The Fiat Argo scores its first ever monthly win in Brazil in May. As the coronavirus crisis worsened a year ago, new light vehicle sales in Brazil jump up 209.8% in May to 175.405 units, lifting the year-to-date tally up 30.7% to 837.125. However a comparison with pre-pandemic May 2019…
The Fiat Strada topples the Chevy Onix as the YTD best-seller. As March 2020 corresponded to the first week of lockdown measures, this year the Brazilian market is back up 13.7% year-on-year to 177.109 units, leading to a year-to-date tally down -6.5% to 497.885. However the March 2021 level remains…
Jeep scores its first ever Top 5 finish in Brazil. The Brazilian new light vehicle market drops -11.7% year-on-year in January to 162.567 units but the daily sales rate is down just -1.3%. Fiat (+19.3%) starts the year all guns blazing and returns to the brands top spot for the…
The Chevrolet Onix is #1 in Brazil for the 6th consecutive year. Discover Brazilian Historical Data spanning over 65 years here. New light vehicle sales in Brazil plummet down -26.6% year-on-year in 2020 to 1.950.889 units. Only February was in positive, with all remaining 11 months in negative, albeit in…
The Chevrolet Onix Plus breaks its volume record in Brazil this month. New light vehicle sales manage to contain their loss to single digits for the first time since the pandemic hit in November at -7.2% to 214.265 units, the second month in a row above 200.000 sales. The year-to-date…
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…
The Suzuki Alto is the best-selling vehicle in Uruguay in January. New car sales in Uruguay edge up 0.3% year-on-year in January to 2.983 units. Renault (-10.9%) keeps the lead despite a steep drop, distancing Volkswagen (+31.5%), Suzuki (+7.4%) and Chevrolet (+15.1%) all in outstanding shape. Hyundai (+23.2%) also shines…
The Chevrolet Onix Plus holds 4.7% of the Brazilian market, a new record. New light vehicle sales in Brazil are giving us another sign of plateauing in January with sales down for the third time in the past 6 months at -3.4% to 184.125 units. Chevrolet (-3.1%) almost matches the…
MG has landed in the Philippines. Picture autodeal.com.ph Discover 25 years of Philippines Historical Data here. 06/02 update: Now with Top 50 models. Although up 2% year-on-year to 410.187 units in 2019 and above the 400.000 annual sales milestone for the 4th consecutive year and the 4th time in history, the…
The Renault Kwid repeats at #1 in Uruguay in 2019. Discover one decade of Uruguay Historical Data here. 13/02 update: Now with Top 10 light commercial models. 23/01 update: Now with Top 200 models (passenger cars). It's another difficult year for new light vehicle sales in Uruguay, down -7.3% in…
The Chevrolet Onix is the best-selling vehicle in Paraguay over H1 2019. Delayed exclusive data for Paraguay shows a market freefalling down -16.9% over the First Half of 2019 to 14.078 units. Kia topples Chevrolet to become the country's best-selling carmaker for just 28 units with Toyota closing the podium…
The Chevrolet Onix reaches record share and volume in 2019. Discover Brazilian Historical Data spanning over 65 years here. The Brazilian new light vehicle market continues its recovery, with 2019 marking a third straight year of significant gains at +7.6%, equivalent to nearly 200.000 additional annual sales to 2.658.927, the…
The Fiat Argo scores its first ever podium finish in Brazil. The Brazilian new light vehicle market remains wobbly, although up 4.4% year-on-year in November to 230.923 units with a year-to-date tally ensured to remain in positive until the end of the year, for now up 7.2% to 2.406.984. After…
The Chevrolet Onix celebrates 50 straight months as the #1 vehicle in Brazil. After a July hiccup (-3.5%), the Brazilian new vehicle market is back to splendid growth at +9.1% in September to 223.240 units, in line with its YTD gain of +8.7% at 1.935.013 registrations. Atop the brands ranking,…
The T-Cross breaks into the Brazilian Top 20, helping VW up 14.4%. New light vehicle sales in Brazil surprise with a year-on-year drop in August at -3.5% to 230.718 units for only the 2nd drop in the past 28 months alongside last March (-0.2%) and the largest decline since February 2017…