Brazil - Automotive Sales volume, 2023



Flash report, Automotive sales volume, 2023

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Flash report, February 2023

Mar 7, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Brazilian vehicle sales declines 1.8% to 129,949 units in February (ANFAVEA)
The Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automores (ANFAVEA) announced that Brazilian vehicle sales (including trucks and buses) in February 2023 of 129,949 units represented an decrease of 1.8% from February 2022.
Vehicle sales in February consisted of 95,867 passenger cars; 24,039 light commercial vehicles; 8,108 trucks; and 1,935 buses.
Among passenger vehicle manufacturers, FCA sold 24,492 units (25.5%share), GM sold 16,724 units (17.4%), VW sold 13,736 units (14.3%), Toyota sold 9,576 units (10.0%) and Hyundai sold 8,697 units (9.1%). Among light commercial vehicle manufacturers, FCA sold 11,464 vehicles (47.7% share), Toyota sold 2,816 vehicles (11.7%), VW sold 2,547 vehicles (10.6%), GM sold 1,865 units (7.8%) and Ford sold 1,381 units (5.7%).
According to Fenebrave, the Chevrolet Onix was the bestselling passenger vehicle in February with 6,084 sales, followed by the Chevrolet Onix Plus sedan with 5,125 sales, Hyundai Creta with 4,606 sales, Fiat Argo with 4,536 sales, Jeep Compass with 4,430 sales, VW T Cross with 4,294 sales, and Fiat Mobi with 4,074 sales.The Fiat Strada was the bestselling LCV in February with 6,837 sales, followed by the Fiat Toro with 3,191 sales, Toyota Hilux with 2,814 sales, VW Saveiro with 2,092 sales, Chevrolet S10 with 1,512 sales, Ford Ranger with 1,025 sales, and Fiat Fiorino with 911 sales.
In ANFAVEA's sales report by fuel type, sales of flexible fuel vehicles were down 1.2% y/y to 99,361 units (82.9% share), diesel vehicles were down 13.4% to 13,188 units (11.0%), gasoline vehicles decreased 23.9% to 3,056 units (2.5%), hybrid vehicles increased 19.3% to 3,663 units (3.1%) and electric vehicles increased 57.1% to 638 units (0.5%).
According to the president of the Anfavea, February was quite atypical in terms of sales growth, since traditionally it is a short month, due to Carnival, and there were also floods caused by heavy rains on the coast of Sao Paulo, that is, a lower growth or maintenance of sales in relation to January was expected. However, February saw an decrease in the daily average of vehicle sales, which helped the first two months to close with a positive balance.


Automobile production, sales, export units
Type Feb.. 2023 Feb.. 2022 Y-o-Y Jan.-Feb..
2023
Jan.-Feb..
2022
Y-o-Y
Registration Passenger Cars 95,867 100,033 -4.2% 199,761 192,271 3.9%
Light Commercial Vehicles 24,039 23,287 3.2% 50,826 47,823 6.3%
Trucks 8,108 8,091 0.2% 18,565 16,796 10.5%
Buses 1,935 921 110.1% 3,649 1,960 86.2%
Total 129,949 132,332 -1.8% 272,801 258,850 5.4%
Export Passenger Cars 27,228 32,052 -15.1% 54,200 53,832 0.7%
Light Commercial Vehicles 5,132 7,715 -33.5% 9,892 12,117 -18.4%
Trucks 1,650 1,455 13.4% 2,676 2,636 1.5%
Buses 303 227 33.5% 593 572 3.7%
Total 34,313 41,449 -17.2% 67,361 69,157 -2.6%
Production Passenger Cars 123,482 130,221 -5.2% 248,542 242,544 2.5%
Light Commercial Vehicles 28,301 22,369 26.5% 51,076 44,675 14.3%
Trucks 8,123 11,389 -28.7% 12,172 20,852 -41.6%
Buses 1,275 1,956 -34.8% 2,057 3,281 -37.3%
Total 161,181 165,935 -2.9% 313,847 311,352 0.8%
Source: Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automotores (ANFAVEA)

