The Toyota Hilux is the best-selling vehicle in Chile in April.
The Chilean new light vehicle market collapses -48.4% year-on-year in April to 19,522 sales, as car sales align with low consumer confidence and challenging economic conditions. This pulls the year-to-date tally down -25.2% to 110,919. All segments are hit in a similar way. Passenger Cars are off -48.2% to 4,988 units, SUVs down -45.5% to 9,385 pickups down -52.9% to 3,172 and vans down -53.9% to 1,977. Year-to-date, pickups are the only segment in positive at +3.1% to 28,427 sales with Passenger Cars down -40% to 22,871, SUVs down -29.5% to 45,950 and vans off -21.8% to 13,671.
In the brands ranking, Toyota (-14.2%) resists very well to become the most popular for the 4th time in the past 5 months. Kia (-5.4%) fares even better and climbs 7 spots on March to #2, whereas Chevrolet (-54.5%) implodes to #3. Peugeot (-35.4%), Ford (-36.8%) and Hyundai (-37.8%) are the best performers in the remainder of the Top 10 while MG (-59.4%) and JAC (-51.1%) take a hard hit. Year-on-year gainers are rare and include Skoda (+170.8%), Mazda (+50.5%), Opel (+27.2%), Subaru (+27%) and Audi (+3.8%). #1 last month, Mitsubishi (-76.9%) sinks to #25 while March’s #3 Maxus (-78.3%) is down to #19. Chinese brands as a whole are down -62.1% to 25.7% share vs. 29.7% so far this year.
Model-wise, the Toyota Hilux (+15.1%) manages a year-on-year lift and takes the lead of the charts with 3.6% share, it ranks #3 year-to-date. Kia places two models on the podium: the Morning (-7.5%) at #2 and the Soluto at #3. The Peugeot Partner (+18.1%) surges 14 spots on March to #4, distancing the Toyota Yaris (+2.6%) and Suzuki Swift (+15.7%) all defying the negative market. The Chevrolet Groove aka Baojun 510 (-3.3%) is the best-selling SUV in the country this month as it is also year-to-date.
Previous month: Chile March 2023: Mitsubishi signs first win, Maxus first podium, sales down -9.4%
One year ago: Chile April 2022: First win for the Maxus T60, record market up 39%, Chinese up 95%
Full April 2023 Top 60 All brands and Top 30 models below.
Chile April 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Apr-23 | % | /22 | Mar | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Toyota | 2,024 | 10.4% | -14.2% | 4 | 8,588 | 7.7% | -4.1% | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Kia | 1,663 | 8.5% | -5.4% | 9 | 5,979 | 5.4% | 12.0% | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Chevrolet | 1,469 | 7.5% | -54.5% | 2 | 7,372 | 6.6% | -42.6% | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 1,261 | 6.5% | -43.2% | 8 | 5,631 | 5.1% | -36.8% | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | Hyundai | 1,158 | 5.9% | -37.8% | 6 | 6,426 | 5.8% | -11.7% | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Peugeot | 1,044 | 5.3% | -35.4% | 7 | 6,340 | 5.7% | -17.5% | 4 | 7 |
| 7 | MG | 810 | 4.1% | -59.4% | 15 | 4,239 | 3.8% | -32.2% | 9 | 6 |
| 8 | Ford | 768 | 3.9% | -36.8% | 13 | 3,677 | 3.3% | -23.4% | 12 | 14 |
