According to an understandably overheated press release, the Omoda and Jaecoo car brands recently managed to grab 2.7 per cent of the UK market – which, if sustained, would put these two newcomer badges into roughly the same space as well-known names such as the Seat/Cupra combi, or Peugeot.
If there was any doubt about the strength of the Chinese “challenge” (the diplomatically favoured term) to the automotive establishment, then a succession of remarkable sales breakthroughs by those and other increasingly prominent makes, such as BYD, is indicative of just how rapidly the scenery is shifting.
