Chevrolet sales almost double year-on-year in September.
New light vehicle sales in Uruguay advance 7.5% year-on-year in September to 5,042 units, leading to a year-to-date cume up 7.6% to 41,026. Chevrolet (+96.6%) almost doubles its sales year-on-year to reach 21.9% share, its highest since the 22.4% it hit back in February 2017. Suzuki (-20%) is hit hard but climbs 7 spots on August to #2, distancing Renault (-13.5%) also struggling. Fiat (+15.7%) is solid at #4 while Hyundai (-16.6%) rounds out the Top 5 in paltry fashion. Peugeot (+136.3%), Nissan (+73.4%) and Citroen (+64.3%) score fantastic gains in the remainder of the Top 10 just as Volkswagen (-38.6%), Hyundai (-16.6%) and Toyota (-8.8%) skid. Chinese brands as a whole sink -27.8% to 426 and 8.4% share vs. 12.6% a year ago.
Previous month: Uruguay August 2023: Chevrolet (+67.8%), Fiat (+150%) top market up 21.7%
One year ago: Uruguay September 2022: Volkswagen reclaims lead, sales up 9%
Full September 2023 Top 52 All brands ranking below.
Uruguay September 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-23 | % | /22 | Aug | Sep-22 | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Chevrolet | 1,103 | 21.9% | 96.6% | 1 | 561 | 7,022 | 17.1% | 32.7% | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 456 | 9.0% | -20.0% | 9 | 570 | 4,092 | 10.0% | 22.5% | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | Renault | 418 | 8.3% | -13.5% | 4 | 483 | 3,236 | 7.9% | -24.4% | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Fiat | 413 | 8.2% | 15.7% | 2 | 357 | 4,174 | 10.2% | 6.9% | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Hyundai | 381 | 7.6% | -16.6% | 5 | 457 | 2,653 | 6.5% | -37.7% | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Peugeot | 378 | 7.5% | 136.3% | 6 | 160 | 2,826 | 6.9% | 96.0% | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | Volkswagen | 370 | 7.3% | -38.6% | 3 | 603 | 3,756 | 9.2% | -18.1% | 4 | 2 |
| 8 | Nissan | 274 | 5.4% | 73.4% | 8 | 158 | 1,933 | 4.7% | 6.7% | 9 | 9 |
| 9 | Citroen | 258 | 5.1% | 64.3% | 10 | 157 | 2,398 | 5.8% | 136.3% | 8 | 10 |
| 10 | Toyota | 229 | 4.5% | -8.8% | 7 | 251 | 1,868 | 4.6% | -8.2% | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | BYD | 89 | 1.8% | -39.0% | 11 | 146 | 635 | 1.5% | 59.9% | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Chery | 64 | 1.3% | -34.7% | 12 | 98 | 646 | 1.6% | 9.5% | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | Honda | 60 | 1.2% | 42.9% | 21 | 42 | 291 | 0.7% | -16.1% | 20 | 15 |
| 14 | Jetour | 51 | 1.0% | -15.0% | 14 | 60 | 562 | 1.4% | 43.0% | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Ford | 46 | 0.9% | -42.5% | 13 | 80 | 487 | 1.2% | 42.0% | 14 | 13 |
| 16 | Victory | 45 | 0.9% | 9.8% | 19 | 41 | 358 | 0.9% | 50.4% | 17 | 24 |
| 17 | Mercedes | 43 | 0.9% | 30.3% | 20 | 33 | 327 | 0.8% | 3.2% | 18 | 18 |
| 18 | BMW | 42 | 0.8% | 5.0% | 15 | 40 | 369 | 0.9% | 27.2% | 16 | 21 |