Sales of new passenger cars
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Feb. Share Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share
FCA * 24,492 25.5% 22,792 22.8% 7.5% 49,711 24.9% 45,634 23.7% 8.9%
 - Fiat 15,435 16.1% 14,193 14.2% 8.8% 32,144 16.1% 25,677 13.4% 25.2%
 - Jeep 9,045 9.4% 8,594 8.6% 5.2% 17,550 8.8% 19,946 10.4% -12.0%
 - Dodge 11 0.0% 5 0.0% 120.0% 15 0.0% 9 0.0% 66.7%
 - Chrysler 1 0.0% 0 0.0% -% 2 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0%
GM 16,724 17.4% 15,622 15.6% 7.1% 37,285 18.7% 27,985 14.6% 33.2%
VW 13,736 14.3% 11,012 11.0% 24.7% 30,500 15.3% 21,961 11.4% 38.9%
Toyota 9,576 10.0% 10,956 11.0% -12.6% 18,580 9.3% 18,065 9.4% 2.9%
 - Toyota 9,539 10.0% 10,913 10.9% -12.6% 18,523 9.3% 17,979 9.4% 3.0%
 - Lexus 37 0.0% 43 0.0% -14.0% 57 0.0% 86 0.0% -33.7%
Hyundai 8,697 9.1% 12,543 12.5% -30.7% 20,188 10.1% 24,743 12.9% -18.4%
Renault 6,452 6.7% 8,687 8.7% -25.7% 12,059 6.0% 15,143 7.9% -20.4%
Honda 4,183 4.4% 4,096 4.1% 2.1% 7,457 3.7% 8,824 4.6% -15.5%
Nissan 3,872 4.0% 2,289 2.3% 69.2% 7,255 3.6% 4,808 2.5% 50.9%
PSA * 2,916 3.0% 3,978 4.0% -26.7% 6,077 3.0% 9,896 5.1% -38.6%
 - Citroen 1,602 1.7% 1,629 1.6% -1.7% 3,343 1.7% 3,914 2.0% -14.6%
 - Peugeot 1,314 1.4% 2,349 2.3% -44.1% 2,734 1.4% 5,982 3.1% -54.3%
CAOA 1,333 1.4% 4,170 4.2% -68.0% 2,686 1.3% 7,646 4.0% -64.9%
 - CAOA Chery 1,296 1.4% 3,302 3.3% -60.8% 2,623 1.3% 6,433 3.3% -59.2%
 - Hyundai 26 0.0% 866 0.9% -97.0% 52 0.0% 1,135 0.6% -95.4%
 - Subaru 11 0.0% 2 0.0% 450.0% 11 0.0% 78 0.0% -85.9%
BMW 849 0.9% 952 1.0% -10.8% 1,754 0.9% 1,692 0.9% 3.7%
 - BMW 750 0.8% 876 0.9% -14.4% 1,532 0.8% 1,532 0.8% 0.0%
 - Mini 99 0.1% 76 0.1% 30.3% 222 0.1% 160 0.1% 38.8%
HPE 471 0.5% 792 0.8% -40.5% 904 0.5% 1,294 0.7% -30.1%
 - Mitsubishi 359 0.4% 657 0.7% -45.4% 713 0.4% 1,060 0.6% -32.7%
 - Suzuki 112 0.1% 135 0.1% -17.0% 191 0.1% 234 0.1% -18.4%
Audi 406 0.4% 293 0.3% 38.6% 776 0.4% 763 0.4% 1.7%
Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans 384 0.4% 316 0.3% 21.5% 825 0.4% 750 0.4% 10.0%
Jaguar Land Rover 259 0.3% 391 0.4% -33.8% 464 0.2% 764 0.4% -39.3%
 - Land Rover 229 0.2% 364 0.4% -37.1% 396 0.2% 700 0.4% -43.4%
 - Jaguar 30 0.0% 27 0.0% 11.1% 68 0.0% 64 0.0% 6.3%
Ford 171 0.2% 200 0.2% -14.5% 321 0.2% 456 0.2% -29.6%
Others 1,346 1.4% 944 0.9% 42.6% 2,919 1.5% 1,847 1.0% 58.0%
Total 95,867 100.0% 100,033 100.0% -4.2% 199,761 100.0% 192,271 100.0% 3.9%
*FCA and PSA are shown as stated in the source.