| 9 | Nissan | 700 | 3.6% | -42.7% | 5 | 5,393 | 4.9% | -7.6% | 8 | 11 |
| 10 | JAC | 650 | 3.3% | -51.1% | 16 | 3,653 | 3.3% | -38.0% | 13 | 15 |
| 11 | ChangAn | 648 | 3.3% | -51.5% | 17 | 3,287 | 3.0% | -39.3% | 14 | 9 |
| 12 | Chery | 621 | 3.2% | -74.4% | 12 | 4,173 | 3.8% | -63.2% | 10 | 3 |
| 13 | Volkswagen | 576 | 3.0% | -70.2% | 14 | 3,078 | 2.8% | -46.6% | 16 | 10 |
| 14 | Citroen | 513 | 2.6% | -39.4% | 21 | 2,003 | 1.8% | -30.1% | 19 | 20 |
| 15 | Great Wall | 459 | 2.4% | -37.8% | 18 | 2,720 | 2.5% | -29.4% | 17 | 16 |
| 16 | Subaru | 452 | 2.3% | 27.0% | 22 | 1,784 | 1.6% | 29.6% | 21 | 25 |
| 17 | Mazda | 450 | 2.3% | 50.5% | 11 | 3,097 | 2.8% | 65.6% | 15 | 19 |
| 18 | Opel | 332 | 1.7% | 27.2% | 25 | 1,328 | 1.2% | -17.2% | 24 | 26 |
| 19 | Maxus | 293 | 1.5% | -78.3% | 3 | 4,133 | 3.7% | -9.5% | 11 | 12 |
| 20 | Haval | 287 | 1.5% | -53.9% | 19 | 1,632 | 1.5% | -26.1% | 22 | 23 |
| 21 | SsangYong | 277 | 1.4% | -42.9% | 27 | 1,383 | 1.2% | 14.2% | 23 | 22 |
| 22 | Renault | 248 | 1.3% | -70.4% | 26 | 1,094 | 1.0% | -69.3% | 25 | 21 |
| 23 | DongFeng (DFSK+DFM) | 237 | 1.2% | -67.8% | 23 | 1,810 | 1.6% | -33.5% | 20 | 17 |
| 24 | BMW | 216 | 1.1% | -32.3% | 37 | 774 | 0.7% | -23.4% | 30 | 32 |
| 25 | Mitsubishi | 207 | 1.1% | -76.9% | 1 | 6,271 | 5.7% | 16.7% | 5 | 13 |
| 26 | Mercedes | 206 | 1.1% | -11.6% | 34 | 892 | 0.8% | -18.5% | 29 | 30 |
| 27 | Ram | 173 | 0.9% | -80.4% | 10 | 2,638 | 2.4% | 5.9% | 18 | 18 |
| 28 | Geely | 156 | 0.8% | -58.7% | 30 | 928 | 0.8% | -14.3% | 28 | 29 |
| 29 | Honda | 153 | 0.8% | -56.7% | 33 | 675 | 0.6% | -38.1% | 32 | 28 |
| 30 | Brilliance | 149 | 0.8% | -54.7% | 35 | 749 | 0.7% | -45.6% | 31 | 33 |
| 31 | Foton | 133 | 0.7% | -67.8% | 20 | 1,091 | 1.0% | -32.3% | 26 | 27 |
| 32 | Jetour | 124 | 0.6% | -58.7% | 43 | 406 | 0.4% | -66.6% | 39 | 37 |
| 33 | BAIC | 111 | 0.6% | -20.7% | 38 | 622 | 0.6% | -41.6% | 33 | 38 |
| 34 | Audi | 82 | 0.4% | 3.8% | 42 | 323 | 0.3% | -17.6% | 42 | 39 |
| 35 | KYC | 77 | 0.4% | -75.7% | 40 | 378 | 0.3% | -66.5% | 40 | 36 |
| 36 | GAC Motor | 74 | 0.4% | -63.4% | 39 | 509 | 0.5% | 11.1% | 36 | 34 |
| 37 | Volvo | 68 | 0.3% | -39.3% | 44 | 312 | 0.3% | -27.6% | 43 | 41 |
| 38 | Skoda | 65 | 0.3% | 170.8% | 47 | 243 | 0.2% | 32.1% | 45 | 44 |
| 39 | JMC | 60 | 0.3% | -85.8% | 24 | 944 | 0.9% | -33.3% | 27 | 24 |
| 40 | Exeed | 59 | 0.3% | new | 46 | 245 | 0.2% | new | 44 | 47 |
| 41 | Cupra | 59 | 0.3% | new | 48 | 227 | 0.2% | new | 47 | 50 |
| 42 | Jeep | 56 | 0.3% | -90.2% | 31 | 598 | 0.5% | -63.2% | 34 | 31 |
| 43 | Mahindra | 35 | 0.2% | -85.6% | 41 | 233 | 0.2% | -67.0% | 46 | 40 |
| 44 | Fiat | 33 | 0.2% | -69.4% | 29 | 583 | 0.5% | 32.8% | 35 | 35 |
| 45 | Mini | 33 | 0.2% | -26.7% | 52 | 114 | 0.1% | -8.8% | 50 | 49 |
| 46 | Seat | 32 | 0.2% | 33.3% | 49 | 169 | 0.2% | 19.9% | 48 | 43 |
| 47 | Lexus | 32 | 0.2% | 113.3% | 53 | 91 | 0.1% | 37.9% | 53 | 53 |
| 48 | Kaiyi | 30 | 0.2% | new | 45 | 153 | 0.1% | new | 49 | – |
