The BYD Dolphin Mini ranks #9 in Brazil in March. The Brazilian new light vehicle market is euphoric in March, surging 40.8% year-on-year to 258,357 units. As a result the year-to-date tally is now up 15.9% to 598,212. Brand leaders Fiat (+35.5%), Volkswagen (+39.5%) and Chevrolet (+39.5%) evolve roughly like…
The BYD Dolphin Mini is up to #11 in Brazil in February. 177,076 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in February, a small 2.1% year-on-year lift. The year-to-date volume is also up 2.1% to 339,855. The Top 5 best-selling carmakers all outpace the market. Fiat (+6.2%) leads with…
The Dolphin Mini is the #1 BEV in Brazil and helps BYD to a record 6% share. 162,779 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in January, a small 2.1% year-on-year improvement. Fiat (-0.3%) remains solid at 21% share vs. 20.9% over the Full Year 2025, distancing a surging…
The Fiat Strada has been #1 in Brazil every year since 2021. Discover 70 years of Brazilian Historical Data here. 2,551,429 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in 2025, a 2.9% year-on-year improvement and the highest annual volume since pre-pandemic 2019 (2,658,927). Fiat (+2.4%) continues to dominate with…
The VW Tera is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Brazil for the 2nd straight month. 228,119 new light vehicles found a buyer in Brazil in November, a -5.2% year-on-year fall on a 2024 result that was the largest November volume in 10 years, so we are still at pretty high…
The VW Tera is an instant blockbuster in Brazil. 248,118 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in October a small -0.5% dip. This is still a very strong result as October 2024 was the largest October result since 2014 (291.412). The year-to-date tally is now up 3% to 2,055,699, the…
The VW Tera is up to #6 in Brazil in September. Stable sales in Brazil in September at -0.4% to 221,421, leading to a year-to-date volume up 3.5% to 1,807,581, the best result at this stage of the year since pre-pandemic 2019 (1,935,013). Fiat (-4.8%) falls year-on-year but remains dominant…
Toyota Corolla Cross sales are up 79.2% year-on-year in August. The Brazilian new light vehicle recedes -3.6% year-on-year in August to 214,666 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 3.4% to 1,576,160. Fiat (-8.2%) remains dominant in the brands charts despite a significant YoY loss at 21.1% share. Volkswagen (+6.3%)…
The Fiat Fastback reaches a record 11th place in Brazil in July. New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 1.3% year-on-year in July to 230,223, leading to a year-to-date tally up 4.4% to 1,361,494. Fiat (+0.3%) is stable and lodges its first 50,000+ sales month of the year with a…
The VW Tera enters the Brazilian Top 30 in June. 201,437 new cars hit Brazilian roads in June, a small -0.5% year-on-year drop. The H1 2025 tally is in positive however at +5% to 1,131,271. Pre-pandemic levels aren't that far away: the market totalled 1,248,299 sales over H1 2019, or…
The Honda HR-V hits its highest ranking since February 2017. 213,196 new cars changed hands in Brazil in May, a cool 16.4% year-on-year progression. This brings the year-to-date tally after five months to 927,291 units, up 6% over the same period in 2024. For context, over the first five months…
The Fiat Fastback is up to a record 12th place in April. The Brazilian new light vehicle market recedes -5.6% year-on-year in April to fall back below the 200,000 monthly units mark at 196,326. Thanks to a strong start of the year, the YTD volume stays in positive at +3.1%…
The Fiat Argo is at its best in Brazil in 3.5 years New light vehicle sales in Brazil edge up 4.3% year-on-year in March to 183,502 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 6.8% to 516,282. Fiat (+7%) is up to 21.2% share ahead of Volkswagen (-1.2%), Chevrolet (-6.1%) and…
The Toyota Corolla Cross is up to an all-time high 6th place in February. 173,369 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in February, a robust 11.6% year-on-year improvement, keeping in mind February 2024 was already up 29.7% on the year prior. This is the best February volume since 2020. As…
The Fiat Strada comfortably leads the Brazilian charts in January. 159,377 new light vehicles hit Brazilian roads in January, a measured +4.8% year-on-year uptick. Fiat (+11.4%) beats the market to 21.6% share, followed by Volkswagen (-3.9%) and Chevrolet (+3.8%), both underperforming. Toyota (-15.7%) and Hyundai (-30.5%) properly sink to round…