| 19 | Changan | 28 | 0.6% | -39.1% | 25 | 46 | 377 | 0.9% | 50.2% | 15 | 22 |
| 20 | Jeep | 28 | 0.6% | 12.0% | 16 | 25 | 284 | 0.7% | 3.3% | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | GWM | 27 | 0.5% | 0.0% | 26 | 27 | 275 | 0.7% | -21.0% | 22 | 17 |
| 22 | Geely | 24 | 0.5% | -60.7% | 29 | 61 | 220 | 0.5% | -42.9% | 24 | 16 |
| 23 | Karry | 24 | 0.5% | -33.3% | 43 | 36 | 169 | 0.4% | -26.8% | 27 | 25 |
| 24 | DongFeng (DFSK) | 22 | 0.4% | -24.1% | 23 | 29 | 313 | 0.8% | 11.0% | 19 | 19 |
| 25 | JAC | 21 | 0.4% | -44.7% | 24 | 38 | 250 | 0.6% | -4.9% | 23 | 23 |
| 26 | Kia | 18 | 0.4% | 500.0% | 18 | 3 | 165 | 0.4% | 135.7% | 28 | 31 |
| 27 | Audi | 14 | 0.3% | -56.3% | 27 | 32 | 188 | 0.5% | -13.4% | 25 | 26 |
| 28 | Mitsubishi | 13 | 0.3% | 225.0% | 32 | 4 | 177 | 0.4% | 33.1% | 26 | 28 |
| 29 | Mazda | 13 | 0.3% | -31.6% | 36 | 19 | 123 | 0.3% | -28.1% | 30 | 27 |
| 30 | Volvo | 10 | 0.2% | -33.3% | 30 | 15 | 130 | 0.3% | 46.1% | 29 | 30 |
| 31 | Opel | 10 | 0.2% | -33.3% | 38 | 15 | 59 | 0.1% | -56.0% | 33 | 29 |
| 32 | Subaru | 7 | 0.1% | -56.3% | 33 | 16 | 84 | 0.2% | 6.3% | 31 | 32 |
| 33 | Mini | 7 | 0.1% | 16.7% | 44 | 6 | 54 | 0.1% | 1.9% | 34 | 33 |
| 34 | LMI | 7 | 0.1% | n/a | 17 | 0 | 51 | 0.1% | 104.0% | 36 | 38 |
| 35 | Bestune | 7 | 0.1% | 250.0% | 46 | 2 | 27 | 0.1% | 285.7% | 39 | 54 |
| 36 | Maxus | 6 | 0.1% | 500.0% | 40 | 1 | 70 | 0.2% | 1650.0% | 32 | 49 |
| 37 | Jinpeng | 6 | 0.1% | new | 37 | 14 | 0.0% | new | 47 | – | |
| 38 | XEV | 5 | 0.1% | n/a | 34 | 52 | 0.1% | 5100.0% | 35 | 35 | |
| 39 | Haval | 5 | 0.1% | 400.0% | 47 | 1 | 21 | 0.1% | 425.0% | 43 | 52 |
| 40 | Today Sunshine | 3 | 0.1% | n/a | 22 | 34 | 0.1% | 142.9% | 37 | 48 | |
| 41 | JMC | 3 | 0.1% | 50.0% | 41 | 2 | 29 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 38 | 36 |
| 42 | Land Rover | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 45 | 1 | 26 | 0.1% | 136.4% | 40 | 45 |
| 43 | Tesla | 2 | 0.0% | n/a | 28 | 24 | 0.1% | 84.6% | 41 | 37 | |
| 44 | Ram | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 55 | 1 | 13 | 0.0% | -7.1% | 49 | 44 |
| 45 | Iveco | 1 | 0.0% | -75.0% | 50 | 4 | 22 | 0.1% | 37.5% | 42 | 40 |
| 46 | Foton | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 42 | 1 | 20 | 0.0% | 66.7% | 44 | 41 |
| 47 | Kaiyun | 1 | 0.0% | new | 31 | 16 | 0.0% | new | 46 | 43 | |
| 48 | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 35 | 13 | 0.0% | n/a | 48 | 50 | |
| 49 | Seat | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 51 | 0 | 10 | 0.0% | -69.7% | 51 | 34 |
| 50 | Porsche | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 56 | 1 | 7 | 0.0% | 75.0% | 53 | 53 |
| 51 | Hozon | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 52 | 6 | 0.0% | -33.3% | 56 | 47 | |
| 52 | Sinogold | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 1 | 0.0% | new | 62 | – |
Source: Autodata