| 49 | Fuso | 30 | 0.2% | -9.1% | 51 | 93 | 0.1% | -23.8% | 52 | 51 |
| 50 | DS | 24 | 0.1% | -45.5% | 50 | 99 | 0.1% | -27.7% | 51 | 48 |
| 51 | Land Rover | 23 | 0.1% | 475.0% | 54 | 80 | 0.1% | 70.2% | 54 | 54 |
| 52 | Karry | 21 | 0.1% | -74.7% | 28 | 481 | 0.4% | 5.0% | 37 | 42 |
| 53 | Porsche | 15 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 55 | 76 | 0.1% | -30.9% | 55 | 52 |
| 54 | ZNA | 13 | 0.1% | -63.9% | 36 | 446 | 0.4% | 93.1% | 38 | 45 |
| 55 | ZX Auto | 9 | 0.0% | -91.3% | 32 | 340 | 0.3% | 18.5% | 41 | 46 |
| 56 | Jaguar | 7 | 0.0% | 75.0% | 57 | 20 | 0.0% | 122.2% | 57 | 57 |
| 57 | Alfa Romeo | 5 | 0.0% | -54.5% | 58 | 17 | 0.0% | -51.4% | 58 | 55 |
| 58 | Iveco | 4 | 0.0% | 300.0% | 56 | 31 | 0.0% | 675.0% | 56 | 59 |
| 59 | Dodge | 2 | 0.0% | -84.6% | 59 | 16 | 0.0% | -20.0% | 59 | 56 |
| 60 | BYD | 1 | 0.0% | new | 62 | 6 | 0.0% | new | 61 | – |
| 61 | Ferrari | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 61 | 4 | 0.0% | -50.0% | 62 | 60 |
| – | Total Chinese | 5,022 | 25.7% | -62.1% | – | 32,945 | 29.7% | -37.4% | – | – |
| – | Others | 4 | 0.0% | -94.0% | – | 95 | 0.1% | -50.8% | – | – |
Chile April 2023 – models:
| Pos | Model | Apr-23 | % | /22 | Mar | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Toyota Hilux | 709 | 3.6% | 15.1% | 6 | 2,736 | 2.5% | 25.7% | 3 | 3 |
| 2 | Kia Morning | 571 | 2.9% | -7.5% | 25 | 1,426 | 1.3% | -37.1% | 13 | 13 |
| 3 | Kia Soluto | 453 | 2.3% | n/a | 21 | 1,514 | 1.4% | n/a | 9 | 23 |
| 4 | Peugeot Partner | 438 | 2.2% | 18.1% | 18 | 1,464 | 1.3% | -39.3% | 11 | 16 |
| 5 | Toyota Yaris | 397 | 2.0% | 2.6% | 13 | 1,397 | 1.3% | -38.6% | 14 | 10 |
| 6 | Suzuki Swift | 362 | 1.9% | 15.7% | 9 | 1,642 | 1.5% | 5.8% | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Chevrolet Groove | 352 | 1.8% | -3.3% | 5 | 2,020 | 1.8% | 26.3% | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | MG ZS | 351 | 1.8% | -55.8% | 10 | 1,791 | 1.6% | -37.9% | 6 | 5 |
| 9 | Toyota Raize | 307 | 1.6% | n/a | 17 | 1,670 | 1.5% | n/a | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | Suzuki S-Presso | 272 | 1.4% | n/a | n/a | 848 | 0.8% | n/a | 35 | 19 |
| 11 | Great Wall Poer | 269 | 1.4% | -19.9% | 4 | 1,440 | 1.3% | -33.7% | 12 | 9 |
| 12 | Suzuki Baleno | 263 | 1.3% | -72.3% | 8 | 1,486 | 1.3% | -41.8% | 10 | 15 |
| 13 | Hyundai Grand i10 | 263 | 1.3% | n/a | 23 | 1,203 | 1.1% | n/a | 17 | n/a |
| 14 | Toyota Corolla Cross | 253 | 1.3% | n/a | 27 | 1,155 | 1.0% | n/a | 18 | 28 |
| 15 | Ford Territory | 248 | 1.3% | -12.7% | 30 | 959 | 0.9% | -38.6% | 24 | 32 |
| 16 | Nissan Kicks | 231 | 1.2% | -41.4% | n/a | 924 | 0.8% | -53.6% | 26 | 18 |
| 17 | Citroen Berlingo | 223 | 1.1% | -11.2% | n/a | 710 | 0.6% | -4.6% | 48 | n/a |
| 18 | Hyundai Tucson | 220 | 1.1% | n/a | n/a | 803 | 0.7% | n/a | 39 | 34 |
| 19 | JAC JS2 | 219 | 1.1% | n/a | n/a | 1,153 | 1.0% | n/a | 19 | 38 |
| 20 | MG3 | 210 | 1.1% | n/a | n/a | 954 | 0.9% | n/a | 25 | 27 |
| 21 | Changan Hunter | 207 | 1.1% | n/a | n/a | 819 | 0.7% | n/a | 36 | n/a |
