Brazil April 2018: Largest year-on-year gain this decade at +37.8%

The Kwid helps Renault up 70% to 4th place overall in April.

* See the Top 20 best-selling brands and the Top 150 models by clicking on the title *

This is it: the Brazilian new car market is back in the swing (samba?) of it: a 37.8% year-on-year surge in April to 209.995 units marks 12 months of year-on-year gains and the biggest surge since we started following Brazil monthly on BSCB in September 2010. YTD volume is now up 20.4% to 737.282 units, the highest at this time of year since 2015 (860.262). Once again Chevrolet trails the market but still gains 27% to 16.1%, over one percentage point below its YTD level of 17.3%. The next three manufacturers all vastly outpace the market: Volkswagen is up 61% to 14.4%, Fiat up 52% to 13.4% and Renault is the most impressive with a 70% surge to 9.6% share at #4, its best score since last September (#4 and 10.6%). Ford (+38%) and Hyundai (+21%) are both knocked down one spot vs. last month by the French manufacturer, while Toyota (+24%) and Honda (+4%) underperform but hold onto their March ranking. Jeep (+34%) is back above Nissan (+83%) in the tail end of the Top 10. Further down, notice Volvo (+107%), Kia (+81%), BMW (+60%) and Land Rover (+57%) whereas JAC (+20%) steps out of a Top 20 without any Chinese brand for the first time since last October and only the fourth time in the past 20 months.

The Fiat Cronos is up 13 spots on March to #23.

The Chevrolet Onix unsurprisingly remains the most popular nameplate in Brazil, and by far: despite underscoring the market at +31% it holds a strong 7.9% share vs. 4.6% for the Hyundai HB20 back to #2 nationally both this month and YTD. The Ford Ka (+32%) and Chevrolet Prisma (+44%) follow while the Renault Kwid is the best-selling recent launch (<12 months) in the country at #5 overall like in March, with the VW Polo following at #7 (-1) and the Fiat Argo at #12 (+1). Two sedans based on the latter two hatches and launched in the last days of 2017 vastly improve this month: the VW Virtus is up 6 spots to #18 and the Fiat Cronos up 13 to #23. The Chevrolet Tracker (+280%), Kia Sportage (+169%), Nissan Frontier (+141%), VW Amarok (+127%), Renault Captur (+112%) and Mitsubishi ASX (+104%) also impress.

Previous month: Brazil March 2017: Chevrolet struggles, Volkswagen, Renault and Nissan up

One year ago: Brazil April 2017: Chevrolet up, VW and Fiat down in market down 3.2%

Full April 2018 Top 20 brands and Top 150 models below.

Brazil April 2018 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-18	%	/17	Mar	2018	%	/17	Pos	FY17
1	Chevrolet	33,830	16.1%	27%	1	125,693	17.3%	16%	1	1
2	Volkswagen	30,329	14.4%	61%	2	107,803	14.8%	39%	2	3
3	Fiat	28,201	13.4%	52%	3	92,239	12.7%	14%	3	2
4	Renault	20,218	9.6%	70%	6	59,860	8.2%	39%	7	7
5	Ford	19,982	9.5%	38%	4	69,702	9.6%	22%	4	4
6	Hyundai	18,174	8.7%	21%	5	64,619	8.9%	12%	5	5
7	Toyota	17,902	8.5%	24%	7	60,812	8.4%	10%	6	6
8	Honda	11,290	5.4%	4%	8	44,693	6.1%	9%	8	8
9	Jeep	9,080	4.3%	34%	10	31,033	4.3%	19%	10	9
10	Nissan	7,775	3.7%	83%	9	32,077	4.4%	37%	9	10
11	Peugeot	2,138	1.0%	14%	12	7,840	1.1%	5%	11	11
12	Mitsubishi	1,934	0.9%	28%	11	7,396	1.0%	20%	12	13
13	Citroen	1,638	0.8%	-3%	13	6,389	0.9%	-6%	13	12
14	Mercedes	1,153	0.5%	13%	15	4,208	0.6%	12%	14	14
15	Kia	1,100	0.5%	81%	14	4,119	0.6%	67%	15	17
16	BMW	1,000	0.5%	60%	17	3,170	0.4%	29%	16	15
17	Land Rover	773	0.4%	57%	18	2,466	0.3%	37%	18	18
18	Audi	666	0.3%	-14%	16	2,676	0.4%	-1%	17	16
19	Volvo	536	0.3%	107%	19	1,633	0.2%	70%	19	n/a
20	Suzuki	372	0.2%	13%	21	1,535	0.2%	29%	20	19
21	JAC	370	0.2%	20%	20	1,430	0.2%	29%	21	20

