Argentina Best Selling Cars ranking up to October 2023 is dominated by the Fiat Cronos with 11.6% of market share. The Ford Ranger (+120.5%), the Nissan Frontier (+95.0%) and the Chevrolet Tracker (+230.8%) enter the Top 10.

The Best Selling Light Vehicle Ranking up to October 2023 is dominated by the Fiat Cronos, still standing on the throne with 42,820 new sales (+34.5%) and 11.6% of market share.

In second place the Peugeot 208, with 33,280 sales and 9.0% market share, up 65.2% from correspondent period last year

Third position is protected by the Toyota Hilux with 25,732 units sold (+30.7%).

The Volkswagen Amarok ranks in 4th with 24,931 units  sold (+48.3%), followed by the Toyota Etios with 21,483 registrations (+49.2%) and the Ford Ranger with 20,963 (+120.5%).

The Renault Kangoo maintains 7th with 15,194 sales (+58.6%), ahead of the Renault Sandero with 14,699 (+17.4%), followed by the Nissan Frontier -up 6 spots- with 10,965 sales (+95.0%).

The Chevrolet Tracker rises 17 spots into 10th, reporting 10,844 sales (+230.8%).

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Argentina Auto Sales in October 2023 grow for the 16th consecutive month, with 39,648 new registrations and a 42.3% year-on-year increase in sales. YTD figures reach 368,191 up 16.7% from the prior year.

Market Trend and Outlook

The Argentinian Vehicle Market in October 2023 grows for the 16th consecutive month, reporting 39,648 new registrations and a 42.3% year-on-year increase in sales. YTD figures reach 368,191 up 16.7% from the prior year.

Looking at cumulative data up to October 2023 brand-wise, the leader is Toyota with   80,921 sales (+17.7%), followed by Fiat at 50,137 (+7.2%), in front of Volkswagen with 47,335 light vehicle registrations (+22.3%).

Renault maintains 4th position with 43,353 sales (+26.6%) followed by Peugeot  at 37,605 (+31.0%), Ford with 31,730 (+49.5%) and Chevrolet -down 1 spot- with 27,128 new light vehicle sales (+12.3%).

Nissan maintains 8th position with 16,303 sales (+38.0%), in front of Citroen in 9th with 10,459 (-4.9%) and Jeep closing the Top 10 with 7,809 sales (+1.1%).

Looking at specific models the Fiat Cronos remains the best seller with an 34.5% increase in year-on-year sales. In second ranks the Peugeot 208 which grew 65.2% in yearly volume.

Medium-Term Market Trend

The Argentinian light vehicle market had many ups and downs in the last decade, rising to 917,777 sales in 2013 and collapsing 25.4% in the following year to 684,459 new registrations. Sales fell to 633,740 in 2015 and began to recover up to 863,556 in 2017. 2018 and 2019 both reported losses with the later falling 42.9% reaching the lowest of the past decade at 438,590.

The arrival of the pandemic in 2020 worsened the situation causing the market to fall another 30.7% to 303,793.

Post-covid the Argentinian light vehicle market is showing signs of recovery with 2021 ending at 355,793 sales (+17.1%) and 2022 totaling 392,533 sales, a 6.5% growth from the prior year. The momentum gained in the second half of 2022 continues into 2023, with the first months of the year reporting strong growth.

Despite the great performance in the last few years, there are a few factors that  will put negative pressure on the market throughout 2023: the disruption in the global supply chain caused by a lack of raw materials, in particular for the production of microchips and the Governments push towards Evs. This last point isn’t as important now as it will be in the future, considering that currently only 0.45% of market share in South America belongs to BEVs.

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Argentina Best Selling Cars ranking in 2022 dominated by the Fiat Cronos with over 10% of market share, ahead of the booming Peugeot 208 (+62.2%) and the Toyota Hilux.

The best selling cars raking in 2022 is dominated by the Fiat Cronos, still standing on the throne with 38,769 sales (+3.6%) and over 10% of market share.

