In August this year, Brazil’s automobile production stood at 259,613 vehicles, up 14.4% from the same month last year and up 5.2% from 246,721 in July, making it the highest monthly automobile production in the country since October 2019, according to data from the Brazilian Automobile Manufacturers Association (Anfavea).
Anfavea announced that in August of this year, Brazilian vehicle sales (including passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses) increased by 14.3% year-on-year and decreased by 1.6% year-on-year to 237,382 units, including 171,021 passenger cars, 52,429 light commercial vehicles, 11,526 trucks and 2,406 buses.
In terms of August passenger car brand sales in Brazil, Stellantis’ brands Fiat, Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler sold 35,490 units (20.8% market share), Volkswagen sold 30,934 units (18.1%), General Motors sold 23,498 units (13.7%), Hyundai sold 16,656 units (9.7%), while Toyota (including Lexus) sold 14,245 units (8.3%).
By model, the Volkswagen Polo was the best-selling passenger car in Brazil in August with 14,274 units sold; followed by the Chevrolet Onix with 9,018 units, then the Fiat Argo with 7,768 units, the Volkswagen T-Cross with 7,118, the Hyundai HB20 with 7,103, the Chevrolet Tracker with 6,768, the Volkswagen T-Cross with 6,660, the Hyundai HB20 with 6,660, the Chevrolet HB20 with 6,660 and the Chevrolet Tracker with 6,660. Tracker at 6,416; and the Hyundai Creta at 5,962.
In terms of fuel type, diesel sales in Brazil rose 11.9 percent year-on-year to 21,408 units (9.6 percent) in August this year; gasoline sales jumped 57.6 percent year-on-year to 8,056 units (3.6 percent); hybrid sales edged down 8.1 percent year-on-year to 4,210 units (1.9 percent); and plug-in hybrid sales jumped 48.2 percent year-on-year to 5,341 units to 5,341 units (2.4% share); while sales of electric vehicles jumped 336.6% year-on-year to 5,095 units (2.3% share); and sales of other-fueled vehicles rose 9.8% year-on-year to 179,340 units (80.3% market share).
In August this year, Brazil’s automobile exports (including passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses) were 38,225 units, down slightly by 2.2% year-on-year, but up by 10.6% compared with 34,548 units in the same month last year; Brazil’s automobile imports (including passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses) were up by 20.1% year-on-year, down slightly by 1.6% to 40,625 units.