According to the last report of the Uruguay Automotive Trade Association, the sector is still growing since the beginning of the year.
The sale of vehicles new received an interannual increase of 15% during the first quarter of this year, according to a report of the Automotive Trade Association of Uruguay (Acau).
In this way, between the months of January and March the Sale of vehicles Zero kilometer grew considerably with a total placement of 16,090 units, taking into account all categories including cars, minibuses, trucks, buses, utilitarian and SUV.
Within March (the period within the quarter in which more sales were perceived), a total of 5,989 vehicles were sold, which generated a 25% increase compared to the same period but last year. Meanwhile, January was the worst with 4,340 units sold and February was second with 5,761 vehicles.
Taking into account the different categories, in the previous month 2,360 were sold cars, 1.896 SUV and 1,493 Utilitarians In addition, 200 were placed trucks, 22 Minibuses and 18 bus. Regarding the best -selling brands, which stood out were Chevrolet, Hyundai and Suzuki, Within cars, while SUV were Volkswagen, Suzuki and Byd
February detail
During the second month of the year, the vast majority increased their transactions in the monthly comparison, the most prominent cars being, from 1,407 in January to 2,079 in February, which represents an increase of 47.76%.
Another prominent increase was that of Utilitarianswhich reached 1,790 sales, with an improvement of 32.89%, as well as that of the SUVwith 1,609 units and a 20%rise. Meanwhile, the trucks They marked a monthly increase of 32.47%, from 194 to 257.
The categories that verified a decrease in their operations were Minibuseswhich went from 43 to 21, a decrease of 51.16%; and buswhose sales decreased from 8 to 5, reducing 37.5% from January to February.
Source: Ambito
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