The Chinese car conquers Spain: MG best-selling car in August 2023
With 1,949 units sold , the MG ZS was the queen of August sales , surpassing the Dacia Sandero (1,802) by almost 150 models sold. The MG brand, although British in tone and recalling generations of historic coupés and spiders, now actually covers completely Chinese cars, given that the last English MG plant, the historic one in Longbridge , was closed in 2016. The current MG is completely produced either in China or in Thailand, but in itself the brand has reached 100 years of life, so to speak, life…
What makes the record stronger is the fact that the MG ZS that sells the most is the petrol one, despite the presence of an electric model. The numbers speak for themselves, the electric car is not among the 10 best-selling zero-emission cars in August, so its units registered last month are under 760 units.
The reason for the success is banal, but it explains a lot about the current miserable European reality: the price, or rather the price/quality ratio : In its cheapest version, the MG ZS in Spain starts from 17,190 euros (including direct discounts) And not has increased excessively in price since it launched in late 2021. For its part, the ZS EV starts from 33,960 euros, remaining at 31,750 euros with direct offers or 22,480 euros if financed and with the maximum incentive of the MOVES III plan. There is no competition.
This compact SUV offers two options of petrol engines in Spain: one atmospheric with a 1.5-liter engine of 106 HP, associated with a five-speed gearbox, and another with a 1.0-liter turbo engine of 111 CV, with six-speed manual or automatic transmission.
Here is the list of the best-selling cars in Spain in August 2023
| MODEL | UNITS SOLD |
|---|---|
| MGZS | 1949 |
| DACIA SANDERO | 1,802 |
| TOYOTA COROLLA | 1,361 |
| KIA SPORTAGE | 1,160 |
| TOYOTA C-HR | 1,148 |
| CITROEN C3 | 1,075 |
| NISSAN QASHQAI | 1,053 |
| ARONA SEAT | 1,041 |
| OPEL CORSA | 1,030 |
| HYUNDAI TUCSON | 996 |
| PEUGEOT2008 | 989 |
| VOLKSWAGEN T-ROC | 976 |
| FORD PUMA | 921 |
| TOYOTA YARIS CROSS | 915 |
| HYUNDAI KONA | 889 |
| RENAULT CLIO | 858 |
| PEUGEOT208 | 854 |
| AUDIQ3 | 822 |
| TOYOTA YARIS | 815 |
| HYUNDAI I20 | 809 |
At a cumulative level since the beginning of the year, the best-selling car is still the Dacia Sandero, a car built in Romania by the Renault group, and in September we will see if that of MG was just an episode or the beginning of the end, rather predictable, of the European car. Have the German soloists in the sector perhaps laid the foundations for their own extinction?
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