing Chinese made CARS – with sales quadrupling in only just a year despite lockdown and trade ‘cold war’ – as the most popular brands are revealed
- Overall MG sales in July stood at 3,313 – triple the 1,115 level of a year earlier
- The MG ZS saw its monthly sales multiply five-fold and join bestselling top ten
- Great Wall Motors monthly sales quadrupled to 2,011 from 505 tally of 2020
- Australia had a record trade surplus in June of $10.5billion thanks to China
Australians are really embracing Chinese cars with brand sales tripling and quadrupling in just a year despite Sydney’s extended lockdowns.
The overall Australian car market did well in July with 16.1 per cent more brand new cars leaving the showroom.
But Chinese brands did significantly better despite a trade war and an extended lockdown in Sydney, Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries data showed.
Australians are really embracing Chinese cars with brand sales tripling and quadrupling in just a year despite Sydney’s extended lockdowns. The ZS (pictured) last month made history as the first-ever car from China to make the top ten of popular models with its sales multiplying five-fold to 1,786 from 327
The small SUV is now the volume seller, outdoing the MG3 hatch (pictured), which saw its sales almost double to 1,113 from 571 to dominate the light car segment
In a new twist, Australians are increasingly buying Chinese cars as China buys even more Australian iron ore, which in June saw Australia’s trade surplus hit a record-high $10.5billion.
MG, a former British sports car marque, is the bestselling Chinese-owned make, with its overall sales in July of 3,313 triple the 1,115 tally of the same month a year ago.
The ZS last month made history as the first-ever car from China to make the top ten of popular models with its sales multiplying five-fold to 1,786 from 327.
The small SUV is now the volume seller, outdoing the MG3 hatch, which saw its sales almost double to 1,113 from 571 to dominate the light car segment.
MG in February became the first Chinese-owned brand to become a top ten bestseller.
Great Wall Motors, now known as GWM, saw its overall sales almost quadruple to 2,011 from 505.
Great Wall Motors, now known as GWM, saw its overall sales almost quadruple to 2,011 from 505. The medium Haval H6 (pictured) had the biggest sales increase, with the number leaving showrooms multiplying six-fold to 524 from 80.
The medium Haval H6 had the biggest sales increase, with the number leaving showrooms multiplying six-fold to 524 from 80.
LDV, which sells utes, SUVs and vans, saw its sales surge by 66 per cent to 1,202 from 722.
LDV D90 sales almost doubled to 136 from 72.
In June Australia’s trade surplus hit a record-high of $10.5billion, eclipsing the previous peak of $9.9bn in January, the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed on Thursday.
LDV, which sells utes, SUVs and vans, saw its sales surge by 66 per cent to 1,202 from 722. LDV D90 (picturd) sales almost doubled to 136 from 72
Australia’s rolling annual trade surplus with China climbed to a record $78.7 billion in June, up from $72.7billion in May.
CommSec senior economist Ryan Felsman said iron ore, used to make steel, was adding $3billion a week to Australia’s economy, more than making up for the lost economic activity from Sydney’s extended lockdown.
‘Australia’s iron ore income windfall continues thanks to insatiable Chinese demand,’ he said.