The Fiat Cronos is the best-selling vehicle in Argentina again. A low year-ago base and pandemic pent-up demand means new vehicle sales surge 14.6% year-on-year in Argentina to 37.163 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -30.6% to 284.666 units. Volkswagen (+27.1%) almost doubles the market growth to easily remain the…
The Fiat Strada is up 44.7% year-on-year in Brazil. Pic by Fernando Pires / www.flpires.com.br The Brazilian new light vehicle market drops -14.9% year-on-year in October to 205.244 units, surpassing 200.000 monthly sales for the first time in 2020. This YoY drop, on paper worse than September (-10.9%) is actually due…
The Chevrolet Onix remains the #1 car in Colombia. 16/09 update: Now with Top 75 models. 10/09 update: Now with Top 30 brands and models. As coronavirus total cases surge from 306.181 to 641.574 in the past month alone, lockdowns were reimposed in Bogota and other areas of the country…
The Chevrolet Onix remains the most popular vehicle in Colombia. 25/08 update: Now with Top 30 brands and Top 75 models. Colombia has added almost 265.000 new Covid-19 cases over the past month alone, with total cases now nearing 400.000 (as of August 11 when this article was first published)…
The Mazda CX-30 secures its 2nd podium finish in 3 months on sale in Colombia. 18/06 update: Now with Top 80 models. 11/06 update: Now with Top 30 brands and models. The April 2020 article has now been updated with the Top 70 All-models. After grounding to an almost complete…
The Toyota Hilux is back to #1 in Argentina. As the country is slowly awakening from its COVID-19 torpor, new vehicle sales in Argentina drop -42.6% year-on-year in May to 21.015 units, pulling the year-to-date tally down -45.4% to 115.864. That's a much better hold than in April (-88.3%) but still hardly…
The new generation lifts the Chevrolet Tracker to its very first Top 10 finish. Brazil is in the midst of a worsening COVID-19 crisis, and its new car market is down -76.8% year-on-year in April to 51.362 units, estimated to be the lowest monthly volume in 27 years and pulling…
Buenos Aires during the COVID-19 quarantine. Argentina was under a strict national quarantine during April with dealership closed across the country and the Automotive Registries only reopening on April 22 to process registrations. On April 26, the quarantine was extended to May 10. As a result, the only sales made…
Ram is the only manufacturer in Mexico to post a year-on-year gain in March. As of March 31, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Mexico amounted to 1.315 and a partial lockdown had just been announced, scheduled to last until May 30. As a result, new car sales are…
The Toyota Corolla celebrates 15 straight years as the world's best-seller. Consult 60 years of Worldwide Historical Data here. 29/04 update: Now with the Top 15 groups and Top 30 brands. 24/04 update: Now with a Top 10 sneak peek, Renault-sourced data and complete Turkey and Puerto Rico/USVI sales. For…
The Suzuki S-Presso leaps up to #4 overall in Uruguay in March. In Uruguay, various COVID-19 containment measures were introduced in mid-March, and major restrictions on movement followed in late March. As a result the country's new car market has seen a relatively moderate impact in March at -24.8% year-on-year…
The Fiat Argo (+30.8%) posts the only gain among the Top 12 models. The coronavirus crisis has hit Brazilian new car sales in March at -21.9% to 155.810 registrations, the weakest March volume in 14 years, since 2006 (148.234). The year-to-date tally is now down -8.2% to 532.549. However Brazil's…
Ram breaks into the Mexican Top 10 brands in February. 25/03/20 update: Now with actuals for Top 40 All-brands and Top 300 All-models. In February new vehicle sales in Mexico manage their first "true" year-on-year uptick in almost 3 years (since May 2017) at a shy +0.3% to 104.328. Indeed…
Jetour appears in its first market outside China. The Uruguayan new light vehicle market sinks -10.7% year-on-year in February to 2.795 registrations, leading to a year-to-date tally down -5.4% to 5.778 units. Renault (-14.1%) threepeats in the brands pole position at 15.5% share, this despite a steep fall. The Top 5…
Chery is #11 in February, the highest a Chinese brand has ever been in Brazil. The Brazilian new car market swings back into positive in February at +4.6% year-on-year to 192.639 registrations, however this is not enough to flip the YTD tally into positive also, at -1% to 376.756 units.…