Uruguay March 2015: Suzuki and Chery post robust results

Chery is the 6th most popular carmaker in Uruguay in March.

* See the Top 44 All-brands by clicking on the title *

The Uruguayan market is back into positive territory in March: up a very solid 17% year-on-year to 4,865 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 12,795 units, now down just 1% on 2014. Suzuki confirms the new order in Uruguay by holding a very impressive 16.3% share of the market thanks to 794 sales while Volkswagen snaps the 2nd place away from Chevrolet at 10.4% vs. 10.3% share. Chinese carmakers are back above 20% share this month, with Chery leading the way at #6 and a robust 264 units and 5.4%, and a total of 12 reps inside the Top 30: BYD, Great Wall, FAW, Geely, Lifan, Dongfeng, Chana, Gonow, Changhe, Foton and JAC…

Previous month: Uruguay February 2015: Suzuki takes off, cements new leadership

One year ago: Uruguay (brands) March 2014: Fiat up to 2nd place

Full March 2015 Top 44 All-brands ranking below.

Uruguay March 2015 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Mar-15	%	Feb	2015	%	Pos	FY14
1	Suzuki	794	16.3%	1	1,953	15.3%	1	2
2	Volkswagen	505	10.4%	3	1,271	9.9%	3	3
3	Chevrolet	501	10.3%	2	1,439	11.2%	2	1
4	Nissan	351	7.2%	5	873	6.8%	4	5
5	Renault	349	7.2%	6	829	6.5%	5	6
6	Chery	264	5.4%	8	608	4.8%	7	8
7	Hyundai	249	5.1%	7	599	4.7%	8	7
8	Fiat	204	4.2%	4	757	5.9%	6	4
9	BYD	198	4.1%	11	398	3.1%	11	10
10	Peugeot	162	3.3%	9	424	3.3%	10	9
11	Mitsubishi	134	2.8%	17	258	2.0%	16	16
12	Ford	130	2.7%	15	377	2.9%	12	11
13	Toyota	130	2.7%	12	334	2.6%	13	13
14	Kia	127	2.6%	10	425	3.3%	9	17
15	Great Wall	99	2.0%	23	186	1.5%	19	19
16	FAW	93	1.9%	14	333	2.6%	14	12
17	Citroen	80	1.6%	16	237	1.9%	17	15
18	Geely	72	1.5%	18	230	1.8%	18	14
19	Lifan	66	1.4%	13	305	2.4%	15	18
20	DongFeng	62	1.3%	21	148	1.2%	20	21
21	Mercedes	43	0.9%	24	104	0.8%	23	20
22	Chana	37	0.8%	20	123	1.0%	21	23
23	Honda	32	0.7%	19	108	0.8%	22	24
24	Audi	26	0.5%	25	69	0.5%	25	25
25	Gonow	20	0.4%	26	50	0.4%	26	26
26	Changhe	20	0.4%	27	50	0.4%	27	39
27	Foton	20	0.4%	37	41	0.3%	28	29
28	Subaru	20	0.4%	32	40	0.3%	29	32
29	JAC	19	0.4%	22	79	0.6%	24	22
30	Tata	13	0.3%	33	20	0.2%	31	37
31	Dodge	7	0.1%	29	31	0.2%	30	31
32	SSangYong	6	0.1%	-	9	0.1%	37	30
33	Jeep	5	0.1%	31	14	0.1%	34	42
34	ZNA	5	0.1%	35	9	0.1%	36	35
35	BAIC	4	0.1%	28	16	0.1%	32	36
36	Mazda	4	0.1%	30	16	0.1%	33	33
37	Ram	4	0.1%	34	10	0.1%	35	40
38	Shineray	4	0.1%	-	4	0.0%	40	-
39	Brilliance	2	0.0%	38	7	0.1%	38	41
40	Porsche	1	0.0%	-	4	0.0%	39	47
41	Hafei	1	0.0%	40	2	0.0%	42	49
42	Volvo	1	0.0%	-	1	0.0%	44	46
43	Effa	1	0.0%	-	1	0.0%	45	50
44	Chrysler	1	0.0%	-	1	0.0%	46	-

Source: Autoblog.com.uy

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