Uruguay September 2024: Volkswagen (+60%), BYD (+157.3%) impress
Volkswagen sales are up 60% year-on-year in September.
5,196 new light vehicles hit Uruguayan roads in September, a small 3.1% year-on-year gain. The year-to-date tally is now up 7.6% to 44,139. Chevrolet (-16.9%) easily keeps the lead despite a heavy year-on-year loss linked to a particularly high year-ago performance when it reached its highest market share in 5.5 years. Volkswagen (+60%) advances one spot on August to #2 with 11.4%, its second consecutive month above 10% and highest share since February 2023 (12.1%). Volkswagen now ranks #3 year-to-date, passing Renault (+24.4%) at #4 for the month. Fiat (+31.5%) is also strong at #3. BYD (+157.3%) scores the largest uptick in the Top 10 at #8, with Citroen (+15.1%) also dynamic at #7.
Previous month: Uruguay August 2024: Volkswagen at highest in 3.5 years
One year ago: Uruguay September 2023: Chevrolet (+96.6%) up to highest share in 5.5 years
Full September 2024 Top 56 All brands ranking below.
Uruguay September 2024 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-24 | % | /23 | Aug | 2024 | % | /23 | Pos | FY23 |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 917 | 17.6% | – 16.9% | 1 | 7,297 | 16.5% | + 3.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Volkswagen | 592 | 11.4% | + 60.0% | 3 | 3,632 | 8.2% | – 3.3% | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Fiat | 543 | 10.5% | + 31.5% | 2 | 5,595 | 12.7% | + 34.0% | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Renault | 520 | 10.0% | + 24.4% | 4 | 3,530 | 8.0% | + 9.1% | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Hyundai | 371 | 7.1% | – 2.6% | 5 | 3,433 | 7.8% | + 29.4% | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Peugeot | 326 | 6.3% | – 13.8% | 11 | 2,219 | 5.0% | – 21.5% | 9 | 7 |
| 7 | Citroen | 297 | 5.7% | + 15.1% | 8 | 2,301 | 5.2% | – 4.0% | 8 | 8 |
| 8 | BYD | 229 | 4.4% | + 157.3% | 6 | 2,378 | 5.4% | + 274.5% | 7 | 11 |
| 9 | Nissan | 202 | 3.9% | – 26.3% | 10 | 1,931 | 4.4% | – 0.1% | 10 | 9 |
| 10 | Toyota | 174 | 3.3% | – 24.0% | 9 | 1,665 | 3.8% | – 10.9% | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Chery | 105 | 2.0% | + 64.1% | 12 | 749 | 1.7% | + 15.9% | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Geely | 95 | 1.8% | + 295.8% | 13 | 462 | 1.0% | + 110.0% | 16 | 24 |
| 13 | Jetour | 74 | 1.4% | + 45.1% | 16 | 549 | 1.2% | – 2.3% | 13 | 13 |
| 14 | DongFeng (incl. DFSK) | 63 | 1.2% | + 186.4% | 18 | 485 | 1.1% | + 55.0% | 15 | 19 |
| 15 | Omoda | 54 | 1.0% | new | 14 | 163 | 0.4% | new | 28 | 62 |
| 16 | Jeep | 52 | 1.0% | + 85.7% | 24 | 366 | 0.8% | + 28.9% | 20 | 21 |
| 17 | Suzuki | 51 | 1.0% | – 88.8% | 7 | 2,587 | 5.9% | – 36.8% | 6 | 3 |
| 18 | Ford | 50 | 1.0% | + 8.7% | 22 | 422 | 1.0% | – 13.3% | 18 | 14 |
| 19 | Victory | 48 | 0.9% | + 6.7% | 15 | 493 | 1.1% | + 37.7% | 14 | 17 |