In second place the Peugeot 208, with 25,649 sales and 6.7% market share, up 62.2% from correspondent period last year

The third position is taken by the Toyota Hillux -down 1 spot- with 24,620 units sold (-9.0%).

Below the podium, the Volkswagen Amarok -down 1 spot- with 21,249 units  sold (+13.9%), followed by the Toyota Etios -up 2 spots– with 18,141 units (+29.0%) and the Renault Sandero with 16,075 (+96.7%).

Then in 7th place there is the Chevrolet Cruze, up 4 spots with 15,221 sales (+79.5%), ahead of the Toyota Yaris with 14,316 (+21.5%), followed by the Renault Kangoo with 14,166 (+67.1%) up 17 places.

In tenth place ranks the Ford Ranger – down 4 spots- with 13,189 sales (-11.5%).

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Argentina Vehicle Sales in 2022 total 392,533, the highest level since 2019 and a 6.5% increase from the prior year. In December the market grew for the 6th month in a row, with 47,628 new registrations (+35.5%).

Market Trend and Outlook

The Argentinian Vehicle Market in 2022 totaled 392,533 sales, the highest since 2019 and a 6.8% increase from the prior year. In December the market grew for the 6th month in a row, with 47,628 new registrations (+35.5%).

Looking at cumulative data from 2022 brand-wise, the leader remains Toyota with 85,357 sales (+16.2%), followed by Fiat with 55,675 (+10.6%) overtaking Volkswagen with 48,215 new light vehicle registrations (-14.8%).

Renault maintains 4th position with 44,669 new sales (+26.5%) followed by Peugeot -up 2 spots- with 35,658 (+31.2%), Chevrolet with 29,197 (+7.1%) and Ford -down 2 spots- with 27,730 new light vehicle sales (-5.4%).

Nissan maintains 8th position with 15,232 sales (-3.1%), in front of Citroen in 9th with 13,836 (+11.3%) and Mercedes -up 1 spot- closing the Top 10 with 11,375 sales (+2.7%).

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Argentina Best Selling Cars ranking in 2021 reports the Fiat Cronos still on top of the leaderboard, while the Chevrolet Onix plummets at the edge of the leaderboard. The Toyota Corolla performs impressively, rising 16 spots and entering the leaderboard.

The Fiat Cronos remains on the Argentinian market throne after jumping 2 spots, selling 37,435 units in 2021 with a huge 10.5% market share, followed by the previous leader, the Toyota Hilux, which has 27,073 sales and 7.6% market share.

The third position was taken by the Volkswagen Amarok, rising 2 spots with 18,655 units sold (5.2% share), then we have the Peugeot 208 -up 3 spots- selling 15,809 units (4.4% share), followed by the Volkswagen Gol –down 1 spot– with 15,222 units (4.3% share) and the Ford Ranger with 14,905 (4.2% share) units sold.

Then in 7th place we have the Toyota Etios, up 2 spots with 14,058 sales (4% share), ahead of the Toyota Yaris -up 7 spots- selling 11,780 units (3.3% share), followed by the Toyota Corolla rising 16 spots with 9,128 units sold  (2.6% share).

Finally, at the edge of the Top 10 ranking we find the Chevrolet Onix -down 8 positions- with 8,707 sales (2.4% share).

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Argentinian Auto market in 2021 rises by 16.4% with 394,576 sales, reporting a very strong first half and then remained mostly flat in the second half. Toyota reports the best performance this year and reaches the top of the leaderboard.

Market Trend

The Argentinian car market started the year incredibly positively in the first half, and remained flat in the second half of the year.

In the last decades, the market surfed on waves with sudden falls followed by a sharp recovery. The current record was established in 2013 with 923,000 sales before falling down to 630,000 in 2015 and start the recovery.

Rapid expansion was driven by the implementation of the new National Automotive Plan, sponsored by the Prime Minister, called the One Million Plan, aiming to double sector employment in 5 years of booming export and domestic demand. The election of Macri’s government, while changed the economic policy, gave new expectations and then boost to the sector, which grew both in 2016 and 2017. Indeed, in 2017 the market hit the second-best results ever, with 892,739 sales (+29.8%).