Brazil April 2018 – models:

Pos	Model	Apr-18	%	/17	Mar	2018	%	/17	Pos	FY17
1	Chevrolet Onix	16,617	7.9%	31%	1	58,390	8.0%	10%	1	1
2	Hyundai HB20	9,606	4.6%	21%	3	33,618	4.6%	4%	2	2
3	Ford Ka	8,764	4.2%	32%	2	32,790	4.5%	19%	3	3
4	Chevrolet Prisma	6,635	3.2%	44%	4	23,017	3.2%	30%	5	5
5	Renault Kwid	6,616	3.2%	new	5	20,303	2.8%	new	8	36
6	Fiat Strada	6,357	3.0%	104%	8	21,461	3.0%	39%	7	8
7	VW Polo	5,818	2.8%	new	6	23,538	3.2%	new	4	57
8	Renault Sandero	5,814	2.8%	-5%	16	15,249	2.1%	-28%	16	6
9	Toyota Corolla	5,664	2.7%	14%	10	19,413	2.7%	8%	9	7
10	VW Gol	5,449	2.6%	-1%	7	21,705	3.0%	1%	6	4
11	Fiat Toro	5,141	2.4%	48%	19	15,579	2.1%	6%	15	10
12	Fiat Argo	4,952	2.4%	new	13	17,818	2.4%	new	10	27
13	Jeep Compass	4,606	2.2%	17%	12	17,584	2.4%	28%	11	11
14	VW Saveiro	4,490	2.1%	55%	17	14,273	2.0%	15%	17	14
15	Jeep Renegade	4,462	2.1%	63%	15	13,426	1.8%	13%	18	18
16	Fiat Mobi	4,204	2.0%	15%	14	16,539	2.3%	20%	12	9
17	Toyota Etios Hatch	3,968	1.9%	21%	21	13,243	1.8%	2%	20	15
18	VW Virtus	3,862	1.8%	new	24	8,462	1.2%	new	31	170
19	Hyundai Creta	3,785	1.8%	24%	18	13,399	1.8%	33%	19	16
20	Nissan Kicks	3,701	1.8%	135%	9	16,020	2.2%	75%	14	22
21	Ford Ka Sedan	3,525	1.7%	53%	23	10,745	1.5%	44%	23	28
22	Honda HR-V	3,522	1.7%	-2%	11	16,354	2.2%	11%	13	12
23	Fiat Cronos	3,382	1.6%	new	36	5,038	0.7%	new	44	–
24	VW Fox/CrossFox	3,292	1.6%	13%	20	12,324	1.7%	-9%	21	13
25	Toyota Etios Sedan	3,255	1.6%	26%	28	10,606	1.5%	10%	24	24
26	Toyota Hilux	3,221	1.5%	28%	22	11,528	1.6%	16%	22	19
27	Ford Ecosport	2,932	1.4%	33%	26	9,955	1.4%	27%	28	25
28	VW Voyage	2,825	1.3%	-4%	25	10,315	1.4%	-14%	25	17
29	Honda Civic	2,764	1.3%	15%	27	8,417	1.2%	-14%	32	30
30	Hyundai HB20S	2,651	1.3%	22%	31	10,265	1.4%	7%	26	23
31	Chevrolet Tracker	2,562	1.2%	280%	32	9,212	1.3%	266%	30	49
32	Renault Logan	2,537	1.2%	43%	39	6,250	0.9%	-5%	36	29
33	Chevrolet S10	2,418	1.2%	10%	33	9,447	1.3%	17%	29	26
34	Honda Fit	2,266	1.1%	23%	29	10,100	1.4%	17%	27	31
35	Nissan Versa	2,124	1.0%	80%	30	7,668	1.1%	39%	33	34
36	Ford Fiesta Hatch	1,693	0.8%	44%	40	6,015	0.8%	9%	38	39
