Brazil - Automotive Sales volume, 2023

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)

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)