Venezuela July 2011: Ford F350 on podium
Fragile month for car sales in Venezuela, down 11% year-on-year at 10,325 registrations, bringing the 2011 total to 67,359 units, down 4%. No surprises on top: the Chevrolet Aveo is still distant leader but sees its market share drop by 5 percentage points on June at a still commendable 15.5% thanks to 1,602 sales. The Aveo holds 17% of the Venezuelan market year-to-date.
The Ford Fiesta stays 2nd and improves its share again to 10.9%. The best performance of the month goes to the huge Ford F350, up 2 spots on an already outstanding June at #3 with 631 sales and 6.1% share. It is now #5 year-to-date at 3.9%. The newly launched Ford F250 also shines: up 10 spots to #11 at 289 units and 2.8%.
Other great performers this month include the Mitsubishi Lancer (the previous generation is still on sale in the country) at #5, the Hyundai Getz at #7, the and the Peugeot 207 at #15.
Previous month: see the June 2011 Venezuela Top 20 here.
Full July 2011 Top 25 Ranking Table below.
Venezuela July 2011:
| Pos | Model | July | % | Jun | 2011 | % | Pos | 2010 |
| 1 | Chevrolet Aveo | 1,602 | 15.5% | 1 | 11,437 | 17.0% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Ford Fiesta | 1,126 | 10.9% | 2 | 5,920 | 8.8% | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Ford F350 | 631 | 6.1% | 5 | 2,626 | 3.9% | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | Mitsubishi Lancer | 567 | 5.5% | 7 | 2,542 | 3.8% | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Chevrolet Spark | 487 | 4.7% | 3 | 2,569 | 3.8% | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Jeep Grand Cherokee | 471 | 4.6% | 6 | 2,353 | 3.5% | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | Hyundai Getz | 389 | 3.8% | 10 | 1,173 | 1.7% | 18 | 18 |
| 8 | Toyota Corolla | 374 | 3.6% | 9 | 2,485 | 3.7% | 9 | 4 |
| 9 | Chevrolet Silverado | 312 | 3.0% | 8 | 2,228 | 3.3% | 12 | 9 |
| 10 | Kia Sportage | 293 | 2.8% | 13 | 1,574 | 2.3% | 15 | 27 |
| 11 | Ford F250 | 289 | 2.8% | 21 | 458 | 0.7% | 31 | - |
| 12 | Hyundai Elantra | 277 | 2.7% | 15 | 1,731 | 2.6% | 14 | 20 |
| 13 | Chevrolet C3500 | 268 | 2.6% | 12 | 2,816 | 4.2% | 4 | 23 |
| 14 | Toyota Fortuner | 259 | 2.5% | 17 | 1,921 | 2.9% | 13 | 7 |
| 15 | Peugeot 207 | 251 | 2.4% | 16 | 549 | 0.8% | 29 | - |
| 16 | Chevrolet Luv | 240 | 2.3% | 4 | 2,502 | 3.7% | 8 | 16 |
| 17 | Ford Ranger | 194 | 1.9% | 18 | 894 | 1.3% | 22 | - |
| 18 | Kia Rio | 193 | 1.9% | 19 | 1,202 | 1.8% | 17 | 15 |
| 19 | Jeep Cherokee | 177 | 1.7% | 14 | 1,398 | 2.1% | 16 | 11 |
| 20 | Chevrolet NPR | 168 | 1.6% | 20 | 1,061 | 1.6% | 19 | 13 |
| 21 | Ford Cargo 1721 | 155 | 1.5% | 28 | 722 | 1.1% | 24 | - |
| 22 | Dodge Caliber | 139 | 1.3% | 23 | 855 | 1.3% | 23 | 19 |
| 23 | Toyota Hilux | 127 | 1.2% | 22 | 1,017 | 1.5% | 20 | 14 |
| 24 | Chevrolet Optra | 113 | 1.1% | n/a | 3,911 | 5.8% | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Ford Explorer | 107 | 1.0% | 11 | 2,305 | 3.4% | 11 | 6 |
Source: www.cavenez.com







