The Argentines bought 407,532 zero kilometer vehicles in 2022figure slightly higher than the 381,436 of the previous year e quite below than dealership owners estimate they can sell.
“The market gives per 100,000 units more”he said to Clarin Ricardo Salomeowner of Automobile Dealers Association (FACE). “If I had more vehicles, sales would have been significantly higher“, He added.
The truth is that the increase in patents, 6.8% compared to 2021was below market demand, where since the end of 2020 the predominant feature is the delays and the excessive prices.
The shortage of dollars worsened in the second half of the year, albeit with difficulties in importing inputs for manufacturing. Even so, the automakers will close with a production (not to be confused with domestic sales) above 500,000 units.
The biggest sales were, mainly, signed by the brands they had highest offerwith seven of the ten best-selling models produced locally: Fiat Chrono (1st), Peugeot 208 (2nd), hilux toyota (3rd), volkswagen amarok (4th), Chevrolet Cruze (6th), Renault Kangoo (8th) and Ford Ranger (9th).
In this context, the automakers that generated the largest amount of dollars through their exports had access to the dollars of the Central Bank be able to import templates.
The most obvious case was Toyota: the Japanese automaker’s subsidiary exported almost 80% of 169,000 Hilux and SW4 pickups which it produced in its factory in Zárate.
With this favorable balance of trade, Toyota obtained a larger share of imports from the government. With more offerings available, their designs ended up being among the best sellers of the year: etios (5th), Yaris (7th), Corolla cross (10th) e Corolla (11th).
stellantisborn from the worldwide merger between the Fiat Chrysler group and Peugeot, it was the best-selling car manufacturer in Argentina and also one of those that produced and exported the largest number of units: from the Córdoba plant came 85,000 Fiat Chronos and from El Palomar some 60,000 Peugeot 208swhich were the two best sellers at local dealerships.
Stellantis foreign sales accounted for almost 60% of its production, with more than 80,000 units exported. With this balance, the automaker also had an import quota that allowed it to place some of its Brazilian-made models among the best-sellers, such as the Citroën C4Cactus (14th) and the Jeep Renegade (18).
Even the utilities that leave the El Palomar plant have had sustained sales: this was the case with Partner Peugeot (19), while the Citroën Berlingothe only one of that brand that continues to be produced in the country, it was 24th in dealer sales.
Volkswagen has located its two models produced in the General Pacheco plant, the pick up Amarok (4th best seller) and the SUV Taos (13th in the annual ranking), as well as imported models such as the vw polo (16th) and the Nivo (23).
Your neighbor Ford local pickup placed Rangers as the ninth best seller. Ford also had the Brazilian among its bestsellers ecosports (21) and the Chinese territory (28).
Chevrolet He placed his Rosary model through as one of the best sellers (6th) and also the Brazilian small car Onyx (17th) and the SUV pursuerthan about the second half of the year began to be produced at the Rosario plant.
Renaultwith a single model that exports to Brazil (the utility Kangoo IIin turn the 8th best-selling locally), also placed two other models assembled in the Córdoba plant among the best sellers: almost 10,000 were sold Sandero (12th in the standings) and almost 6,500 Stepway (17).
The collection plant operating at the Santa Isabel plant also left the nissan frontier (15th in the standings) and the Renault Alaskan (22). Another model of local production that is almost 90% exported is the utility Mercedes Sprinterit was also among the best-selling: with 4,774 units it is twentieth in the standings.
“The highlight of the year is this 6 out of 10 cars sold are of national origin“added Salomé, head of ACARA. “And we have chosen to keep the glass half full that we have created a good brand and we are working together with the authorities of the area for 2023”.
Source: Clarin
