Colombia July 2018: Chevrolet Beat leaps up to #4, market back up

The Chevrolet Beat is up to #4 overall in Colombia in July.

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New vehicle sales in Colombia post their 4th month of year-on-year gain in 2018 at +3.9% to 19.358 registrations, meaning the year-to-date volume is now up 0.9% to 132.849 units. Chevrolet (+5%) reclaims its traditional pole position off Renault (-4%) with Nissan (+7%) rounding out the podium like in 2017 and YTD. Kia (-0.4%) bypasses Mazda (+9%) while Volkswagen (+49%) and Toyota (+44%) sign by far the largest year-on-year improvements in the Top 10. Further down, notice Fiat (+273%), JMC (+269%), Changan (+228%), Jeep (+157%), Mini (+86%), Volvo (+85%) and Dongfeng (+78%) all posting spectacular gains. Model-wise, below the Renault Sandero, Chevrolet Spark and Renault Logan holding onto the YTD order, the new Chevrolet Beat leaps up to #4, by far its highest ranking so far in Colombia. The Chevrolet Tracker (#7), Nissan Kicks (#13), Hyundai Grand i10 (#19), VW Voyage (#23), Mazda CX-3 (#30) and Ford Ranger (#42) also evolve markedly above their YTD placings.

Previous month: Colombia June 2018: Toyota (+41%), VW (+40%) can’t help negative market

One year ago: Colombia July 2017: Chevrolet back to #1, Nissan up 29%

Full July 2018 Top 30 brands and Top 50 models below.