What were the 10 most chosen models

The year started with good news for the automotive sector. To the announcement of changes in internal taxes, the first of Ford and Toyota and the removal of the import tariff for hybrids and electric, January closes with more than double patents That exactly one year ago.

During the first month of the year there were a total of 68,988 units, this represents a 103 % growth compared to January 2024, when 33,727 vehicles had been patented.

If the comparison is with December, the growth is 217 %, since in the last month of the year the patents reached 21,602 vehicles, according to the Association of Concessionaires of the Argentine Republic (ACARA). It is also The best January since 2018when 118,924 vehicles had been registered.

In this way, the start of the year excites to a sector that received recent taxes on taxes and bring the market towards forecasts to exceed half a million vehicles sold for this year.

This projection charges more strength after this week’s advertisements in which the prices of mid-high-end models will go down and They could exert down pressure in the rest of the most accessible ranges.

Those who sold the most

If January patents are analyzed by brands, the surprise appears because Toyota (10,429 units) was not a company that patented more vehiclesas happened last year. In this case it was relegated to second place.

The company that registered the most specimens was Volkswagen (11.537)which showed a good performance in general but that undoubtedly his prominent model was the Volkswagen Amarok, which turned out to be the most chosen pickup in the results of the first month of the year. The third step of the podium was for Fiat (9.319).

The Top Ten completes it Peugeot (8.143), Renault (6.206), Ford (5.419), Chevrolet (3.749), Citroën (3.046), Jeep (2.494) Y Nissan (1.421). Special mention for Hyundai (380)which is again located after a long time among the 15 best -selling brands in the country, marking a 660% growth compared to January last year.

Unlike what had been happening in the last months of 2024, where the imported ones had been recovering land, January closed with five national production models such as the best selling. Anyway, in the top have four vehicles that come from Brazil.

For Sebastián Blessed, president of Acara, “the numbers tell us that we not only had the best January of the last 7 years, it is the best month in much longer because we crowned it with the important announcement of a decline in the tax burden, something that from the value chain we had been asking for a long time without any response. ”

Blessed recalled that “in recent months we highlighted the return of financing, which still has a decisive role to explain the almost 70,000 vehicles in January, the decline in inflation and the macroeconomic order achieved.”

The head of the entity closed excitedly: “2025 thus begins with two great news for our activity, the good impulse of January and prices in retraction, which will enhance a market that begins to show an active demand that will accompany us in the coming months. “