The year had already started with good news for the automotive sector. To the announcement of changes in internal taxes and removes it from the import and electric tariff, the first month of the year closed as the best January since 2018. And FEbrero shows positive numbers.
During the second month of the year there were total 42,918 unitsthis represents a growth of 71.3% compared to February 2024, when 25,050 vehicles had been patented, according to the Association of Concessionaires of the Argentine Republic (ACARA).
If the comparison is with January, the numbers reflect a 38.2%decrease, since in the first month of the year the patents reached 69,478 vehicles. However, no other month of the year should be greater than January, since historically it appears as the most bulky period because many purchases made December postpone their registration waiting for the change of year.
In the two accumulated months of the year, 112,396 units were patented, which represents 99.8% more than in the same period of 2024in which 56,265 vehicles had been registered.
That is why the February numbers ratify the good start of the year that excites a sector that received recent taxes on taxes and bring the market towards forecasts to exceed half a million vehicles sold for this year.
In spite of that, several voices of the sector consider that taxes of taxes played a little against during February, since many people could have stopped the purchase pending pricing. In addition to those changes did not impact the cheapest ranges.
Those who sold the most
If January patents are analyzed by brands, the surprise appears because Toyota (6,673 units) was not the company that patented the most vehicles For the second consecutive month, as happened last year. In this case it was relegated to second place.
The company that registered the most specimens was Volkswagen (7.257)which showed a good performance in general but showed a great performance of its two national production models, the Amarok pickup and the SUV taos. The third step of the podium was for Fiat (5.927).
The Top Ten completes it Peugeot (4.218), Renault (4.171), Chevrolet (2.892), Ford (2.286), Citroën (2.004), Jeep (1.227) Y Nissan (1.027). Special mention for Hyundai (381)which is again among the 15 best -selling brands in the country and maintained the rhythm of patents it had in January.
Unlike what had been happening in the last months of 2024, where the imported ones had been recovering land, February closed with eight national production models such as the best selling. In it top ten There are only two vehicles that come from Brazil.
For Sebastián Blessed, a prisoner of Acara “February continues with the good growth rate of January, which shows the best start of the year since 2018, promoted by the tax decline in recent months and an increasingly wide offer by brands.”
The manager noted that “the pressure from the prices downward brought many people to our premises and that is always positive, now we have the challenge of offering them convenient options to specify the operations.”
“This inertia of the market will surely accompany us in the coming months, in a context that remains challenging, and this is very promising for the dynamics and predictability of the sector,” Blessed completed.
The 10 best selling in January 2025
4- Volkswagen Amarok: 2.047
6- Volkswagen Taos: 1.612
8- Chevrolet Tracker: 1.264
9- Toyota Corolla Cross: 1.185