Sales of new light commercial vehicles
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Feb. Share Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share
FCA * 11,464 47.7% 12,607 54.1% -9.1% 23,575 46.4% 24,425 51.1% -3.5%
 - Fiat 11,180 46.5% 12,604 54.1% -11.3% 23,075 45.4% 24,419 51.1% -5.5%
 - Dodge 284 1.2% 3 0.0% 9366.7% 500 1.0% 6 0.0% 8233.3%
Toyota 2,816 11.7% 2,607 11.2% 8.0% 6,257 12.3% 5,521 11.5% 13.3%
VW 2,547 10.6% 767 3.3% 232.1% 5,829 11.5% 2,901 6.1% 100.9%
GM 1,865 7.8% 2,263 9.7% -17.6% 4,003 7.9% 3,004 6.3% 33.3%
Ford 1,381 5.7% 853 3.7% 61.9% 2,696 5.3% 2,115 4.4% 27.5%
Renault 1,197 5.0% 1,039 4.5% 15.2% 2,573 5.1% 3,107 6.5% -17.2%
HPE (Mitsubishi) 787 3.3% 794 3.4% -0.9% 1,570 3.1% 1,620 3.4% -3.1%
Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans 555 2.3% 371 1.6% 49.6% 1,177 2.3% 810 1.7% 45.3%
PSA * 438 1.8% 514 2.2% -14.8% 863 1.7% 1,166 2.4% -26.0%
 - Citroen 254 1.1% 197 0.8% 28.9% 428 0.8% 402 0.8% 6.5%
 - Peugeot 184 0.8% 317 1.4% -42.0% 435 0.9% 764 1.6% -43.1%
Nissan 429 1.8% 582 2.5% -26.3% 1,090 2.1% 1,532 3.2% -28.9%
Iveco 145 0.6% 257 1.1% -43.6% 317 0.6% 497 1.0% -36.2%
MAN 112 0.5% 270 1.2% -58.5% 237 0.5% 442 0.9% -46.4%
Land Rover 2 0.0% 1 0.0% 100.0% 6 0.0% 1 0.0% 500.0%
CAOA 0 0.0% 145 0.6% -100.0% 2 0.0% 257 0.5% -99.2%
Others 301 1.3% 217 0.9% 38.7% 631 1.2% 425 0.9% 48.5%
Total 24,039 100.0% 23,287 100.0% 3.2% 50,826 100.0% 47,823 100.0% 6.3%
*FCA and PSA are shown as stated in the source.

Sales of new trucks
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Feb. Share Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share
Mercedes-Benz 2,317 28.6% 2,023 25.0% 14.5% 5,040 27.1% 4,106 24.4% 22.7%
MAN 2,156 26.6% 2,500 30.9% -13.8% 4,402 23.7% 4,845 28.8% -9.1%
Volvo 1,207 14.9% 1,520 18.8% -20.6% 3,288 17.7% 3,246 19.3% 1.3%
Iveco 784 9.7% 816 10.1% -3.9% 1,555 8.4% 1,664 9.9% -6.6%
DAF 497 6.1% 343 4.2% 44.9% 1,306 7.0% 871 5.2% 49.9%
Scania 489 6.0% 503 6.2% -2.8% 1,687 9.1% 1,186 7.1% 42.2%
FCA * 385 4.7% 48 0.6% 702.1% 763 4.1% 301 1.8% 153.5%
Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans 163 2.0% 151 1.9% 7.9% 335 1.8% 302 1.8% 10.9%
CAOA Hyundai 16 0.2% 15 0.2% 6.7% 61 0.3% 40 0.2% 52.5%
PSA * 11 0.1% 3 0.0% 266.7% 11 0.1% 7 0.0% 57.1%
 - Peugeot 9 0.1% 2 0.0% 350.0% 9 0.0% 5 0.0% 80.0%
 - Citroen 2 0.0% 1 0.0% 100.0% 2 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0%
Agrale 3 0.0% 5 0.1% -40.0% 5 0.0% 10 0.1% -50.0%
Ford 2 0.0% 2 0.0% 0.0% 3 0.0% 11 0.1% -72.7%
Others 78 1.0% 162 2.0% -51.9% 109 0.6% 207 1.2% -47.3%
Total 8,108 100.0% 8,091 100.0% 0.2% 18,565 100.0% 16,796 100.0% 10.5%

*FCA and PSA are shown as stated in the source.

Sales of new buses
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Feb. Share Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share Jan.-Feb. Share
Mercedes-Benz 882 45.6% 421 45.7% 109.5% 1,537 42.1% 875 44.6% 75.7%
MAN (Volkswagen Caminhoes e Onibus) 592 30.6% 263 28.6% 125.1% 1,030 28.2% 501 25.6% 105.6%
Agrale 371 19.2% 206 22.4% 80.1% 785 21.5% 467 23.8% 68.1%
Volvo 57 2.9% 15 1.6% 280.0% 180 4.9% 68 3.5% 164.7%
Iveco 22 1.1% 9 1.0% 144.4% 50 1.4% 23 1.2% 117.4%
Scania 5 0.3% 4 0.4% 25.0% 36 1.0% 10 0.5% 260.0%
Others 6 0.3% 3 0.3% 100.0% 31 0.8% 16 0.8% 93.8%
Total 1,935 100.0% 921 100.0% 110.1% 3,649 100.0% 1,960 100.0% 86.2%
Source: Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automotores (ANFAVEA)

