Best Selling Cars – Matt's blog

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Like Brazil, Argentina and Colombia, the new car market in Uruguay reaches record levels in 2011 at 51,443 registrations, up 21% on 2010 which was already a record year! There is no models ranking available, only the fact that the Chevrolet Classic is the top seller in 2011 as it has been for many years. However the brands ranking is a fascinating one as Uruguay is one of the few countries in the world where Chinese manufacturers have had a very significant impact to date.

FAW Vita. FAW sales are up 95% in Uruguay in 2011

If Chevrolet and Volkswagen still dominate the ranking head and shoulders with 25.3% and 12.1% market share respectively this year, who else but Chery claws its way on the podium in 2011! Manufacturing locally in the Oferol factory from Barra de Carrasco, Chery sees its sales jump by 71% in 2011 to reach 3,394 units for a 6.6% market share, 4 units above Fiat and also passing Nissan. It even reached an amazing 2nd place with 12.2% of the market in June!

BYD F6. BYD sales are up 78% in Uruguay in 2011. BYD also launched a swanky new website…

Granted, there are no other Chinese brands in the Top 10 but no less than 9 in the Top 20 (vs. 6 in 2010), making Uruguay a comfortable nest for Chinese manufacturers and a cool jumping board for a further extension in South America. BYD is up 78% to #12, Great Wall up 12% to #13, FAW up 95% to #16, DongFeng up 1% to #17, Geely up 74% to #17%, Effa down 5% to #18, Chana up 19% to #19 and Lifan up 46% to #20.

Chana Mini Benni

In December, the trend is confirmed: Chevrolet is down to 24% share, VW to 8.7% while Chery is up to 7.9%. 6 of the other 9 Chinese brands in the Top 22 are on or above their Full Year 2011 levels with JAC appearing in the Top 20 for the first time and Chana the most impressive at #14 and 1.8% share.

Previous post: Uruguay July 2011: Chery QQ and Suzuki Celerio make their mark

Full Year and December 2011 Top 20 Ranking Tables below.

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Chery QQ and Suzuki Celerio

* Many thanks to Seba from Montevideo, Uruguay for making this post possible! *

New car sales in Uruguay are still buoyant at +43% in June, +6% in July and +30% year-to-date at 27,978 units. 2011 will be a record-breaking year for the Uruguayan market. Sales info by brand enables us to get a good idea of how the models ranking is behaving over the period.

If the Chevrolet Classic should in all logic stay on top, two brands have had amazing results over the last couple of months and this was due to their lead model. Chery managed an incredible 2nd place in the brands ranking behind only Chevrolet in June with an outstanding 12.2% of the market! By far the highest market share ever achieved by a Chinese brand in Uruguay (and possibly anywhere in the world outside China!)… The Chery QQ is the brand’s best-seller in the country.

Suzuki also impresses at #4 and 8.4% share in June and #3 at 7.1% in July, thanks to the new Celerio (aka Alto). Over the first 7 months of 2011 the brand has delivered 1,294 units, up a massive 159% year-on-year! Notice also BYD breaking into the Top 10 brands in July at #9 with 2.3%, mostly BYD F0s. Great Wall, Effa, Geely, Dongfeng, FAW and Lifan also rank in the Top 20.

Previous post: see the May 2011 Uruguay post here.

Full June, July and year-to-date Top 20 best-selling brands Ranking Tables below.

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Chevrolet Classic

The Uruguayan car market improves on an already record-breaking year, up 33% at 19,087 units over the first 5 months of 2011. Thanks to Sebastian from Montevideo, Uruguay, we now have a better insight into the best-selling brands and models in the country, many thanks Sebastian!

Chery QQ

Chevrolet holds 28% of the market, VW is at 13% and Fiat at 8%. In the continuity of last year, Chinese brands are making enormous progress in Uruguay: they are now 8 in the Top 20 best-selling brands!

BYD F0

Chery ranks #5 at a very impressive 5.3% of the market, which means it is ahead of Peugeot, Ford, Renault, Toyota and Hyundai. The Chery QQ accounts for an estimated 80% of Chery sales, likely putting the model on the podium! BYD is #12, Great Wall #14, ahead of Effa (#15), FAW (#16), Geely (#17), Lifan (#19) and Chana (#20).

Lifan 320

The Chevrolet Classic is still the best-seller in Uruguay, with the VW Gol, Chevrolet Celta, Agile, Aveo Sedan, Fiat Uno and Peugeot 207 Compact also strong sellers. Among Chinese models, the BYD F0 and Lifan 320 (built locally) are among the favourites.

Full Top 20 Brands Ranking Table below.

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The Uruguayan car market is on fire in 2010: with 42,675 registrations, it’s up 64% on 2009 and constitutes a new record for the country, beating the 36,771 units figure from 1998.

Chevrolet dominates at 27.3% market share and sales up 92%, It was the first brand to sell more than 1,000 cars in a month in Uruguay (in March), reiterating this feat 6 more times this year. The Chevrolet Classic, a 1993 Opel Corsa restyled in 2010, is the best-selling car in the country.

No models ranking is available, only the brands one which shows VW (+67%) and Fiat (+26%) keeping their respective 2nd and 3rd places. The big event this year is the fantastic arrival of Chery in 5th position with 1,984 sales (+263%!) and 4.6% of the Uruguayan market, ahead of well established brands like Peugeot, Ford, Renault, Toyota, Hyundai and Citroen!

Full Top 10 Brands Ranking Table: click on ‘Read more’ below.

The Chery Tiggo is assembled in Uruguay

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