| 20 | BMW | 43 | 0.8% | + 2.4% | 23 | 400 | 0.9% | + 8.4% | 19 | 15 |
| 21 | Volvo | 40 | 0.8% | + 300.0% | 19 | 284 | 0.6% | + 118.5% | 24 | 29 |
| 22 | Foton | 40 | 0.8% | + 3900.0% | 31 | 81 | 0.2% | + 305.0% | 34 | 41 |
| 23 | Changan | 36 | 0.7% | + 28.6% | 25 | 324 | 0.7% | – 14.1% | 21 | 18 |
| 24 | JAC | 30 | 0.6% | + 42.9% | 20 | 307 | 0.7% | + 22.8% | 22 | 23 |
| 25 | Mercedes | 29 | 0.6% | – 32.6% | 26 | 289 | 0.7% | – 11.6% | 23 | 16 |
| 26 | Karry | 22 | 0.4% | – 8.3% | 27 | 248 | 0.6% | + 46.7% | 25 | 25 |
| 27 | Audi | 21 | 0.4% | + 50.0% | 29 | 166 | 0.4% | – 11.7% | 27 | 26 |
| 28 | Mitsubishi | 21 | 0.4% | + 61.5% | 17 | 148 | 0.3% | – 16.4% | 30 | 27 |
| 29 | Honda | 20 | 0.4% | – 66.7% | 21 | 448 | 1.0% | + 54.0% | 17 | 20 |
| 30 | GWM | 14 | 0.3% | – 48.1% | 36 | 174 | 0.4% | – 36.7% | 26 | 22 |
| 31 | BAW | 14 | 0.3% | new | – | 31 | 0.1% | new | 41 | – |
| 32 | Kia | 11 | 0.2% | – 38.9% | 30 | 161 | 0.4% | – 2.4% | 29 | 28 |
| 33 | Mazda | 11 | 0.2% | – 15.4% | 28 | 107 | 0.2% | – 13.0% | 32 | 30 |
| 34 | Ram | 10 | 0.2% | + 400.0% | 32 | 125 | 0.3% | + 861.5% | 31 | 46 |
| 35 | Maxus | 10 | 0.2% | + 66.7% | 34 | 67 | 0.2% | – 4.3% | 35 | 32 |
| 36 | Mini | 6 | 0.1% | – 14.3% | 49 | 50 | 0.1% | – 7.4% | 36 | 33 |
| 37 | MG | 6 | 0.1% | new | 50 | 46 | 0.1% | new | 37 | – |
| 38 | Leapmotor | 6 | 0.1% | n/a | 51 | 27 | 0.1% | + 125.0% | 42 | 52 |
| 39 | Farizon | 5 | 0.1% | new | 53 | 10 | 0.0% | new | 49 | – |
| 40 | Seat | 4 | 0.1% | + 300.0% | 42 | 36 | 0.1% | + 260.0% | 38 | 47 |
| 41 | JMC | 4 | 0.1% | + 33.3% | 43 | 34 | 0.1% | + 17.2% | 39 | 37 |
| 42 | LMI | 4 | 0.1% | – 42.9% | 35 | 23 | 0.1% | – 54.9% | 44 | 36 |
| 43 | Tesla | 3 | 0.1% | + 50.0% | 39 | 31 | 0.1% | + 29.2% | 40 | 42 |
| 44 | Bestune | 3 | 0.1% | – 57.1% | 40 | 25 | 0.1% | – 7.4% | 43 | 43 |
| 45 | Land Rover | 3 | 0.1% | + 50.0% | 44 | 14 | 0.0% | – 46.2% | 45 | 40 |
| 46 | Lynk & Co | 3 | 0.1% | new | 37 | 8 | 0.0% | new | 51 | – |
| 47 | Zeekr | 3 | 0.1% | new | – | 3 | 0.0% | new | 60 | – |
| 48 | Sinotruk | 2 | 0.0% | new | – | 2 | 0.0% | new | 62 | – |
| 49 | Kaiyi | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 2 | 0.0% | – 66.7% | 63 | 55 |
| 50 | Subaru | 1 | 0.0% | – 85.7% | 33 | 99 | 0.2% | + 17.9% | 33 | 31 |
| 51 | XEV | 1 | 0.0% | – 80.0% | 45 | 10 | 0.0% | – 80.8% | 47 | 34 |
| 52 | Haval | 1 | 0.0% | – 80.0% | 46 | 10 | 0.0% | – 52.4% | 48 | 38 |
| 53 | Iveco | 1 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 47 | 6 | 0.0% | – 72.7% | 53 | 44 |
| 54 | Opel | 1 | 0.0% | – 90.0% | – | 5 | 0.0% | – 91.5% | 54 | 35 |
| 55 | Jinma | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 3 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 59 | 57 |
| 56 | Jaecoo | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 2 | 0.0% | new | 61 | – |
Source: Autodata