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Flash report, January 2023

Feb 8, 2023

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

Brazilian vehicle sales rise 12.9% to 142,852 units in January (ANFAVEA)
The Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automores (ANFAVEA) announced that Brazilian vehicle sales (including trucks and buses) in January 2023 of 142,852 units represented an increase of 12.9% from January 2022.
Vehicle sales in January consisted of 103,894 passenger cars; 26,787 light commercial vehicles; 10,457 trucks; and 1,714 buses.
Among passenger vehicle manufacturers, FCA sold 25,219 units (24.3% share), GM sold 20,561 units (19.8%), VW sold 16,764 units (16.1%), Hyundai sold 11,491 units (11.1%) and Toyota sold 9,004 units (8.7%).
Among light commercial vehicle manufacturers, FCA sold 12,111 vehicles (45.2% share), Toyota sold 3,441 vehicles (12.8%), VW sold 3,282 vehicles (12.3%), GM sold 2,138 units (8.0%) and Renault sold 1,376 units (5.1%).
According to Fenebrave, The Chevrolet Onix was the best-selling passenger vehicle in January with 7,162 sales, followed by the Chevrolet Onix Plus sedan with 6,164 sales, Chevrolet Tracker with 5,296 sales, Hyundai Creta with 4,969 sales, Hyundai HB20 with 4,840 sales, VW T Cross with 4,454 sales, and Fiat Argo with 4,282 sales.
The Fiat Strada was the best-selling LCV in January with 7,000 sales, followed by the Toyota Hilux with 3,435 sales, Fiat Toro with 3,281 sales, VW Saveiro with 2,714 sales, Chevrolet S10 with 2,039 sales, Fiat Fiorino with 1,303 sales, and Ford Ranger with 977 sales.
In ANFAVEA's sales report by fuel type, sales of flexiblefuel vehicles were up 14.2% y/y to 108,439 units (83.0% share), diesel vehicles were down 6.2% to 14,893 units (11.4%), gasoline vehicles decreased 16.0% to 2,848 units (2.2%), hybrid vehicles increased 71.1% to 3,748 units (2.9%) and electric vehicles increased 104.6% to 753 units (0.6%).


Automobile production, sales, export units
Type Jan. 2023 Jan. 2022 Y-o-Y
Registration Passenger Cars 103,894 92,238 12.6%
Light Commercial Vehicles 26,787 24,536 9.2%
Trucks 10,457 8,705 20.1%
Buses 1,714 1,039 65.0%
Total 142,852 126,518 12.9%
Export Passenger Cars 26,972 21,780 23.8%
Light Commercial Vehicles 4,760 4,402 8.1%
Trucks 1,026 1,181 -13.1%
Buses 290 345 -15.9%
Total 33,048 27,708 19.3%
Production Passenger Cars 125,060 112,323 11.3%
Light Commercial Vehicles 22,775 22,306 2.1%
Trucks 4,049 9,463 -57.2%
Buses 782 1,325 -41.0%
Total 152,666 145,417 5.0%
Source: Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automotores (ANFAVEA)


Sales of new passenger cars
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Jan. Share Jan. Share
FCA * 25,219 24.3% 22,842 24.8% 10.4%
 - Fiat 16,709 16.1% 11,484 12.5% 45.5%
 - Jeep 8,505 8.2% 11,352 12.3% -25.1%
 - Dodge 4 0.0% 4 0.0% 0.0%
 - Chrysler 1 0.0% 2 0.0% -50.0%
GM 20,561 19.8% 12,363 13.4% 66.3%
VW 16,764 16.1% 10,949 11.9% 53.1%
Hyundai 11,491 11.1% 12,200 13.2% -5.8%
Toyota 9,004 8.7% 7,109 7.7% 26.7%
 - Toyota 8,984 8.6% 7,066 7.7% 27.1%
 - Lexus 20 0.0% 43 0.0% -53.5%
Renault 5,607 5.4% 6,456 7.0% -13.2%
Nissan 3,383 3.3% 2,519 2.7% 34.3%
Honda 3,274 3.2% 4,728 5.1% -30.8%
PSA * 3,161 3.0% 5,918 6.4% -46.6%
 - Citroen 1,741 1.7% 2,285 2.5% -23.8%
 - Peugeot 1,420 1.4% 3,633 3.9% -60.9%
CAOA 1,353 1.3% 3,476 3.8% -61.1%
 - CAOA Chery 1,327 1.3% 3,131 3.4% -57.6%
 - Hyundai 26 0.0% 269 0.3% -90.3%
 - Subaru 0 0.0% 76 0.1% -100.0%
BMW 905 0.9% 740 0.8% 22.3%
 - BMW 782 0.8% 656 0.7% 19.2%
 - Mini 123 0.1% 84 0.1% 46.4%
Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans 441 0.4% 434 0.5% 1.6%
HPE 433 0.4% 502 0.5% -13.7%
 - Mitsubishi 354 0.3% 403 0.4% -12.2%
 - Suzuki 79 0.1% 99 0.1% -20.2%
Audi 370 0.4% 470 0.5% -21.3%
Jaguar Land Rover 205 0.2% 373 0.4% -45.0%
 - Land Rover 167 0.2% 336 0.4% -50.3%
 - Jaguar 38 0.0% 37 0.0% 2.7%
Ford 150 0.1% 256 0.3% -41.4%
Others 1,573 1.5% 903 1.0% 74.2%
Total 103,894 100.0% 92,238 100.0% 12.6%
*FCA and PSA are shown as stated in the source.