37	Renault Captur	1,684	0.8%	112%	42	5,632	0.8%	190%	40	46
38	VW Up	1,654	0.8%	-38%	38	6,558	0.9%	-43%	35	21
39	Chevrolet Cruze Sedan	1,645	0.8%	-4%	34	6,680	0.9%	25%	34	38
40	Renault Duster	1,633	0.8%	-14%	45	5,025	0.7%	-30%	45	41
41	Ford Ranger	1,570	0.7%	49%	44	5,172	0.7%	25%	42	40
42	VW Amarok	1,541	0.7%	127%	49	4,986	0.7%	100%	46	50
43	Honda City	1,454	0.7%	36%	35	4,144	0.6%	-11%	48	42
44	Fiat Siena	1,390	0.7%	-30%	41	5,780	0.8%	-33%	39	32
45	Fiat Fiorino	1,298	0.6%	67%	59	3,298	0.5%	28%	53	52
46	Chevrolet Cobalt	1,284	0.6%	-27%	46	5,096	0.7%	-30%	43	35
47	Chevrolet Spin	1,223	0.6%	-19%	43	6,068	0.8%	-15%	37	33
48	Honda WR-V	1,185	0.6%	-36%	47	5,540	0.8%	116%	41	43
49	Nissan March	1,107	0.5%	7%	37	4,700	0.6%	-22%	47	45
50	Renault Oroch	1,107	0.5%	27%	50	4,032	0.6%	10%	49	51
51	Toyota Hilux SW4	1,071	0.5%	10%	48	3,723	0.5%	-6%	50	47
52	Mitsubishi L200	930	0.4%	20%	51	3,414	0.5%	19%	52	55
53	Hyundai ix35	816	0.4%	16%	54	3,074	0.4%	16%	55	54
54	Peugeot 2008	763	0.4%	-5%	55	2,853	0.4%	-10%	56	53
55	Peugeot 208	684	0.3%	-16%	58	2,796	0.4%	-16%	57	48
56	Fiat Uno	655	0.3%	-76%	53	3,629	0.5%	-65%	51	20
57	Citroen C3	643	0.3%	-13%	60	2,569	0.4%	-14%	58	56
58	Renault Master	629	0.3%	79%	63	2,217	0.3%	23%	60	61
59	Hyundai Tucson	543	0.3%	56%	65	1,840	0.3%	74%	65	64
60	Ford Focus Sedan	531	0.3%	9%	82	1,523	0.2%	-10%	70	62
61	Nissan Frontier	528	0.3%	141%	52	2,414	0.3%	92%	59	71
62	Kia Sportage	525	0.3%	169%	61	1,945	0.3%	141%	64	77
63	Mitsubishi ASX	492	0.2%	104%	56	2,132	0.3%	104%	61	65
64	Citroen Aircross	483	0.2%	-17%	62	2,030	0.3%	-7%	63	58
65	Fiat Doblo	482	0.2%	-4%	70	1,561	0.2%	-16%	69	63
66	VW Golf	475	0.2%	6%	72	1,129	0.2%	-36%	81	74
67	Hyundai HR	467	0.2%	4%	68	1,614	0.2%	38%	68	73
68	VW Space Fox	464	0.2%	2110%	73	1,683	0.2%	1215%	67	91
69	Land Rover Discovery	445	0.2%	77%	69	1,387	0.2%	37%	73	78
70	Mercedes C Class	439	0.2%	70%	67	1,400	0.2%	41%	72	66
71	Chevrolet Equinox	431	0.2%	new	77	1,522	0.2%	new	71	104
72	Toyota RAV4	413	0.2%	n/a	75	1,270	0.2%	n/a	77	n/a
73	Chevrolet Cruze Hatch	410	0.2%	-23%	66	2,056	0.3%	10%	62	60
