The car with a large flat screen was launched last week at a price of 789,000 yuan ($109,000) by ZEEKR, a young company that is part of the Geely group, a major Chinese automaker that also owns Volvo.

The other two Chinese brands in the 2023 top 10 were Changan, which specializes in affordable small and mid-size cars (1 million), and Geely, another multibrand outfit (915,000). At the Beijing ...