Ricardo Salome, head of ACARA
the owner of the Association of Automobile Dealers (FACE UP TO), Riccardo Salomecame out in support of the measures promoted by the Minister of Economy, Silvia Batakisand foresaw that “macroeconomic variables will adapt and gradually many people will decide to buy more cars”.
In this sense, Salomé recommended that people who have treasured the dollars take the opportunity to sell them and buy domestically produced vehicles. He did not walk with subtleties: he recommended sell “joint” dollars.
“Whoever has some savings can make a great deal today, making use of his “pink dollar”, at $ 340 which will give you the opportunity to purchase a vehicle a 30/35 %% less in dollars compared to a few weeks ago, “the entrepreneur said in a statement.
Almost two years have passed since the delivery of the vehicles is below the questiondue to the restrictions on imports that the government has been applying since the end of 2020. But in recent months, coinciding with the worsening of the dollar crisis, in the car terminals began shipping more locally made vehiclesl to dealers.
Just when the dealerships began to be able to give an answer on the supply sidethe resignation of Martin Guzman and its replacement by Batakis generated a rise in the price of the blue dollar that left the auto market hardly any customers. It is in this context that Salomé came out to talk about the “joint” dollar.
“In addition to some occasional means, which may have some delays, there is the availability of models that are produced in the country with which, for those willing to adapt to the existing offer, today is a great time to buy a vehicle“, She said.
The entrepreneur also showed his support for the economic direction shown by the new head of the Palacio de Hacienda.
“The appointment of Minister Silvina Batakis, and her first decisions, have so far shown a clear intention to give priority to budget balance, therefore we believe that, once the uncertainty of these days is overcome, they will adapt to macroeconomic variables.
Regarding sales, he said that “beyond the noise of these turbulent days, we continue to maintain the initial forecast for the year that we will end the year with 200,000 national patented units and another 200,000 imported”.
The truth is that to reach 400,000 vehicles there should be a big rebound in sales: in the first half of the year just over 200,000 units were patented and everything indicates that the data for July will drop. Add to this that, seasonally, December sales are usually half of the previous months, as many buyers agree to deal against a delivery early next year.
Source: Clarin