However, in the last three years, the market has been disappointing, as sales dropped 11.5% in 2017, while in 2019 the huge economic crisis hardly hit the new vehicles demand and the market felt down during all the year ending with a final score below the half-million units, with the worst performance in the last 15 years. Sales in 2020 were heavily influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, impacting all sectors. In fact, 338,945 units have been sold, reporting a decline of 22.7%.

In 2021 the year started positively for the Argentinian market, in fact, in Q1 116,170 units have been sold, reporting a 29.6% increase in sales compared to Q1 2020, and in Q2 sales kept growing, reporting a 49.3% increase in sales with 92,014 units sold.

In Q3 sales remained almost flat, losing 0.2% sales with 95,186 units, and in Q4 sales fell just 1.2% with 91,206 units.

Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2021 have been 394,576, reporting a 16.4% increase compared to 2020.

Brand-wise, this year the new leader Toyota (+70.2%) gained 6.2% market share, overtaking Volkswagen (+2.2%), which lost 2.2% share. Fiat on the other hand reported a very positive performance (+40.3%) with 50,360 units, and gained 2.3% share.  Renault fell in 4th place -down 1 spot- (-15.1%), followed by Ford which lost 3.4%.

Chevrolet fell in 6th place and lost 19.2%, followed by Peugeot (+33.3%), and Nissan, which gained 33.8%. Closing the leaderboard we have Citroen gaining 16.9% this year followed by Jeep, which gained 20.6%.

The most sold vehicle this year is the Fiat Cronos which gained 136.4% with 37,435 units sold, overtaking the Toyota Hilux which gained 47.7% registering 27,073 new sales this year. In third place we have the Volkswagen Amrok entering the podium by jumping 2 places and growing 54.2% this year with 18,655 units sold.

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Argentina Best Selling Cars ranking in 2020 showed the Toyota Hilux regaining the market crown, 2.5k units ahead of the former leader, the Chevrolet Onix. The star of the year, Volkswagen T-Cross, landed in 10th place.

The Toyota Hilux reconquered the Argentinian market throne again, selling 18.327 units with 6% of the market share, followed by the Chevrolet Onix, which was on top this year until August and has slipped to 2nd place in September, and now has 15.851 sales and 5.2% of market share.

The third position was taken by the Fiat Cronos, entering the market podium by jumping 8 spots, with 15.834 units sold (5.2% share), then we have the Volkswagen Gol -up 1 spot- selling 13.469 units (4.4% share), followed by the Volkswagen Amarok and the Ford Ranger – up 4 positions – with respectively 12.101 (4% share) and 10.471 (3.4% share) units sold.

Then in 7th place we have the Peugeot 208 with 9.644 sales (3.2% share), ahead of the Ford Ka -down 6 spots- selling 9.521 units (3.2% share), followed by the Toyota Etios -down 5 spots- with 9.493 units sold  (3.1% share).

Finally, at the edge of the Top 10 ranking we find the star of the year, the Volkswagen T-Cross -up 30 positions- with 9.221 sales (3% share).

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Argentinian auto market in 2020 falls by 22.7% as the pandemic and lockdowns affect sales. Full-Year sales have been 338.945, while Fiat gains over 3% share and enters the podium.

Market Trend

The Argentinian car market was hit in 2020 by the global COVID-19 pandemic, and of course, this had a noticeable impact on sales. Despite this, already before the arrival of the virus, the market was further struggling.

In the last decades, the market surfed on waves with sudden falls followed by a sharp recovery. The current record was established in 2013 with 923.000 sales before falling down to 630.000 in 2015 and start the recovery.

Rapid expansion was driven by the implementation of the new National Automotive Plan, sponsored by the Prime Minister, called One Million Plan, aiming to double sector employment in 5 years of booming export and domestic demand. The election of Macri’s government, while changed the economic policy, gave new expectations and then boost to the sector, which grew both in 2016 and 2017. Indeed, in 2017 the market hit the second-best results ever, with 892.739 sales (+29.8%).

