Two days after closing April, the month shows a growth of patents of 64% compared to April 2024. If no surprise, April will end above 50,000 units and can reach 54,000, depending on the patents that force the ends in the last 48 hours.
The exchange uncertainty in the first moments after the exit of “stocks“, which caused some brands to suspend the billing, did not affect the dynamics of the sector and the lost operations that week (which was cut by the holiday) the following days were recovered.
On Monday, more than 3,600 units were patented, which shows that it will be a very moved month for what happens this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Discounts and competition in the automotive sector
If no surprise is mediated, April will end above 50,000 units and can reach 54,000, depending on the patents that force the ends in recent hours.
What is clear this month- and has been deepening from previous months- is that sales, in general, are being done with discounts. In some brands they recognize that they are closing operations with between 10% and 15% of sales. It can be more in pointed cases. The need to pay the units purchased from the terminals causes sellers to resign profitability and, in some cases, sell to the “cost”.
For example, from a Volkswagen concessionaire in the interior of the province of Buenos Aires they informed Scope That a Volkswagen Polo Track, which has a list price of $ 29,000,000, are selling it at $ 23,000,000, more than 20% of reduction.
Projections and leadership in the automotive market
There are very few models that are being sold above list prices. He import increase It causes the competition to be strong and only cars that have some shortage can be overpred.
With the confirmation of these numbers -which will make known tomorrow afternoon Acara -the month will close as the best April since 2018. This will also make it the best start of the year since then.
In April of last year, 32,710 0km were patented, so the percentage of increase will end in a figure similar to the one that appears today in the records.
With this scenario, there are more and more automakers that project a market closest to 600,000 units than at 550,000.
Toyota heads the sales ranking per brand of April, although Volkswagen is still in front of the automaker with more sales so far this year. This is a duel that seems to be maintained for the coming months.
Meanwhile, in terms of best -selling models, the ranking is headed by Toyota Hilux, followed by Yaris, Peugeot 208, VW Amarok, Fiat Cronos, VW Toos, Ford Ranger, Chevrolet Tracker and Corolla Cross.
Source: Ambito
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