74	Chevrolet Montana	399	0.2%	-37%	57	3,081	0.4%	-27%	54	44
75	Ford Fusion	378	0.2%	10%	85	1,313	0.2%	4%	74	69
76	Citroen C4L	369	0.2%	42%	86	1,190	0.2%	-1%	79	80
77	BMW X1	353	0.2%	48%	78	1,288	0.2%	36%	75	70
78	Nissan Sentra	315	0.2%	35%	71	1,274	0.2%	-14%	76	75
79	Kia Cerato	310	0.1%	184%	64	1,203	0.2%	168%	78	99
80	BMW 320	294	0.1%	66%	91	877	0.1%	36%	89	83
81	Ford Focus	279	0.1%	19%	87	1,094	0.2%	-19%	82	67
82	Volvo XC60	269	0.1%	41%	88	895	0.1%	39%	88	86
83	Toyota Prius	251	0.1%	102%	80	942	0.1%	76%	86	85
84	Peugeot 3008	250	0.1%	n/a	79	996	0.1%	n/a	84	113
85	Chery QQ	244	0.1%	190%	84	1,133	0.2%	461%	80	82
86	Audi Q3	243	0.1%	-42%	89	737	0.1%	-44%	93	72
87	VW Jetta	239	0.1%	-53%	76	1,688	0.2%	8%	66	59
88	JAC T40	236	0.1%	new	81	954	0.1%	new	85	107
89	Hyundai Elantra	231	0.1%	-6%	108	494	0.1%	-10%	105	88
90	Range Rover Evoque	226	0.1%	20%	90	703	0.1%	14%	98	93
91	Mitsubishi Outlander	218	0.1%	-32%	93	774	0.1%	-41%	91	68
92	Chevrolet Trailblazer	197	0.1%	-43%	74	1,091	0.2%	27%	83	81
93	Iveco Daily 3514	188	0.1%	33%	97	704	0.1%	35%	96	92
94	Mercedes GLA	185	0.1%	-44%	98	907	0.1%	-31%	87	76
95	Fiat Weekend	184	0.1%	-29%	83	833	0.1%	-29%	90	79
96	Lifan X60	181	0.1%	115%	99	710	0.1%	99%	94	87
97	Suzuki Jimny	175	0.1%	37%	94	737	0.1%	45%	92	90
98	Peugeot 408	175	0.1%	130%	126	260	0.0%	-18%	122	106
99	Ford New Fiesta Sedan	174	0.1%	2075%	96	708	0.1%	1288%	95	134
100	Mitsubishi Pajero	171	0.1%	10%	95	656	0.1%	9%	99	94
101	Kia K2500	158	0.1%	86%	102	578	0.1%	31%	102	98
102	Mercedes CLA180	152	0.1%	new	–	234	0.0%	new	125	–
103	Suzuki Vitara	144	0.1%	1%	100	617	0.1%	45%	100	95
104	Renault Kangoo	136	0.1%	183%	101	537	0.1%	-1%	103	103
105	Fiat Ducato	134	0.1%	11%	107	354	0.0%	-49%	115	100
106	Audi A3 Sedan	133	0.1%	-28%	92	703	0.1%	-7%	97	84
107	Troller T4	132	0.1%	16%	114	515	0.1%	15%	104	101
108	Mitsubishi Lancer	123	0.1%	486%	111	413	0.1%	27%	109	132
109	VW Passat	115	0.1%	167%	103	429	0.1%	211%	108	124
110	Mercedes GLC	113	0.1%	95%	109	379	0.1%	96%	112	115
111	Ford Mustang	108	0.1%	new	104	282	0.0%	new	121	n/a
112	Audi A4	103	0.0%	26%	110	362	0.0%	10%	113	109
