The year had already started with good news for the automotive sector. The announcement of changes in internal taxes and removes it from the import and electric import tariff, the first two -month period doubled at the same period of 2024. March followed in that line with well -up results.
During the third month of the year there were total 47,147 unitsthis represents a growth of 82.6% compared to March 2024, when 25,814 vehicles had been patented, according to the Association of Concessionaires of the Argentine Republic (ACARA).
If the comparison is with February, the numbers also reflect an increase of 5.8%, since in the second month of the year the patents reached 44,567 vehicles.
In this way, 161,229 units were patented in the first quarter of the year, which represents 90.2% more than in the same 2024 periodin which 84,781 vehicles had been recorded. It also represents the best quarter since 2018.
The accumulated numbers in the first three months ratify the good start of the year that excites a sector that received taxes on taxes and brings the market towards forecasts to exceed half a million vehicles sold for this 2025.
If the patents of March by brands are analyzed, the trend shown in the first two months was repeated again: the brand that was most sold was Volkswagen, leaving Toyota behind, which had been built as market leader in recent years.
The German company registered 7,944 copies, just above the Japanese company (7,912). The third step of the podium was for Fiat (5.973). In this way, those same locations are maintained in the accumulated quarter are maintained: Volkswagen (27,051), Toyota (25,206) and Fiat (21,587).
The Top Ten de March completed it Renault (4.757), Ford (3.810), Peugeot (3.310), Chevrolet (3.151), Citroën (2.069), Jeep (1.819) y Nissan (1.008). Special mention for Ram (443)which remains among the 12 best -selling brands in the country.
While the market domain was made again imported models (almost 60% of patents come from vehicles not manufactured in the PAIAS), March closed with seven national production models as the best selling. In it top ten There are only two vehicles that come from Brazil (Toyota Yaris and Vw Polo) and, the biggest surprise, one that comes from China (Ford Territory).
For Sebastián Blessed, a provisions of Acara, “a macro that is ordered and the possibility of financing the purchase, in some cases with credit from the terminals themselves at zero rate, have made people understand that it is before a good time to acquire a vehicle, and have made the decision to do so, so we are closing the best first quarter since 2018”.
The manager noted that “we also see an inertia of price down, especially of the medium cars that was in which the tax to the luxury goods that has been reduced, but it is also important that it moves to other segments due to the logical competence of models and prices.”
“We understand that this trend will accompany us in the coming months, which allows us to think about completing a good first semester,” Blessed completed.
6- Volkswagen Taos: 1.826
7- Volkswagen Amarok: 1.786
8- Volkswagen Polo: 1.705
10- Chevrolet Tracker: 1.419