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 electrical import tariff, followed the partial end of the CEPO, which was very well received by the market.
After the very positive results of March, April accelerated that good performance. During the fourth month of the year there were total 54,001 unitswhich represents a growth of 63.9% compared to April 2024, when 32,941 vehicles had been patented, according to the Association of Concessionaires of the Argentine Republic (ACARA).
If the comparison is with March, the numbers also reflect an increase of 11.6%, since in the second month of the year the patents reached 48,375 vehicles.
In this way, in the first four -month period of the year, 216,458 units were patented, which represents 83.9% more than in the same 2024 periodin which 117,722 vehicles had been registered. It also represents the best quarter since 2018.
The accumulated numbers in the first four months ratify the good start of the year that excites a sector that received taxes on taxes and that brings together the market to overcome the initial forecasts and there are already several voices that indicate that the 600,000 vehicles sold for this 2025 will be exceeded.
If April patents are analyzed by brands, the trend shown in the first three months was reversed: the brand that sold the most was Toyotaleaving behind Volkswagenwhich had been built as market leader at the beginning of 2025.
The Japanese company registered 9,677 copies, just above the German company (8,811). The third step of the podium was again for Fiat (6,094). In this ways, in the accumulated of the first four -month period, Volkswagen is maintained as the one that sold the best in that period (36,012), followed by Toyota (34,985) and further back Fiat (27,875).
The Top Ten de March completed it Renault (5.000), Ford (4.259), Peugeot (4.131), Chevrolet (4.109), Citroën (2.243), Jeep (1.942) y Nissan (1.029). Special mention for Should (364)which grew 240% compared to last month and got into the top 15 of the country’s best -selling brands.
Again, market domain was made again imported models (almost 60% of patents come from vehicles not manufactured in the country), March closed with seven national production models as the best selling. In it top ten There are three vehicles that come from Brazil (the Toyota Yaris and Corolla Cross and the VW Polo).
For Sebastián Blessed, president of Acara, “we continue to show positive numbers, a trend that we had warned that we will accompany us at least throughout the semester. Our sector is channeling the will of many clients that, mobilized by the low tax, a more predictable economic context and the appearance of competitive prices have made the decision to acquire a vehicle.”
The manager noted that “the financing, especially that of the factories that is offered today to zero rate, has helped a lot, the sum of these factors explains that we are at the best start of the year of the last seven.”
“Today who visits a concessionaire or initiates a management with a purchase intention will offer a complete range of available models and will find important discounts on list prices, these are some of the keys that explain that many of the consultations end in concrete operations,” Blessed completed.
5- Volkswagen Amarok: 2.073
7- Volkswagen Polo: 2.055
8- Volkswagen Taos: 1.811
9- Chevrolet Tracker: 1.672
10- Toyota Corolla Cross: 1.376