Brazil June 2026: Strongest market in 13 years, BYD, Geely and Jaecoo at record high

The Geely EX2 breaks into the Brazilian Top 20 for the first time in June.

The Brazilian new light vehicle market continues to surge ahead in June at +29.4% year-on-year to 260,604 units. This way, the year-to-date result halfway through the year is up 20.3% to 1,360,634. This is now well above pre-pandemic levels (1,248,299 sales over H1 2019). In fact, this is the highest June volume in 13 years, since the 302,896 registrations of June 2013. The June all-time record is 340.706 in 2012. As for the YTD tally, it is at its best in 12 years, since the 1,582,634 units of H1 2014. The H1 record dates back to 2011 at 1,638,078.

The Top 3 brands, although all delivering double-digit gains, fall short of the market’s growth rate. Fiat is up 17.3% to 18.8% share vs. 9.6% at home in Italy. The Italian carmaker holds 19.9% of the market YTD. Volkswagen (+23.9%) and Chevrolet (+21.6%) complete the podium while BYD (+160.4%) soars to repeat at a record 4th place and equals its share record at 8.2%. BYD now also holds the #4 spot YTD above Hyundai (+1.5%). Toyota (-2.7%) underperforms at #5. Caoa Chery (+50.8%) is back inside the Top 10 whereas GWM (+122.7%) slips out of it despite a fantastic YoY evolution. Newcomer Geely breaks all its records at #13 with 5.833 sales and 2.2% share, and the same goes for Jaecoo up 618.6% to #16 with 2,738 units and 1.1% share.

Model-wise, the Fiat Strada (+24.7%) easily holds onto the top spot with 5.5% share vs. 6.1% so far this year. The VW T-Cross (+36.2%) overtakes its stablemate the VW Polo (-4.8%) but the latter keeps the #2 rank YTD. The Fiat Argo (+35.9%) is back up one spot to #4 while the VW Tera (+263.6%) celebrates one year in market by lodging its best result since January at #5. The BYD Dolphin Mini (+237.5%) manages a 4th straight Top 10 finish at #8 while for the BYD Dolphin (+269.9%) it’s a maiden Top 10 at #10. The Geely EX2 is the best-selling recent launch and breaks into the Brazilian Top 20 for the first time at #17, accounting for 75% of Geely sales this month.

Previous month: Brazil May 2026: Market up 23.7%, BYD overtakes Hyundai to #4

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

Full June 2026 Top 48 All brands and Top 284 All models below.