Although MG is still the most popular Chinese car brand in Europe, it is quickly losing share to BYD. The results for the first half of the year show MG ahead with 180,000 cars registered, up by 18% vs H1 2025. However, BYD’s massive 145% increase put it just 7,000 units behind at 173,000 units. If these rates continue in the second half, we will likely see a new Chinese champion in Europe by the end of this year. But it wasn’t the only one to grow fast. Omoda Jaecoo sold 124,300 units with latter leading with 64,800 units. Leapmotor came fourth, up by 569% to 55,700 units. In total, the Chinese car brands registered 663,000 new cars in Europe between January and June 2026, up by 107%, and counting for 9.2% of the total market. It seems like the tariffs imposed on their EVs did not work at all.