I live in Australia. Vitrually NO ONE drive Chinese car.
There are a few Chinese brand available in Australia. MG, Chery, LDV, SAIC and Great Wall. You will occasionally see a few tradie riving Great Wall or LDV ute on the street, otherwise there are virtually no sign of Chinese Car in Australia.
Most Australian buy Holden and Ford, then goes Hyundai and Toyota, then Honda, and then assorted German cars. Probably 1 in 500 drive a Chinese car.
Even dirt cheap, you can't beat second hand holden or ford, they are even cheaper and a lot more accessible than any Chinese brand.
I think the article is a bit misleading.
The article talked about car made overseas. Not car made in Australia (You can see it compare China to Thailand)
This is a more detail article on FCAI in 2021
By brand
- Toyota: 223,642 (+9.2% YTD)
- Mazda: 101,119 (+18.1%)
- Hyundai: 72,872 (+12.4%)
- Ford: 71,380 (+19.8%)
- Kia: 67,964 (+21.2%)
- Mitsubishi: 67,732 (+16.1%)
- Nissan: 41,263 (+7.7%)
- Volkswagen: 40,770 (+3.8%)
- MG: 39,025 (+155.9%)
- Subaru: 37,015 (+17.5%)
By Model
- Toyota HiLux: 52,801 (up from 45,176 in 2020)
- Ford Ranger: 50,279 (up from 40,973)
- Toyota RAV4: 35,751 (down from 38,537)
- Toyota Corolla: 28,768 (up from 25,882)
- Hyundai i30: 25,575 (up from 20,734)
- Isuzu D-Max: 25,117 (up from 15,062)
- Mazda CX-5: 24,968 (up from 21,979)
- Toyota Prado: 21,299 (up from 18,034)
- Mitsubishi Triton: 19,232 (up from 18,136)
- MG ZS: 18,423 (up from 5494)
By the way, most Australian think MG was still a British Brand. It is, but the car division was sold to China. I think decades ago.