Upstart audit: How Australia’s newest car brands are selling

We’ve seen some substantial changes to the Australian car market over the past 18 months, not least the steady proliferation of new brands onto the scene.

Now we’re past the halfway point of 2023 it seemed an opportune time to take a breath and evaluate the performance of each, and revisit what’s to come.

BYD

Of all the new or newish brands on sale, rising Chinese electric vehicle-focused behemoth BYD has had the most outsized early impact on the Australian car market –…