Volkswagen is the best-selling brand in Uruguay in September.
4,684 new light vehicles hit Uruguayan roads in September, that’s a solid 9% year-on-year increase. It leads to a year-to-date volume up 2.1% to 38,123 units. Volkswagen (+25.6%) is the best-selling brand in the country for the second time in the past 4 months with 12.9% share vs. 12% so far this year. It distances last month’s leader Suzuki (+7.8%) still evolving much higher than YTD at 12.2% vs. 8.8% over the first 9 months of 2022. Chevrolet (+138.7%) catches up on microchip crisis year-ago levels but drops one spot on August to #3. The American brand remains #1 year-to-date with 13.9% of the market Toyota (+9.6%), Hyundai (+8.3%) and Citroen (+4.7%) are also up in the remainder of the Top 10 whereas Nissan (-52.3%), Peugeot (-31.9%) and Fiat (-30.1) BYD (+711.1%) leads the Chinese charge at #11, followed by Chery (+81.5%) at #12, Geely (+154.2%) at #14 and Jetour (+100%) at # 15.
Previous month: Uruguay August 2022: Suzuki topples Volkswagen in market up 8.6%
Full September 2022 Top 45 all brands ranking below.
Uruguay September 2022 – brands:
| Pos | Brand | Sep-22 | % | /twenty one | Aug | 2022 | % | /twenty one | Pos | FY21 |
| 1 | Volkswagen | 603 | 12.9% | 25.6% | 3 | 4,585 | 12.0% | 4.9% | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Suzuki | 570 | 12.2% | 7.8% | 1 | 3,340 | 8.8% | -20.9% | 6 | Four |
| 3 | Chevrolet | 561 | 12.0% | 138.7% | 2 | 5,293 | 13.9% | 69.2% | 1 | Five |
| Four | Renault | 483 | 10.3% | -6.2% | Four | 4,280 | 11.2% | 0.3% | 3 | 3 |
| Five | Hyundai | 457 | 9.8% | 8.3% | Five | 4,259 | 11.2% | 40.6% | Four | 6 |
| 6 | Fiat | 357 | 7.6% | -30.1% | 6 | 3,906 | 10.2% | -33.1% | Five | 1 |
| 7 | Toyota | 251 | 5.4% | 9.6% | 7 | 2,035 | 5.3% | 22.1% | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | Peugeot | 160 | 3.4% | -31.9% | 9 | 1,442 | 3.8% | -10.0% | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | Nissan | 158 | 3.4% | -52.3% | 8 | 1,812 | 4.8% | -15.1% | 8 | 7 |
| Ten | Citroen | 157 | 3.4% | 4.7% | 11 | 1,015 | 2.7% | -11.5% | Ten | Ten |
| 11 | BYD | 146 | 3.1% | 711.1% | 27 | 397 | 1.0% | 54.5% | 12 | 16 |
| 12 | Chery | 98 | 2.1% | 81.5% | 13 | 590 | 1.5% | 15.0% | 11 | 11 |
| 13 | Ford | 80 | 1.7% | 25.0% | 15 | 343 | 0.9% | -10.4% | 17 | 12 |
| 14 | Geely | 61 | 1.3% | 154.2% | 16 | 385 | 1.0% | 130.5% | 14 | twenty three |
| 15 | Jetour | 60 | 1.3% | 100.0% | 12 | 393 | 1.0% | 151.9% | 13 | twenty five |
| 16 | Changan | 46 | 1.0% | 31.4% | 17 | 251 | 0.7% | -4.2% | twenty three | 19 |
| 17 | Honda | 42 | 0.9% | 20.0% | Ten | 347 | 0.9% | -4.9% | 16 | 13 |
| 18 | Victory | 41 | 0.9% | 51.9% | twenty four | 238 | 0.6% | 28.0% | twenty four | twenty four |
| 19 | BMW | 40 | 0.9% | 14.3% | 18 | 290 | 0.8% | 13.3% | 19 | 18 |
| 20 | JAC | 38 | 0.8% | 58.3% | 19 | 263 | 0.7% | 18.5% | twenty two | twenty one |
| twenty one | Karry | 36 | 0.8% | 12.5% | 20 | 231 | 0.6% | 32.0% | twenty five | 26 |
| twenty two | Mercedes | 33 | 0.7% | -26.7% | 14 | 317 | 0.8% | -4.8% | 18 | 14 |
| twenty three | Audi | 32 | 0.7% | -8.6% | twenty five | 217 | 0.6% | 0.0% | 26 | twenty two |
| twenty four | DongFeng (DFSK) | 29 | 0.6% | -37.0% | twenty two | 282 | 0.7% | 14.6% | 20 | 17 |
| twenty five | GWM | 27 | 0.6% | 80.0% | twenty one | 348 | 0.9% | 33.3% | 15 | 20 |
| 26 | Jeep | twenty five | 0.5% | 127.3% | twenty three | 275 | 0.7% | 27.9% | twenty one | 15 |
| 27 | Mazda | 19 | 0.4% | -54.8% | 29 | 171 | 0.4% | 10.3% | 27 | 27 |
| 28 | Subaru | 16 | 0.3% | 433.3% | 31 | 79 | 0.2% | -14.1% | 31 | 30 |
| 29 | Opel | 15 | 0.3% | 150.0% | 26 | 134 | 0.4% | 226.8% | 28 | 32 |
| 30 | Volvo | 15 | 0.3% | 200.0% | 28 | 89 | 0.2% | 122.5% | 30 | 34 |
| 31 | mini | 6 | 0.1% | 20.0% | 33 | 53 | 0.1% | 17.8% | 33 | 36 |
| 32 | Mitsubishi | Four | 0.1% | -80.0% | 30 | 133 | 0.3% | 66.3% | 29 | 28 |
| 33 | Iveco | Four | 0.1% | #DIV/0! | 36 | 16 | 0.0% | 1500.0% | 37 | 48 |
| 34 | Kia | 3 | 0.1% | -50.0% | 32 | 70 | 0.2% | -36.9% | 32 | 29 |
| 35 | JMC | 2 | 0.0% | #DIV/0! | 34 | 29 | 0.1% | -39.6% | 35 | 33 |
| 36 | Bestune | 2 | 0.0% | -33.3% | – | 7 | 0.0% | -68.2% | 47 | 40 |
| 37 | RAM | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 41 | 14 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40 | 43 |
| 38 | Foton | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | 12 | 0.0% | 1100.0% | 42 | 58 |
| 39 | Land Rover | 1 | 0.0% | -80.0% | 38 | 11 | 0.0% | -62.1% | 43 | 39 |
| 40 | Porsche | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | – | Four | 0.0% | -50.0% | 51 | 44 |
| 41 | Maxus | 1 | 0.0% | new | – | Four | 0.0% | new | 52 | – |
| 42 | Haval | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | Four | 0.0% | 100.0% | 53 | 49 |
| 43 | Brilliance | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | – | 1 | 0.0% | n/a | 60 | 60 |
| 44 | Seat | 0 | 0.0% | -100.0% | 40 | 33 | 0.1% | 43.5% | 34 | 35 |
| 45 | LMI | 0 | 0.0% | n/a | – | twenty five | 0.1% | 0.0% | 36 | 42 |
Source: Autodata
