Ukrainians in the first quarter of this year purchased 2.641 thousand units of cars imported from China, which is 36% less than in the same period last year, reports “UkrAvtoprom” in the telegram channel. It is noted that although mostly purchased passenger cars from China were new – 2.077 thousand units, it is still 30% less than last year’s figure. At the same time, purchases of used cars decreased by more than half – to 564 units. In general, electric cars prevailed in sales of cars from China – 83%.
The top five new passenger cars of Chinese origin were BYD Song Plus – 371 units; Zeekr 001 – 174 units; Zeekr 7X – 165 units; Volkswagen ID.Unyx – 156 units; Audi Q4 e-tron – 126 units.
The most sought-after models among used cars from China were Zeekr 001 – 81 units; Zeekr 7X – 48 units; Polestar 2 – 32 units; Tesla Model 3 – 32 units; Volkswagen ID.4 – 30 units.
As reported, in the first quarter of this year, China was not among the top three countries from which Ukraine imported passenger cars, while in January-March 2024 was in third place after the United States and Germany.
Last year, Ukrainians bought about 14.4 thousand imported cars from China – 18% more than in 2023. It was noted that the demand for new cars in 2024 increased by 37% – up to 11 thousand units, and for used cars decreased by 20% – to 3.3 thousand.
The average age of “Americans” with mileage, added to the Ukrainian fleet – 6 years, and the most popular were Tesla Model Y – 1176 units; Tesla Model 3 – 1119 units; Ford Escape – 636 units; Jeep Cherokee – 511 units and Nissan Rogue – 446 units.
According to “UkrAvtoprom”, in January-March 2025 Ukrainians bought almost 9 thousand used cars from the U.S., of which 42% were electric cars, 41% – gasoline cars, 7% – hybrids, 5% – diesel and cars with HBO. But last year Ukrainians bought 41.7 thousand used cars from the USA – 46% more than in 2023.
