Suzuki is #2 year-to-date in Uruguay.
The Uruguayan new light vehicle market climbs 15.6% year-on-year in July to 4,651 sales, leading to a year-to-date volume up 5.5% to 30,883. Chevrolet (+49.5%) easily holds onto the top spot of the brands ranking with 20.8% share vs. 16.2% year-to-date. Like last month, it distances Suzuki (+1302.3%) up spectacularly year-on-year at 13% share vs. 11% so far this year. #3 a year ago, Hyundai (-0.2%) edges down to #4 vs. #7 YTD. Fiat (+38.3%) also manages a splendid score at #4 and accesses the third spot YTD. Renault (-24.2%) and Volkswagen (-43.2%) both struggle below, whereas Citroen (+53.1%) and Peugeot (+18.7%) shine. Further down, notice Chery (+129%), Ford (+59.1%), BMW (+79.4%) and Honda (+100%) making waves.
Previous month: Uruguay June 2023: Chevrolet (+68.1%), Suzuki (+76%) top market up 21.1%
One year ago: Uruguay July 2022: Chevrolet #1, Geely in Top 10 for first time in 6.5 years, sales up 7.3%
Full July 2023 Top 45 All brands ranking below.
Uruguay July 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Jul-23 | % | /22 | Jun | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 966 | 20.8% | 49.5% | 1 | 5,016 | 16.2% | 19.6% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 603 | 13.0% | 1302.3% | 2 | 3,410 | 11.0% | 53.3% | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hyundai | 412 | 8.9% | -0.2% | 7 | 1,935 | 6.3% | -42.9% | 7 | 4 |
| 4 | Fiat | 379 | 8.1% | 38.3% | 3 | 2,991 | 9.7% | -7.7% | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Renault | 325 | 7.0% | -24.2% | 6 | 2,463 | 8.0% | -27.1% | 5 | 3 |
| 6 | Volkswagen | 308 | 6.6% | -43.2% | 4 | 2,923 | 9.5% | -16.0% | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Peugeot | 292 | 6.3% | 18.7% | 5 | 2,136 | 6.9% | 93.8% | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Citroen | 245 | 5.3% | 53.1% | 10 | 1,927 | 6.2% | 142.1% | 8 | 10 |
| 9 | Nissan | 211 | 4.5% | -31.9% | 9 | 1,432 | 4.6% | -0.2% | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Toyota | 184 | 4.0% | -18.6% | 8 | 1,383 | 4.5% | -6.9% | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | Chery | 71 | 1.5% | 129.0% | 12 | 480 | 1.6% | 8.8% | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Ford | 70 | 1.5% | 59.1% | 11 | 387 | 1.3% | 75.9% | 14 | 13 |
| 13 | Jetour | 56 | 1.2% | -1.8% | 15 | 458 | 1.5% | 63.0% | 12 | 14 |
| 14 | Changan | 54 | 1.2% | -1.8% | 16 | 324 | 1.0% | 92.9% | 15 | 22 |
| 15 | BMW | 46 | 1.0% | 70.4% | 20 | 277 | 0.9% | 28.8% | 16 | 21 |
| 16 | DongFeng (DFSK) | 40 | 0.9% | 14.3% | 17 | 261 | 0.8% | 17.0% | 17 | 19 |
| 17 | Honda | 40 | 0.9% | 100.0% | 23 | 199 | 0.6% | -16.4% | 22 | 15 |
| 18 | Karry | 40 | 0.9% | 25.0% | 34 | 141 | 0.5% | -13.0% | 27 | 25 |
| 19 | Kia | 37 | 0.8% | 825.0% | 29 | 107 | 0.3% | 81.4% | 28 | 31 |
| 20 | Mercedes | 34 | 0.7% | 21.4% | 19 | 248 | 0.8% | 3.8% | 19 | 18 |
| 21 | Jeep | 32 | 0.7% | -22.0% | 22 | 211 | 0.7% | -5.8% | 21 | 20 |
| 22 | JAC | 26 | 0.6% | -55.9% | 26 | 199 | 0.6% | 3.6% | 23 | 23 |
| 23 | Audi | 24 | 0.5% | 4.3% | 24 | 150 | 0.5% | -6.8% | 26 | 26 |
| 24 | Geely | 22 | 0.5% | -64.5% | 21 | 175 | 0.6% | -38.8% | 24 | 16 |
| 25 | BYD | 18 | 0.4% | -62.5% | 13 | 400 | 1.3% | 68.8% | 13 | 12 |
| 26 | GWM | 16 | 0.3% | -46.7% | 25 | 223 | 0.7% | -23.1% | 20 | 17 |
| 27 | Volvo | 13 | 0.3% | 160.0% | 28 | 103 | 0.3% | 71.7% | 29 | 30 |
| 28 | Victory | 12 | 0.3% | -47.8% | 18 | 252 | 0.8% | 45.7% | 18 | 24 |
| 29 | Maxus | 11 | 0.2% | 1000.0% | 30 | 59 | 0.2% | 1866.7% | 32 | 49 |
| 30 | Mitsubishi | 9 | 0.2% | -40.0% | 14 | 150 | 0.5% | 28.2% | 25 | 28 |
| 31 | Opel | 7 | 0.2% | -22.2% | 33 | 43 | 0.1% | -58.3% | 34 | 29 |
| 32 | XEV | 7 | 0.2% | 600.0% | – | 31 | 0.1% | 3000.0% | 35 | 35 |
| 33 | Iveco | 7 | 0.2% | n/a | 35 | 19 | 0.1% | 111.1% | 38 | 40 |
| 34 | Subaru | 6 | 0.1% | 200.0% | 31 | 65 | 0.2% | 20.4% | 31 | 32 |
| 35 | Mini | 6 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 32 | 43 | 0.1% | 4.9% | 33 | 33 |
| 36 | Haval | 4 | 0.1% | n/a | – | 12 | 0.0% | 300.0% | 43 | 52 |
| 37 | Land Rover | 3 | 0.1% | 200.0% | 39 | 20 | 0.1% | 150.0% | 37 | 45 |
| 38 | Foton | 3 | 0.1% | 50.0% | 42 | 14 | 0.0% | 27.3% | 41 | 41 |
| 39 | Bestune | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 38 | 16 | 0.1% | 220.0% | 39 | 54 |
| 40 | Ram | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 43 | 10 | 0.0% | -16.7% | 44 | 44 |
| 41 | Hozon | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 3 | 0.0% | -66.7% | 51 | 47 |
| 42 | JMC | 1 | 0.0% | -66.7% | 40 | 21 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 36 | 36 |
| 43 | Maserati | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 36 | 9 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 45 | 46 |
| 44 | Seat | 1 | 0.0% | -66.7% | 44 | 7 | 0.0% | -78.1% | 46 | 34 |
| 45 | Mazda | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 27 | 100 | 0.3% | -28.6% | 30 | 27 |
Source: Autodata
