Chevrolet is the most popular carmaker in Uruguay in October.
The Uruguayan new light vehicle market advances 15.6% year-on-year in October to 5,436 sales, bringing the year-to-date tally up 8.5% to 46,462 units. Chevrolet (+61.2%) continues to soar and reaches 20.3% share this month vs. 17.5% year-to-date. Fiat (+58.4%) is also very dynamic year-on-year and gains two spots on September to end the month at #2. Suzuki (-25.9%) was the overall leader a year ago and pays the price now. Renault (+1.9%) only manages to edge up while Volkswagen (-5%) and Hyundai (-7.5%) slump. Nissan (+87.5%), Peugeot (+45.4%), Citroen (+43.1%) and Toyota (+17.6%) all beat the market in the remainder of the Top 10. BYD (#11) tops Chinese carmakers ahead of Chery (#12) and Jetour (#13).
Previous month: Uruguay September 2023: Chevrolet (+96.6%) up to highest share in 5.5 years
One year ago: Uruguay October 2022: Suzuki best-seller, BYD inside Top 10 for the first time in 6 years
Full October 2023 Top 50 All brands ranking below.
Uruguay October 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Oct-23 | % | /22 | Sep | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 1,101 | 20.3% | + 61.2% | 1 | 8,123 | 17.5% | + 35.9% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Fiat | 659 | 12.1% | + 58.4% | 4 | 4,833 | 10.4% | + 11.8% | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Suzuki | 580 | 10.7% | – 25.9% | 2 | 4,672 | 10.1% | + 13.3% | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Renault | 477 | 8.8% | + 1.9% | 3 | 3,713 | 8.0% | – 21.8% | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Volkswagen | 456 | 8.4% | – 5.0% | 7 | 4,212 | 9.1% | – 16.8% | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Hyundai | 345 | 6.3% | – 7.5% | 5 | 2,998 | 6.5% | – 35.3% | 7 | 4 |
| 7 | Peugeot | 333 | 6.1% | + 45.4% | 6 | 3,159 | 6.8% | + 89.0% | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Nissan | 240 | 4.4% | + 87.5% | 8 | 2,173 | 4.7% | + 12.0% | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Toyota | 214 | 3.9% | + 17.6% | 10 | 2,082 | 4.5% | – 6.1% | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | Citroen | 206 | 3.8% | + 43.1% | 9 | 2,604 | 5.6% | + 124.7% | 8 | 10 |
| 11 | BYD | 97 | 1.8% | – 42.9% | 11 | 732 | 1.6% | + 29.1% | 11 | 12 |
| 12 | Chery | 69 | 1.3% | – 4.2% | 12 | 715 | 1.5% | + 8.0% | 12 | 11 |
| 13 | Jetour | 57 | 1.0% | + 5.6% | 14 | 619 | 1.3% | + 38.5% | 13 | 14 |
| 14 | Mercedes | 52 | 1.0% | + 92.6% | 17 | 379 | 0.8% | + 10.2% | 18 | 18 |
| 15 | Karry | 47 | 0.9% | + 193.8% | 23 | 216 | 0.5% | – 12.6% | 25 | 25 |
| 16 | Victory | 41 | 0.8% | + 46.4% | 16 | 399 | 0.9% | + 50.0% | 17 | 24 |
