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Brazil: 1954-2009 Historical Data now available

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…

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Brazil 1994: Fiat Uno edges out VW Gol!

Big surprise this year: the VW Gol is no longer the best-selling car in Brazil and is replaced on top by the Fiat Uno. The fight was extremely tight and the Uno finishes the year only 486 sales ahead with 221,627 units vs. 221,141 for the Gol... This shift can…

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Brazil 1984-1986: Chevrolet Monza tops the charts

I could not access detailed car sales figures for Brazil over the period, only a Chevrolet Monza advertisement in Quatro Rodas celebrating 2 years of domination over the Brazilian market in 1984 and 1985. The Monza sold 70,577 units in 1984 and 75,240 in 1985, and in all likeliness it…

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