Chile Full Year 2022: Mitsubishi L200 and Maxus T60 top record market, Chinese hold 32.9% share

The Maxus T60 misses out on the annual top spot for 513 sales.

Discover close to 20 years of Chile Historical Data here.

Chilean new light vehicle sales step up 2.7% year-on-year in 2022 to 426,777 units, a new annual volume record eclipsing the past high mark of 417,038 in 2018. SUVs rise 8.7% to 189.473 sales and 44.4% share vs. 41.9% in 2021, passenger cars skid -13.3% to 105,186 and 24.6% share vs. 29.2% a year ago, pickups soar 19.3% to 87,558 and 20.5% share vs. 17.6% and vans edge down -4.3% to 44,560 units and 10.4% share vs. 11.2%.

Chevrolet (-3%) keeps the lead of the brands ranking but sees its market share thaw to 8.8% vs. 9.3% a year ago. Toyota (+40.6%) caps a fantastic year with the largest gain in the Top 10 and climbs up four spots on last year to #2 overall. Chery (+1%) is up two to #3, overtaking Hyundai (-15%) and Suzuki (-23%). Changan (+16.7%) and Peugeot (+16.5%) also beat the market in the remainder of the Top 10 with Volkswagen (+2.6%) matching the market and MG (+1.3%) and Kia (-4.2%) more discreet. There are 23 Chinese carmakers present in Chile, and as a whole they gain 17.5% in 2022 to hold 32.9% of the market vs. 28.8% in 2021.

Model-wise, the Mitsubishi L200 (+38.9%) reclaims the top spot for the 5th time in the past 6 years at 2.9% share vs. 2.2% a year ago. However the Maxus T60 (+56.4%) is catching up, gaining six spots on 2021 to land at #2 overall. The T60 ranked #1 in April, May, August, October and December. The Toyota Hilux (+5.9%) is up two ranks to make the 2022 podium 100% pickups. Leaders last year, the Chery Tiggo 2 (-17.9%) and MG ZS (-17%) drop to #4 and #5 respectively. The Chevrolet Tracker soars to #6 with the Great Wall Poer (+80%), Toyota RAV4 (+28.8%) and Yaris (+28.7%) all showing great health.

Previous year: Chile 2021: Chery Tiggo 2 and MG ZS top market surging 60.6%

Two years ago: Chile 2020: Chevrolet and Mitsubishi L200 lead, MG (+28.6%) places ZS at #3 in market off -30.6%

Full Year 2022 Top 65 brands and Top 45 models vs. Full Year 2021 figures below.

Full December 2022 Top 60 brands and Top 35 models below.