We’ve trawled through the sales statistics, done some maths and identified South Africa’s 10 most popular Chinese cars in the opening half of 2025…
Which Chinese cars are selling up a storm in South Africa? Well, we’ve crunched the numbers from the opening half of 2025 to identify the local market’s 10 best-selling passenger cars from Chinese brands.
Note that we’ve limited this exercise to the passenger-vehicle segment, meaning we’ve not included the likes of the GWM P-Series and Foton Tunland G7, which instead do duty in the light commercial vehicle (LCV space).
Furthermore, keep in mind that some Chinese brands operating in South Africa – including BYD, GAC and SAIC-owned MG – unfortunately don’t currently report sales figures to Naamsa, so are not represented on this list.
In H1 2025, the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro was again South Africa’s most popular Chinese passenger car, with 7 297 units registered (or a monthly average of around 1 216 units). That represents a year-on-year increase of 19.6%, though we should point out Chery SA started including Tiggo Cross sales in its Tiggo 4 Pro figure from June 2025.
Next came the Haval Jolion, which enjoyed a whopping 79.5% year-on-year increase in sales to finish the 6-month reporting period on 6 385 units. The Omoda C5 – one of 7 models from a Chery Group brand (including Omoda & Jaecoo and Jetour) to make the top 10 – completed the Chinese-car podium, though was a distant 3rd with 3 219 units.
The Chery Tiggo 7 Pro (+13.2% year on year to 2 484 units) claimed 4th place on the list, finishing ahead of the Jetour Dashing (1 901 units) in 5th. The Haval H6 thus had to settle for 6th, with local registrations sliding 15.2% year on year to 1 881 units. GWM SA will be hoping the H6’s recent facelift will see this nameplate bounce back and return to the top 5 in the 2nd half of the year.
The Jetour X70 Plus (1 405 units) wasn’t too far behind in 7th position, while the Jaecoo J7 – which is now also available in plug-in electric vehicle (PHEV) guise – grabbed 8th with 1079 units. Local sales of the Chery Tiggo 8 Pro grew 2.4% year on year to 1 055 units, seeing this model finish in 9th, just ahead of the BAIC Beijing X55 Plus (1 013 units, excluding 308 units of the standard X55 that BAIC reported separately).
SA’s 10 most popular Chinese cars in H1 2025
| Vehicle | H1 2025 SALES | Y-O-Y CHANGE | |
| 1 | Chery Tiggo 4 Pro | 7 297 units | +19.6% |
| 2 | Haval Jolion | 6 385 units | +79.5% |
| 3 | Omoda C5 | 3 219 units | no H1 2024 data |
| 4 | Chery Tiggo 7 Pro | 2 484 units | +13.2% |
| 5 | Jetour Dashing | 1 901 units | no H1 2024 data |
| 6 | Haval H6 | 1 881 units | -15.2% |
| 7 | Jetour X70 Plus | 1 405 units | no H1 2024 data |
| 8 | Jaecoo J7 | 1079 units | no H1 2024 data |
| 9 | Chery Tiggo 8 Pro | 1 055 units | +2.4% |
| 10 | BAIC Beijing X55 Plus | 1 013 units | no H1 2024 data |
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