Brazil June 2025: Volkswagen (+25%), BYD (+53%) strong, VW Tera lands

The VW Tera enters the Brazilian Top 30 in June.

201,437 new cars hit Brazilian roads in June, a small -0.5% year-on-year drop. The H1 2025 tally is in positive however at +5% to 1,131,271. Pre-pandemic levels aren’t that far away: the market totalled 1,248,299 sales over H1 2019, or 9% more. Fiat (+8.9%) defies the negative market to 20.8% share, to be compared with 8.3% at home in Italy this month. Volkswagen (+25%) does even better in 2nd place but remains at a fair distance with 18.5% share. In contrast Chevrolet (-23.6%), Hyundai (-16.5%) and Toyota (-14.5%) all struggle to round out the Top 5. BYD (+53%) posts the biggest gain in market once again but falls one spot on last month to #9, a ranking it also holds YTD. Honda (+22.5%) and Renault (+4.9%) are both solid.

Model-wise, the VW Polo (+18.7%) threepeats at #1, but its advantage over the Fiat Strada (+52%) has thawed to just 18 units. The Strada easily remains the leader YTD with 5.6% share vs. 5.1% for the Polo. In fact the Top 5 is unchanged on last month, with the VW T-Cross (+45.4%), Fiat Argo (-2.5%) and Hyundai HB20 (-29.1%) in tow. The Chevrolet Onix (-23.4%) is back up two spots on last month to #6 but freefalls year-on-year. Excellent performances of the Honda HR-V (+43.7%) and Toyota Corolla Cross (+25.9%) to close out the Top 10. The BYD Song Plus (+46.8%) is the best-selling Chinese model at #26. We welcome the arrival of the locally-produced subcompact VW Tera at #29. The Citroen Basalt (#38) is the 2nd ranked recent launch.

Previous month: Brazil May 2025: Market up 16.4%, VW Polo and Honda HR-V shine

One year ago: Brazil June 2024: HB20 pushes Hyundai up 55.5%, VW Polo #1 over H1

Full June 2025 Top 34 All brands and Top 189 All models below.