Western automakers’ model lines are so much bigger than they were 30 years ago that there’s a regular turnover of new models for us at Carscoops to write about. But it’s nothing compared with the Chinese brands, which churned out around 650 new or updated vehicles during the first half of 2026 alone, a pace that makes even the smartphone industry seem restrained.

 

To put that into perspective, that’s getting on for four launches every day. Meanwhile, Bank of America’s latest Car Wars study projects just 159 new vehicle launches in the US spread across the next four years, Bloomberg reports.