Sales of new light commercial vehicles
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Jan. Share Jan. Share
FCA * 12,111 45.2% 11,818 48.2% 2.5%
 - Fiat 11,895 44.4% 11,815 48.2% 0.7%
 - Dodge 216 0.8% 3 0.0% 7100.0%
Toyota 3,441 12.8% 2,914 11.9% 18.1%
VW 3,282 12.3% 2,134 8.7% 53.8%
GM 2,138 8.0% 741 3.0% 188.5%
Renault 1,376 5.1% 2,068 8.4% -33.5%
Ford 1,315 4.9% 1,262 5.1% 4.2%
HPE (Mitsubishi) 783 2.9% 826 3.4% -5.2%
Nissan 661 2.5% 950 3.9% -30.4%
Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans 622 2.3% 439 1.8% 41.7%
PSA * 425 1.6% 652 2.7% -34.8%
 - Peugeot 251 0.9% 447 1.8% -43.8%
 - Citroen 174 0.6% 205 0.8% -15.1%
Iveco 172 0.6% 240 1.0% -28.3%
MAN 125 0.5% 172 0.7% -27.3%
Land Rover 4 0.0% 0 0.0% -%
CAOA 2 0.0% 112 0.5% -98.2%
Others 330 1.2% 208 0.8% 58.7%
Total 26,787 100.0% 24,536 100.0% 9.2%
*FCA and PSA are shown as stated in the source.

Sales of new trucks
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Jan. Share Jan. Share
Mercedes-Benz 2,723 26.0% 2,083 23.9% 30.7%
MAN 2,246 21.5% 2,345 26.9% -4.2%
Volvo 2,081 19.9% 1,726 19.8% 20.6%
Scania 1,198 11.5% 683 7.8% 75.4%
DAF 809 7.7% 528 6.1% 53.2%
Iveco 771 7.4% 848 9.7% -9.1%
FCA * 378 3.6% 253 2.9% 49.4%
Mercedes-Benz Cars & Vans 172 1.6% 151 1.7% 13.9%
CAOA Hyundai 45 0.4% 25 0.3% 80.0%
Agrale 2 0.0% 5 0.1% -60.0%
Ford 1 0.0% 9 0.1% -88.9%
PSA * 0 0.0% 4 0.0% -100.0%
 - Peugeot 0 0.0% 3 0.0% -100.0%
 - Citroen 0 0.0% 1 0.0% -100.0%
Others 31 0.3% 45 0.5% -31.1%
Total 10,457 100.0% 8,705 100.0% 20.1%
*FCA and PSA are shown as stated in the source.

Sales of new buses
Maker/Brand 2023 2022 Y-o-Y
Jan. Share Jan. Share
Mercedes-Benz 655 38.2% 454 43.7% 44.3%
MAN (Volkswagen Caminhoes e Onibus) 438 25.6% 238 22.9% 84.0%
Agrale 414 24.2% 261 25.1% 58.6%
Volvo 123 7.2% 53 5.1% 132.1%
Scania 31 1.8% 6 0.6% 416.7%
Iveco 28 1.6% 14 1.3% 100.0%
Others 25 1.5% 13 1.3% 92.3%
Total 1,714 100.0% 1,039 100.0% 65.0%
Source: Associacao Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veiculos Automotores (ANFAVEA)



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