| 22 | Mazda CX-5 | 206 | 1.1% | n/a | 19 | 1,249 | 1.1% | n/a | 16 | n/a |
| 23 | Chery Tiggo 2 Pro | 206 | 1.1% | -57.9% | 29 | 1,026 | 0.9% | -52.3% | 22 | 35 |
| 24 | Kia Sonet | 204 | 1.0% | n/a | n/a | 737 | 0.7% | n/a | 42 | n/a |
| 25 | Toyota RAV4 | 202 | 1.0% | -55.2% | n/a | 867 | 0.8% | -49.7% | 33 | 8 |
| 26 | Ford Ranger | 194 | 1.0% | -52.3% | n/a | 1,045 | 0.9% | 6.2% | 21 | 29 |
| 27 | Chevrolet Tracker | 184 | 0.9% | 37.3% | n/a | 818 | 0.7% | -49.7% | 37 | 6 |
| 28 | Citroen C3 | 182 | 0.9% | n/a | n/a | 397 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 29 | Chevrolet Silverado | 172 | 0.9% | n/a | n/a | 879 | 0.8% | n/a | 30 | n/a |
| 30 | Haval Jolion | 172 | 0.9% | n/a | 28 | 878 | 0.8% | n/a | 31 | 45 |
| n/a | Peugeot 3008 | 166 | 0.9% | n/a | n/a | 725 | 0.7% | n/a | 46 | 37 |
| n/a | Maxus T60 | 161 | 0.8% | -85.8% | 2 | 2,954 | 2.7% | -20.2% | 2 | 2 |
| n/a | Subaru Forester | 161 | 0.8% | n/a | n/a | 767 | 0.7% | n/a | 41 | n/a |
| n/a | Chevrolet Onix | 148 | 0.8% | -73.9% | n/a | 468 | 0.4% | -72.8% | n/a | 21 |
| n/a | Chevrolet N400 Max | 145 | 0.7% | -72.0% | n/a | 578 | 0.5% | -52.7% | n/a | 36 |
| n/a | Chevrolet Sail | 142 | 0.7% | -54.6% | n/a | 713 | 0.6% | -75.9% | 47 | 7 |
| n/a | Ram 700 Pickup | 141 | 0.7% | n/a | n/a | 732 | 0.7% | n/a | 44 | 33 |
| n/a | Hyundai Accent HCI | 141 | 0.7% | n/a | n/a | 673 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Ford F-150 | 139 | 0.7% | n/a | n/a | 456 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Chevrolet Colorado | 136 | 0.7% | -53.6% | 24 | 914 | 0.8% | -11.0% | 28 | 25 |
| n/a | JAC T8 | 126 | 0.6% | -65.5% | n/a | 806 | 0.7% | -54.4% | 38 | 31 |
| n/a | Great Wall Wingle 7 | 126 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | 560 | 0.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Nissan Navara | 122 | 0.6% | -49.6% | 3 | 2,030 | 1.8% | 35.9% | 4 | 17 |
| n/a | Nissan Versa | 122 | 0.6% | 37.1% | 22 | 1,317 | 1.2% | -8.7% | 15 | 20 |
| n/a | Chery Tiggo 2 | 120 | 0.6% | -86.3% | n/a | 774 | 0.7% | -81.1% | 40 | 4 |
| n/a | Ssangyong Grand Musso | 117 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | 603 | 0.5% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Geely Coolray | 111 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | 730 | 0.7% | n/a | 45 | n/a |
| n/a | MG ZX | 111 | 0.6% | n/a | n/a | 695 | 0.6% | n/a | 50 | 11 |
| n/a | Renault Kwid | 110 | 0.6% | -77.4% | n/a | 465 | 0.4% | -64.6% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Suzuki Dzire Sedan | 104 | 0.5% | -44.7% | n/a | 403 | 0.4% | -72.8% | n/a | 39 |
| n/a | Foton Midi | 95 | 0.5% | -31.2% | n/a | 469 | 0.4% | -22.6% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Opel Combo L1 | 93 | 0.5% | 165.7% | n/a | 325 | 0.3% | -32.2% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Chery Tiggo 8 Pro | 87 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | 701 | 0.6% | n/a | 49 | n/a |
