Chinese car brands registered 19,087 passenger cars in Spain in October 2026, accounting for 19.4% of the 98,487-unit market. Their combined registrations were up 67.4% from October 2025, when they held an 11.8% share. Across January to October, the 30 brands covered in the report recorded 157,724 sales, 72% more than a year earlier, lifting their market share from 9.6% to 15.6%. Spain’s overall car market grew 6.2% over the same period.
BYD was the group’s top seller, ranking fifth overall in October with 5,306 registrations, up 89.1% year on year. It accounted for nearly 28% of Chinese-brand sales and reached 39,690 registrations for the year to date. MG remained second among the Chinese brands with 3,055 October sales, but fell 18%; its January–October total of 37,453 was down 3.9%. Omoda registered 2,152 cars, up 50.2%. Geely recorded 1,777 October sales, while Leapmotor reached 1,698, more than four times its year-earlier figure. Ten brands with no registrations in October 2025 collectively posted 3,303 this October; Changan led that group with 929.
The BYD Atto 2 was October’s strongest Chinese-brand model, with 1,911 registrations, placing third in Spain overall. The MG ZS followed with 1,781 and led the year-to-date model tally among the two, at 18,489 versus 14,271 for the Atto 2. Omoda 5 registrations reached 1,254 for the month and 12,670 for the year to date. Other notable October results included 870 Changan Deepal S05s and 836 Geely Starray EM-Is.