However, in the last three years, the market has been disappointing, as sales dropped 11.5% in 2017, while in 2019 the huge economic crisis hardly hit the new vehicles demand and the market felt down during all the year ending with a final score below the half-million units, with the worst performance in the last 15 years.

After starting the year already significantly down (-21.5%), the market started collapsing even further in March as the virus struck. The sharpest drop in sales this year was in April when sales declined by 87.7%. The following months registered significant trend swings, in fact in June the market grew 5.5% before dropping again in the following months and then displayed an impressive recovery towards the end of the year before falling again by 46.3% in December.

Indeed, Full-Year sales for 2020 have been 338.945, reporting a decline of 22.7% compared to 2019.

Brand-wise, this year the leader Renault (-34.1%) lost 0.9% market share, followed by the growing Fiat (-15.2%), which gained an impressive 3.1% share and jumped 2 spots. Chevrolet on the other hand fell 1 spot, losing 34.2, and also lost 0.7% share.  Ford fell in 4th place -down 1 spot- (-40.3%), followed by Peugeot which lost 29.9%.

Nissan remained in 6th place and lost 28.8%, followed by Citroen (-27.8%), and Jeep, which registered the best performance in the leaderboard, losing only 14.1%. Closing the leaderboard we have Honda -up 1 spot- losing 41.8% this year overtaking Mercedes, which registered the worst performance in the leaderboard by falling 46.9%.

The most sold vehicle this year remained the Toyota Hilux despite falling 26.9% with 18.327 units sold, followed by the Chevrolet Onix -up 1 spot- which lost only 4% registering 15.851 new sales this year. In third place we have the Fiat Cronos entering the podium by jumping 8 places and growing 43.3% this year with 15.834 units sold. Despite this impressive performance, the star of the year remains the Volkswagen T-Cross, which entered the leaderboard by jumping 30 spots this year and growing 151.9%.

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Argentina Best Selling Cars ranking in 2019 was led by the Toyota Hilux with a safe gap over all other competitors, closing at a new record share of 5.7%. Behind, the Ford Ka managed to stay ahead of Chevrolet Onix, while the Toyota Etios lost 2 positions.

While the Argentine new vehicles market is collapsing, since the start of the 2018 the leadership in the best selling model has been taken by the Toyota Hilux, which in the 2019 hit a new record share of 5.7%, over one point of share better than last year.

In second place, the Ford Ka which in 2018 joined the podium with a record share of 4.0%, almost the double than in the 2010, while in third place, the Chevrolet Onix, the best selling model in the entire Latin America, with 3.8% of share, down 0.1 point from the previous year,

In fourth place the Toyota Etios with 3.6% has lost 2 positions from the previous year while standing ahead of the 2017 leader, the Volkswagen Gol, actually 5th with 3.1% market share, the lowest in the decade, when the record was 9.7% in the 2012, in times when this model was the market dominator.

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Colombia best selling cars in 2019 was dominated by Renault which placed 4 models in the first 5 positions. The Chevrolet Onix gained the podium with an outstanding growth. However, the best car was the Renault Kwid, climbing in 5th place.

In Colombia, the ranking of top models was dominated by Renault, which did not manage to take the entire space on the podium for a few units.

Indeed, the best selling model was the Renault Sandero, which after a 2018 record share of 9.1%, up 4 points of share from the 2011, held 8.1% of the market.

The Sandero is a subcompact car produced jointly by the French manufacturer Renault and its Romanian subsidiary Dacia since 2007, currently at its second generation. It is marketed as Renault Sandero in certain markets, such as Russia, Egypt, South Africa, Mexico, and South America. It was introduced in September 2007, and is based on the Logan platform. It is also produced in Iran by Pars Khodro and marketed as Renault Sandero.

In second place the Renault Logan, declining in double-digits in 2019, while the third – the Chevrolet Onix – reported an outstanding performance, with 2019 share at 3.8%.

Just a few units behind, the Renault Duster with 3.8% in 2019 followed by the star of the year – the Renault Kwid – which reached 3.5% of share, and the Chevrolet Beat.

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