| 17 | BMW | 39 | 0.7% | – 9.3% | 18 | 408 | 0.9% | + 22.5% | 16 | 21 |
| 18 | Jeep | 39 | 0.7% | + 105.3% | 20 | 323 | 0.7% | + 9.9% | 21 | 20 |
| 19 | Honda | 38 | 0.7% | – 13.6% | 13 | 329 | 0.7% | – 15.9% | 20 | 15 |
| 20 | Ford | 35 | 0.6% | – 45.3% | 15 | 522 | 1.1% | + 28.3% | 14 | 13 |
| 21 | DongFeng (DFSK) | 35 | 0.6% | – 31.4% | 24 | 348 | 0.7% | + 4.5% | 19 | 19 |
| 22 | Changan | 32 | 0.6% | – 31.9% | 19 | 409 | 0.9% | + 37.2% | 15 | 22 |
| 23 | JAC | 29 | 0.5% | + 52.6% | 25 | 279 | 0.6% | – 1.1% | 23 | 23 |
| 24 | Geely | 29 | 0.5% | + 20.8% | 22 | 249 | 0.5% | – 39.1% | 24 | 16 |
| 25 | GWM | 28 | 0.5% | + 47.4% | 21 | 303 | 0.7% | – 17.4% | 22 | 17 |
| 26 | Mitsubishi | 28 | 0.5% | + 300.0% | 28 | 205 | 0.4% | + 46.4% | 26 | 28 |
| 27 | Kia | 23 | 0.4% | + 283.3% | 26 | 188 | 0.4% | + 147.4% | 28 | 31 |
| 28 | Volvo | 16 | 0.3% | + 45.5% | 30 | 146 | 0.3% | + 46.0% | 29 | 30 |
| 29 | Audi | 15 | 0.3% | + 15.4% | 27 | 203 | 0.4% | – 11.7% | 27 | 26 |
| 30 | Mazda | 15 | 0.3% | + 66.7% | 29 | 138 | 0.3% | – 23.3% | 30 | 27 |
| 31 | Subaru | 9 | 0.2% | + 200.0% | 32 | 93 | 0.2% | + 13.4% | 31 | 32 |
| 32 | JMC | 7 | 0.1% | + 250.0% | 41 | 36 | 0.1% | + 16.1% | 37 | 36 |
| 33 | Maxus | 5 | 0.1% | + 66.7% | 36 | 75 | 0.2% | + 971.4% | 32 | 49 |
| 34 | Mini | 5 | 0.1% | – 16.7% | 33 | 59 | 0.1% | + 0.0% | 34 | 33 |
| 35 | Ram | 5 | 0.1% | + 150.0% | 44 | 18 | 0.0% | + 12.5% | 45 | 44 |
| 36 | Opel | 4 | 0.1% | – 75.0% | 31 | 63 | 0.1% | – 58.0% | 33 | 29 |
| 37 | XEV | 4 | 0.1% | – 33.3% | 38 | 56 | 0.1% | + 330.8% | 35 | 35 |
| 38 | Haval | 4 | 0.1% | n/a | 39 | 25 | 0.1% | + 525.0% | 41 | 52 |
| 39 | LMI | 3 | 0.1% | n/a | 34 | 54 | 0.1% | + 116.0% | 36 | 38 |
| 40 | Seat | 3 | 0.1% | – 50.0% | 49 | 13 | 0.0% | – 66.7% | 50 | 34 |
| 41 | Bestune | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 35 | 29 | 0.1% | + 314.3% | 39 | 54 |
| 42 | Land Rover | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 42 | 28 | 0.1% | + 154.5% | 40 | 45 |
| 43 | Iveco | 2 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 45 | 24 | 0.1% | + 33.3% | 43 | 40 |
| 44 | Porsche | 2 | 0.0% | + 100.0% | 50 | 9 | 0.0% | + 80.0% | 53 | 53 |
| 45 | Foton | 1 | 0.0% | – 50.0% | 46 | 21 | 0.0% | + 50.0% | 44 | 41 |
| 46 | Maserati | 1 | 0.0% | – 66.7% | – | 10 | 0.0% | – 23.1% | 52 | 46 |
| 47 | Hozon | 1 | 0.0% | + 0.0% | 51 | 7 | 0.0% | – 46.2% | 54 | 47 |
| 48 | Jinma | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 4 | 0.0% | new | 58 | – |
| 49 | Today Sunshine | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | 40 | 34 | 0.1% | + 142.9% | 38 | 48 |
| 50 | Tesla | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | 43 | 24 | 0.1% | + 84.6% | 42 | 37 |
Source: Autodata
