Brazilian vehicle sales up 5.5% in March, production up 18.1%

On April 6 the Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automotores (ANFAVEA) announced that Brazilian new vehicle sales (including trucks and buses) in March increased 5.5% year-over-year (y/y) to 189,149 units.

Among by maker sales of passenger vehicles, General Motors saw an increase of 11.0% to 27,484 units. Fiat Chrysler’s sales increased 5.2% to 21,293 units. VW’s sales increased 4.5% to 19,216 units. For light commercial vehicles, FCA’s sales rose 2.2% to 10,084 units, VW’s sales decreased 0.8% to 4,237 units. Toyota's sales decreased 14.9% to 3,919 units.

The Federacao Nacional da Distribuicao de Veiculos Automotores announced passenger vehicle sales rankings by model for the month. The GM Onix took the top spot with sales of 14,745 units. The Hyundai HB20 was number 2 with 10,638 units, followed by the Ford KA with 8,021 units. For LCVs, the Fiat Strada took the top spot with sales of 4,570 units, followed by the Fiat Toro with 4,400 units, and the VW Saveiro was number 3 with 3,590 units.

In ANFAVEA’s sales report by fuel type, sales of flexible-fuel vehicles increased 8.7% y/y to 164,203 units (market share of 89.1%), diesel vehicles decreased 2.1% to 13,888 units (market share of 7.5%), gasoline vehicles declined 26.8% to 5,870 units (market share of 3.2%), and hybrid and electric vehicles jumped 278.3% to 227 units.

As for March production figures (excluding CKD production), units produced increased 18.1% to 234,746 units. Exports in March increased 64.6% to 68,482 units.

March sales were pushed up by the fleet sales and agricultural business demand for commercial vehicles, and became first positive in 26 months. March production increased at double digits helped by strong exports to Latin American countries.

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