Israel Full Year 2025: Jaecoo 7 takes the lead, Chinese at 29.7% share, peak of 49.5% in September

The Jaecoo J7 is the best-selling vehicle in Israel in 2025.

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According to data shared with us by our local partner cartube.co.il, the Israeli new car market is up by a solid 8% year-on-year in 2025 to 293,591 units. Toyota (+4%) easily retains the brands top spot at 12.2% share, distancing Hyundai (+9.8%) like last year. Chery (+111.3%) surges to #3 overall, but led the rankings outright in July, August, September and December when it hit a record 17.4% share. Kia (-5.5%) and Skoda (+7.9%) are both pushed down one spot to #4 and #5 respectively. Jaecoo (+1100.4%) is the success story of the year, leaping from #35 and 0.5% share in 2024 to #6 with 5.6% of the market. It peaked at #4 and 8.5% share in May. Fellow Chinese BYD (-21.7%) recedes quite significantly to #7. Below, Nissan (+71.5%), MG (+29.4%) and Xpeng (+25.6%) stand out. Dongfeng peaked at #4 in December and Deepal at #10 the same month. Overall, Chinese carmakers surge 73.5% to 87,060 sales and 29.7% share vs. 18.5% in 2024 and peaked at 49.5% in September.

Model-wise, the ranking is completely reshuffled. The Jaecoo J7 (+1021.6%) spectacularly takes the lead with a stunning 5.2% share, up 57 spots on 2024. This makes the third consecutive year a Chinese model is the best-seller in Israel. It distances the Hyundai Kona (+84.6%) up six ranks to #2 and the Toyota Corolla Cross (+35.3%) up one to #3. The Chery Tiggo 8 Pro (+98.1%) doubles its sales year-on-year to #4 ahead of the Kia Picanto (+50.6%) and Toyota Yaris Cross (+20%). The BYD Seal U (+1181.8%) storms into the Top 10 at #10 whereas last year’s leader the BYD Atto 3 (-48.2%) drops to #12 and didn’t sell anything over Q4. Similarly, the Hyundai Elantra (-27.5%), #2 in 2024, falls to #9. The best-selling 2025 launch is the Chery Tiggo 4 Pro at #24, followed by the Geely EX5 at #41 and the Jaecoo 5 at #71.

Previous year: Israel 2024: BYD Atto 3 repeats at #1, Chinese at 18.5% share

Two years ago: Israel 2023: BYD Atto 3 takes control, 3 Chinese models in Top 7

Full December 2025 Top 56 All brands and Q4 2025 Top 272 All models, Full Year 2025 Top 75 All brands and Top 355 All models vs. Full Year 2024 figures below.