General Motors suspends production due to exports to Brazil

The beginning of the year shows a recovery of sales of cars In Argentina. The patents of 0km cars 71.3% annual grew During February, until 42,918 units, so the best start of the year was consolidated since 2018, according to the Association of Automotive Concessionaires of the Argentine Republic (ACARA).

March maintains that good trend and will close with a significant increase compared to 12 months ago. However, the decrease in demand from Brazil It is complicating some local terminals.

Due to the fall of exports, General Motors Argentina paralyzes production at the Alvear plant, Santa Fe province, as of today and until April 14 inclusive. In that establishment there are three versions of the SUV Chevrolet Tracker.

General Motors suspends its production due to exports

At the beginning of the year, the automaker had launched a volunteer retreat program with the aim of reducing the personnel plant. The purpose was to disconnect about 300 workers and that is approximately the same amount in activity.

The Brazilian market is correcting its growth prospects from 2.8 million to 2.7 million units. In recent months, the government is raising the interest rate and that could be affecting financing.

On the other hand, according to ADEFAexports to Brazil fell 30% this 2025. Anyway, General Motors has confirmed the rashling’s restyling for the coming months.

In 2024 he had already suffered plant stops and performed similar processes. The Alvear plant, which exclusively produces the SUV tracker model, faced a particularly complicated year. During 2024, the company experienced several months of stops in production and carried out other voluntary retreat processes.

These measures responded to a strong fall in the activity, with an annual projection that went from 430 thousand to 330 thousand units, although the decline was later reversed. The situation began to worsen at the end of 2023, when the plant suspended its production from December to the beginning of March 2024.

Then, on March 27, production stopped again until April 14 due to “inconvenience with the supply of suppliers affected by foreign payments problems.”

At the end of April, the plant pausar its production again for a week, and the numbers began to be alarming: in the first quarter, production fell 23% due to the decrease in sales and exports. The lower demand from Brazil, a consequence of the rise of interest rates and the devaluation of the real arranged by the Government of Lula da Silva, affects almost all terminals.

This situation reduced the competitiveness of Argentine vehicles and led to the Association of Brazilian manufacturers (Anfavea) to cut their sales forecasts for this year. According to data from the Association of Automotive Manufacturers (ADEFA), exports of Argentine vehicles to Brazil fell 32% so far this year compared to the same period of 2024.

In total, the exports of the sector registered a decrease of 13.5%, also impacted by the setback of markets such as Colombia and Peru, although compensated in part by the growth of sales in Central America.