113	Mini Cooper	101	0.0%	38%	106	474	0.1%	32%	106	105
114	JAC T5	94	0.0%	-61%	113	355	0.0%	-54%	114	89
115	Citroen Jumpy	84	0.0%	new	105	404	0.1%	new	110	163
116	Mercedes Sprinter 313	83	0.0%	538%	116	332	0.0%	1228%	116	122
117	Range Rover Velar	82	0.0%	new	120	297	0.0%	new	118	n/a
118	VW Golf Variant	82	0.0%	0%	121	235	0.0%	1%	124	119
119	Peugeot Expert	74	0.0%	new	118	259	0.0%	new	123	155
120	Hyundai Santa Fe	69	0.0%	21%	117	284	0.0%	15%	120	112
121	Audi Q5	68	0.0%	#DIV/0!	112	294	0.0%	#DIV/0!	119	n/a
122	Peugeot Partner	64	0.0%	-6%	129	402	0.1%	62%	111	111
123	Renault Fluence	60	0.0%	40%	115	589	0.1%	85%	101	108
124	Citroen C4 Picasso	52	0.0%	-10%	127	172	0.0%	37%	129	126
125	Lifan 530	51	0.0%	-11%	122	185	0.0%	-24%	127	121
126	Toyota Camry	51	0.0%	n/a	n/a	65	0.0%	n/a	143	n/a
127	Volvo V40	50	0.0%	85%	125	197	0.0%	77%	126	144
128	Peugeot 308	47	0.0%	-52%	128	180	0.0%	-45%	128	110
129	Audi A5	45	0.0%	n/a	131	163	0.0%	n/a	130	128
130	BMW 220i	42	0.0%	n/a	130	127	0.0%	n/a	133	143
131	Ram 2500	40	0.0%	-2%	138	103	0.0%	-22%	136	138
132	Mercedes Sprinter	28	0.0%	-45%	124	160	0.0%	32%	131	131
133	BMW 328	24	0.0%	-14%	139	83	0.0%	-47%	140	130
134	Kia Carnival	21	0.0%	133%	133	90	0.0%	114%	138	153
135	Porsche Panamera	21	0.0%	n/a	145	62	0.0%	n/a	146	n/a
136	VW Tiguan	19	0.0%	-73%	119	464	0.1%	68%	107	102
137	Mercedes CLA200	19	0.0%	-32%	142	80	0.0%	-18%	141	125
138	JAC V260	19	0.0%	new	147	46	0.0%	new	150	–
139	Mercedes E Class	18	0.0%	-51%	141	117	0.0%	8%	134	139
140	Audi TT	17	0.0%	42%	143	62	0.0%	51%	145	168
141	Iveco Daily	17	0.0%	n/a	n/a	28	0.0%	n/a	162	n/a
142	Audi A3	16	0.0%	n/a	136	63	0.0%	n/a	144	137
143	Fiat Palio	15	0.0%	-99%	123	321	0.0%	-97%	117	37
144	Audi A4 Avant	15	0.0%	88%	134	74	0.0%	76%	142	149
145	Porsche Cayman	15	0.0%	1400%	152	42	0.0%	83%	152	n/a
146	BMW 530	13	0.0%	n/a	140	57	0.0%	n/a	148	146
147	Jaguar XE	11	0.0%	-58%	135	93	0.0%	-35%	137	136
148	Porsche Boxster	9	0.0%	n/a	146	40	0.0%	n/a	154	165
149	BMW 430I	9	0.0%	-61%	156	32	0.0%	-59%	160	142
150	Volvo V60	9	0.0%	0%	155	20	0.0%	-20%	165	n/a