| n/a | Suzuki Celerio | 83 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | 383 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Peugeot 208 | 80 | 0.4% | n/a | 14 | 1,083 | 1.0% | n/a | 20 | n/a |
| n/a | Mercedes Sprinter | 78 | 0.4% | -45.8% | n/a | 366 | 0.3% | -33.0% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Kia Rio | 74 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | 358 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | JMC Vigus Work | 58 | 0.3% | -75.2% | 15 | 898 | 0.8% | 14.2% | 29 | 44 |
| n/a | Peugeot 308 | 58 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | 365 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Mitsubishi L200 | 52 | 0.3% | -92.2% | 1 | 5,534 | 5.0% | 25.7% | 1 | 1 |
| n/a | Peugeot Landtrek | 49 | 0.3% | n/a | 16 | 920 | 0.8% | n/a | 27 | n/a |
| n/a | Hyundai Grand i10 Sedan | 45 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | 336 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Great Wall Wingle 5 | 43 | 0.2% | -75.7% | n/a | 562 | 0.5% | -28.2% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | JAC Sunray | 39 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | 311 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Changan MD201 | 39 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | 304 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Maxus G10 | 37 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | 393 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Ford Transit | 36 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | 341 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Mazda BT-50 | 26 | 0.1% | n/a | 12 | 856 | 0.8% | n/a | 34 | n/a |
| n/a | VW Amarok | 25 | 0.1% | n/a | 26 | 733 | 0.7% | n/a | 43 | n/a |
| n/a | Kia Frontier | 25 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 309 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Foton TM3 | 20 | 0.1% | -90.5% | n/a | 456 | 0.4% | -48.4% | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Hyundai HD 35 | 19 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 288 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Hyundai Porter | 18 | 0.1% | -91.0% | 11 | 876 | 0.8% | 10.1% | 32 | n/a |
| n/a | Maxus C35 | 13 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 253 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Karry Q22 | 11 | 0.1% | n/a | n/a | 306 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | ZNA DF6 | 8 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 401 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Peugeot Boxer | 6 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 296 | 0.3% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Ram Van 1000 | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 20 | 411 | 0.4% | n/a | n/a | – |
| n/a | Fiat Ducato | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | n/a | 251 | 0.2% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| n/a | Ram Van 700 City | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 7 | 1,001 | 0.9% | 15.2% | 23 | n/a |
Source: ANAC
