Citroen sales are up 3-fold over the same month a year ago.
The Uruguayan new light vehicle market returns to negative in March at -8.8% year-on-year to 5,286 sales. The Q1 volume is up 2% to 12,729. Suzuki (+19.2%) is up five spots on February to snap the monthly crown for the first time since last October, sporting an excellent 14% share. Chevrolet (-16.5%) ranks in 2nd place with 10.4% and saves its YTD top spot by just 39 sales over Suzuki. Leader last month, Fiat (-66.2%) implodes to #3 in March. Volkswagen (+3.8%) and Citroen (+225.6%) defy the negative market to round out the Top 5. Peugeot (+197.8%), Nissan (+35.7%) and Toyota (+5%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10.
Previous month: Uruguay February 2023: Fiat (+500%) soars to #1 spot, registrations up 6.3%
One year ago: Uruguay March 2022: Fiat (27% share), reclaims control of market up 25.7%
Full March 2023 Top 45 All brands ranking below.
Uruguay March 2023 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Mar-23 | % | /22 | Feb | 2023 | % | /22 | Pos | FY22 |
| 1 | Suzuki | 740 | 14.0% | 19.2% | 6 | 1,560 | 12.3% | 29.2% | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Chevrolet | 551 | 10.4% | -16.5% | 3 | 1,599 | 12.6% | -10.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Fiat | 529 | 10.0% | -66.2% | 1 | 1,161 | 9.1% | -36.1% | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Volkswagen | 515 | 9.7% | 3.8% | 2 | 1,394 | 11.0% | -0.6% | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | Citroen | 433 | 8.2% | 225.6% | 4 | 1,054 | 8.3% | 252.5% | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Hyundai | 412 | 7.8% | -6.4% | 10 | 764 | 6.0% | -34.6% | 8 | 4 |
| 7 | Peugeot | 399 | 7.5% | 197.8% | 7 | 872 | 6.9% | 99.5% | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | Renault | 372 | 7.0% | -34.4% | 5 | 1,005 | 7.9% | -27.4% | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Nissan | 308 | 5.8% | 35.7% | 8 | 588 | 4.6% | -4.4% | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Toyota | 211 | 4.0% | 5.0% | 9 | 517 | 4.1% | 1.4% | 10 | 7 |
| 11 | BYD | 85 | 1.6% | 553.8% | 13 | 203 | 1.6% | 222.2% | 12 | 12 |
| 12 | Chery | 74 | 1.4% | -5.1% | 12 | 186 | 1.5% | -2.1% | 13 | 11 |
| 13 | Jetour | 65 | 1.2% | 47.7% | 11 | 217 | 1.7% | 79.3% | 11 | 14 |
| 14 | Ford | 60 | 1.1% | 57.9% | 15 | 144 | 1.1% | 38.5% | 14 | 13 |
| 15 | Victory | 52 | 1.0% | 92.6% | 18 | 122 | 1.0% | 76.8% | 17 | 24 |
| 16 | Honda | 41 | 0.8% | -33.9% | 25 | 70 | 0.5% | -30.7% | 24 | 15 |
| 17 | BMW | 40 | 0.8% | 60.0% | 17 | 111 | 0.9% | 22.0% | 19 | 21 |
| 18 | GWM | 39 | 0.7% | -50.6% | 29 | 130 | 1.0% | -5.1% | 16 | 17 |
| 19 | Mercedes | 39 | 0.7% | 39.3% | 16 | 108 | 0.8% | 24.1% | 20 | 18 |
| 20 | DongFeng (DFSK) | 37 | 0.7% | -11.9% | 22 | 78 | 0.6% | -22.8% | 21 | 19 |
| 21 | Jeep | 37 | 0.7% | -22.9% | 21 | 70 | 0.5% | -36.4% | 23 | 20 |
| 22 | Changan | 35 | 0.7% | 169.2% | 14 | 134 | 1.1% | 211.6% | 15 | 22 |
| 23 | Subaru | 34 | 0.6% | 325.0% | – | 40 | 0.3% | 60.0% | 28 | 32 |
| 24 | Mazda | 27 | 0.5% | 107.7% | 26 | 38 | 0.3% | -32.1% | 29 | 27 |
| 25 | JAC | 22 | 0.4% | -37.1% | 20 | 117 | 0.9% | 80.0% | 18 | 23 |
| 26 | Volvo | 20 | 0.4% | 53.8% | 27 | 35 | 0.3% | 16.7% | 30 | 30 |
| 27 | Audi | 19 | 0.4% | 18.8% | 23 | 54 | 0.4% | -6.9% | 26 | 26 |
| 28 | Kia | 16 | 0.3% | 700.0% | 35 | 33 | 0.3% | 83.3% | 31 | 31 |
| 29 | Mitsubishi | 11 | 0.2% | -84.5% | 28 | 49 | 0.4% | -40.2% | 27 | 28 |
| 30 | Geely | 10 | 0.2% | -80.4% | 24 | 62 | 0.5% | -56.0% | 25 | 16 |
| 31 | Opel | 10 | 0.2% | 25.0% | 34 | 17 | 0.1% | -43.3% | 34 | 29 |
| 32 | BAIC | 8 | 0.2% | n/a | 37 | 12 | 0.1% | n/a | 36 | 58 |
| 33 | Karry | 7 | 0.1% | -50.0% | 19 | 72 | 0.6% | 5.9% | 22 | 25 |
| 34 | Mini | 7 | 0.1% | 40.0% | 31 | 18 | 0.1% | 20.0% | 33 | 33 |
| 35 | JMC | 5 | 0.1% | 25.0% | 33 | 13 | 0.1% | 116.7% | 35 | 36 |
| 36 | Land Rover | 4 | 0.1% | n/a | 40 | 7 | 0.1% | n/a | 39 | 45 |
| 37 | Foton | 3 | 0.1% | n/a | – | 6 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 40 | 41 |
| 38 | Maxus | 2 | 0.0% | new | 32 | 11 | 0.1% | new | 37 | 49 |
| 39 | Seat | 2 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 42 | 4 | 0.0% | -76.5% | 43 | 34 |
| 40 | Leap Motor | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | 10 | 0.1% | new | 38 | – |
| 41 | Ram | 1 | 0.0% | -80.0% | 43 | 3 | 0.0% | -50.0% | 45 | 44 |
| 42 | Iveco | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 44 | 2 | 0.0% | -66.7% | 47 | 40 |
| 43 | Maple | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 51 | 51 |
| 44 | Dodge | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 52 | – |
| 45 | XEV | 0 | 0.0% | new | 30 | 18 | 0.1% | new | 32 | 35 |
Source: Autodata
