The Toro is the best-selling Fiat in Brazil for the first time in October. * See the Top 20 best-selling brands and Top 150 models by clicking on the title * No bright light in sight for the Brazilian new light vehicle market, down another 16% year-on-year in October to…
* See the Top 10 best-selling cars of all time in Brazil by clicking on the title! * Thanks to Marcelo de Vasconcellos, I can share with you today the list of the 10 most popular nameplate in the history of automobile in Brazil. And the #1 is not the…
DKW Vemag Vemaguet * See the Top 15 most produced models by clicking on the title! * Today I am taking you on a trip back in time, 50 years back exactly to what models were successful in Brazil in 1963... If Historical Data is something you are interested in,…
Chevrolet Onix * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * New car sales in Brazil are up a very healthy 15% year-on-year over the first half of December to 181,623 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 3,472,285 units, up 7% on 2011. Traditionally extremely…
Hyundai HB20 * NOW UPDATED with the Top 150 best-selling models! Click on title to see * The Brazilian new car market is taking a breather in November, down 3% year-on-year to 297,031 registrations, however the year-to-date total is still frankly in positive territory at 3,290,698 units, up 6% on 2011.…
The VW Fusca was #1 in Brazil from 1954 to 1980 The direct links to 41 Historical articles are below. January 2020 update: There is now a Top 20 brands ranking from 2003 onwards, Top 10 for 2002 - 10 articles have been updated over the 2002-2010 period. To celebrate…
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…
In 1993 the VW Gol keeps the leadership of the Brazilian car market with 180,937 sales (+33%). It was on top 10 months out of 12 and peaked at 18,399 units in July. The Fiat Uno takes the 2nd spot with 147,012 sales and an impressive +69% over 1992. It…
Chevrolet Chevette and Fiat 147 The Fiat 147 is the best selling car in Brazil for the third consecutive year, with 105,779 units produced in 1983. The Chevrolet Chevette, boosted by its facelift, is #2 with 80,047 units and the VW Gol is slowly but surely continuing its progression (it…
Fiat 147 1982 is the second year the Fiat 147 leads Brazilian car sales and the first year over 100,000 units of the model were produced, at 110,336. The Fiat 147 has established a comfortable margin over all other models produced in the country. The VW Voyage, a 3-door sedan…
Fiat 147, Chevrolet Chevette and VW Gol * Many thanks to Marcelo de Vasconcellos for the Quatro Rodas tip! * In 1981 and for the first time in almost 30 years, the best selling car in Brazil in not a Volkswagen... The title goes to the Fiat 147, helped by this…
VW Brasilia VW Fusca production in Brazil peaked at over 250,000 units in 1972 but has been slowing down since. In 1977, the drop accelerates to -22% at 161,004 units or 166,828 sales. This puts the Fusca's best selling car title under threat by another VW star: the Brasilia. In…
The VW Fusca dominates Brazilian production and sales over the period with a very comfortable margin at 229,273 units in 1974 (-3%), 217,896 in 75 (-5%) and 206,098 in 76 (-5%). VW Brasilia Launched in 1973, the VW Brasilia was developed uniquely for the Brazilian consumer, and it is an…
1966 VW Beetle First presented in 1938 but produced from 1945 onwards, the VW Type 1, or 'Beetle' is the most recognised car in the world. Its total production took 10 years to reach the first million (in 1955), but then its sales boomed, helped by clever advertising and iconic status…
Topping off over 10 years of constant progression, the VW Fusca reaches what remains its highest production volume ever in Brazil in 1972 at 252,209 units. It then drops 6% in 1973 at 237,509. The Fusca claims 40% of the total Brazilian production in 1970, up to 45% in 1972…