* See the Top 100 best selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at the end of the post * For the first time in months, the Brazilian car market is down: -14% in March at 288,758 registrations. However the year-to-date figure is still up 4% at 777,725 units. After…
1969 Chevrolet Opala: among Brazilian best sellers throughout the seventies I have now completed a review of the Brazilian market going back to 1954. Witness the domination of the VW Beetle (called Fusca in Brazil) from 1954 through the sixties and seventies... Explore the 1980's 'malaise' with the Fiat 147…
* Thanks to Titus for the tip - see 'Read more' below for the Top 100 best selling models * Growth in Brazil seems to slow down slightly this fortnight at 'only' +8% and 142,369 registrations. After making history last month by passing the VW Gol for the first time,…
Brazilian car sales are up 22% in February at 258,841 registrations. Massive event this month: the Fiat Uno passes the VW Gol for the very first time to become Brazil's best selling car! At 21,470 sales it grabs 8.3% of the market, compared to 20,989 and 8.1% for the VW…
Fiat Strada After a weak January, the Fiat Uno is back in the race for #1 with a 8.4% share half-way through February, as the VW Gol drops to 8.8%. The VW Fox/CrossFox stays 3rd above 5%, and the Fiat Strada, a pick-up based on the Fiat Palio, climbs to…
The VW Voyage, a Gol Sedan, is #10 in January. The Brazilian car market is up 13% in January at 228,959 registrations, and Volkswagen starts the year on a high with a 26.1% passenger car market share (vs. 22.7% over 2010), way above traditional #1 Fiat. Most VW models are…
The very first 2011 figures come from Brazil, thanks to Fenavabre's bi-monthly updates. Brazilian car sales are up 16% at 114,015 registrations halfway through January, and the VW Gol is off to a great start just under 10% share at 11,262 sales, way above the Fiat Uno (7.5%) and VW…
December car sales in Brazil are up 33% at 361,197 registrations, bringing the Full Year 2010 figure to 3,329,170, up 11%. The VW Gol is the best selling car in Brazil for the 23rd year, in spite of a 3% drop (293,793 sales and 8.8%) and the arrival of the…
The Brazilian market seems to have engaged in exponential growth: with 176,725 registrations in the first half of December it is up an enormous 41% year-on-year. The slight under-performance of the new Fiat Uno over the last couple of months seems to have in fact been due to stock issues:…
Another massive month for the Brazilian market with 311,318 registrations in November, +31% vs. 2009! The Year-to-date figure is just under 3 million at 2,967,760 sales and +9%. The VW Gol is as strong as ever and delivers its best 2010 month in terms of volume at 29,697 units (9.5%). It…
Fenavabre publishes detailed car sales data twice a month, so we have access to the Brazilian models ranking for the first half of November. The market is up a massive 30% over '09 with 160,583 registrations. The Gol/Uno fight seems to be over already with the Gol reaching 9.9% at…
The Brazilian market keeps on delivering very solid figures month after month: it is at 287,537 registrations in October (+2% - third market in the world after China and the USA), and 2,656,461 units over 10 months 2010 (+7%). The models ranking is very stable with the VW Gol at…
The Brazilian market is in very good shape in 2010 and even if September shows a slight decrease compared to Sept 09 (-2%), the year to date sales total shows an increase of 7% over 2009. In fact, Brazil has passed Germany, be it in September (291,409 sales vs 259,748…
In spectacular fashion, car sales in Brazil grow 13% this year to pass the 3 million units mark for the first time ever at 3,009,482 registrations. The VW Gol is the best selling model in the country for the 22nd year out of the last 23 with 303,051 units changing…
VW Gol At 2,671,338 registrations (+14%), the Brazilian car market is now the 4th biggest in the world, below the USA, China, Japan and Germany. Car sales in Brazil simply doubled in 5 years! On top for the 21st year, the VW Gol saw its vastly improved 5th generation launch…