Brazilian vehicle sales up 27.6% in October, production up 42.2%

The Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automotores (ANFAVEA) announced that Brazilian new vehicle sales (including trucks and buses) in October increased 27.6% year-over-year (y/y) to 202,857 units.
Among by maker sales of passenger vehicles, General Motors saw an increase of 25.4% to 32,243 units. Fiat Chrysler’s sales increased 13.6% to 22,899 units. Ford’s sales increased 28.0% to 18,469 units. For light commercial vehicles, FCA’s sales increased 15.0% to 10,818 units, VW’s sales increased 253.5% to 5,791 units. GM's sales increased 6.1% to 4,272 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 18,322 units. The Ford KA was number 2 with 9,689 units, followed by the Hyundai HB20 with 8,878 units. For LCVs, the Fiat Strada took the top spot with sales of 5,392 units, followed by the VW Saveiro with 4,330 units, and the Fiat Toro was number 3 with 4,122 units.
In ANFAVEA’s sales report by fuel type, sales of flexible-fuel vehicles increased 28.0% y/y to 174,369 units (market share of 88.5%), diesel vehicles were up 37.6% from a year ago with 16,518 units (market share of 8.4%), gasoline vehicles decreased 13.5% to 5,812 units (market share of 3.0%), and hybrid and electric vehicles jumped 161.3% to 243 units.

As for October production figures (excluding CKD production), units produced increased 42.2% to 249,932 units. Exports in October increased 66.6% to 61,554 units.

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