Mexico November 2019: Nissan Versa, Kia Rio break records in 29th market fall in past 30 months (-7%)

The Nissan Versa breaks its Mexican share record for the 2nd straight month.

New light vehicle sales in Mexico endure a 29th year-on-year drop in the past 30 months in November at -7% to 124.819 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -7.6% year-to-date at 1.187.474. After ending a streak of 20 consecutive months losing share in October, market leader Nissan (-10.5%) is back to losing more ground than the market for the 21st time in the past 22 months in November, yet easily retaining the top spot at 20.4% share. In fact Chevrolet (-16.6%) and Volkswagen (-12.3%) lose even more ground on the podium. Below Toyota (-1%) back to #4, Kia (+0.3%) edges up to break its all-tome volume record at 8.533 units, 30 more than a year ago which was its previous all-time best. Once again Renault (+20.5%) is the best performer in the Top 10, with Mazda (+3.8%) and Hyundai (+3.5%) also in positive. Below, Volvo (+106.1%), Isuzu (+101.3%), JAC (+44.1%), Subaru (+43.7%), Ram (+33.5%), Peugeot (+19.7%), Jaguar (+18.8%), Lincoln (+14.1%), Porsche (+11.3%) and BMW (+10.9%) all impress with double-digit gains.

Model-wise, the Nissan Versa (+12.1%) is boosted by the new generation to 9.2% share vs. 6.5% year-to-date, breaking its all-time record market share in Mexico (and the world) for the second straight month, after hitting 8.7% in October. It also posts its largest monthly volume since November 2018 (11.062). The Nissan Pickup (+9.6%) overtakes the Chevrolet Aveo (-42%) to snap the 2nd spot overall while the Chevrolet Beat (-19%) remains at #4 and the VW Vento (-22.4%) edges past the Nissan March (-6.7%) to round up the Top 5. The Kia Rio (+13.6%) breaks its volume record at 3.686 (previous best 3.332 in December 2018), and we have some spectacular scores just below: the Chevrolet Silverado (+362.4%) at #8, the Toyota Corolla (+393.2%)  at #11, the Ram 1500-3500 (+128.7%) at #14 and the Toyota RAV4 (+153.6%) at #19.

Previous month: Mexico October 2019: Nissan Versa (+27.8%), Kia Rio (+15.1%) impress in 28th market drop in past 29 months.

One year ago: Mexico November 2018: Chevrolet Aveo confirms #1 spot, Kia Rio breaks volume record in 19th straight market decline

Full November 2019 Top 42 All-brands and Top 295 All-models below.