MG is 11th with 7,607. MG is outselling Peugeot, one of the two brands which had been regularly between MG and the Top Ten, by over 2,000 a month. And although Tesla has "on" (can sell five figures) and "off" (can struggle to get into double figures) months - "1" and "0" months - this was a "1" month and Tesla was still 74 behind MG in 12th.
However, Nissan, the other brand which, with Peugeot, was regularly keeping MG out of the Top Ten, had both Juke and Qashqai in the Top Ten (c. 6,500 cars together) and all its other models sold c. 1,500 between them (both rounded) to stay just 361 ahead of MG in tenth place at 7,968.
No MG sold more than 3,034 in the month or 14,996 in the year (Top Ten models published only).
Worth noting that Hyundai and Mercedes-Benz, along with Nissan above, in places 8-10, each sold fewer than 1,000 cars more than MG in June.
YTD MG's 39,604 also puts them 11th, also behind Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, and Nissan (but by 3-7,000!), but ahead of Škoda, Peugeot and Tesla in that order 12th, 13th, 14th. (Škoda and Peugeot 13th and 14th respectively in June). Tesla may well be 14th YTD but at 26,140 they are a massive 13,484 behind MG!
Other than MG, the challenger Chinese brands are mostly making heavy weather of the brave new dealerless world. Polestar with Volvo backup are selling over 1,000 per month but none out of BYD, GWM Ora, or "smart" is troubling figures over 300. And Maxus (which has dealers) sold a single passenger car last month (a MIFA 9?).
Total Chinese-owned brands ex Volvo c. 5%, of which MG is c.4% and Polestar is more than half the rest.
I also note that Cupra at over 11,000 has already overtaken Citroën and Fiat (remember when these were rivals to MG? Only a couple of years ago) and is surely set to overtake its daddy SEAT in a Max/Jos scenario.
Scarcely a month goes by without us hearing of Stellantis's big investment plans for Alfa Romeo. The cars are reportedly very good. However, this year that has translated into sales of only 711, behind SsangYong and even Bentley! Ineos are catching them. How long are they going to keep re-engineering those cars for RHD? Tesla has already given up on two models.
Top Three both June and H1: VW; Ford; Audi. "Premium" marques Audi, BMW, Mercedes 17-18% of the market, with market leader VW c. 25-26%