Finally, after many speculations and forecasts Regarding the sales volume that October would have, the Argentine automotive market was very close to reaching last week’s projectionsin a month that was strongly affected by political and economic uncertainty prior to the national legislative elections.
The last five business days that elapsed between the result of the mid-term electoral elections and the end of the month, allowed operations to resume at a pace similar to that of the beginning of October, but despite registering a average of 3,000 daily patentsthe floor of 52,000 units expected in the sector could not be reached.
According to the official report on sales of new automobiles for the month prepared by the Online Information System of the Automotive Market of Argentina (SIOMAA)in October they were patented 51,982 cars new, which represents a down 7.6% compared to the 55,827 in September, but a increase of 55.1% year-on-yearsince in October 2024, even though it was the best month of the entire year, 44,467 units had been patented.
“We completed what was another month sensitive due to electoral issues, like Septemberabove 50,000 patents, and that already makes it good news. During this last week we have had a lot of movement in our dealerships, obviously Sunday’s result prompted many clients to consult and complete their operationsthat’s why we see that October maintains the good year-on-year growth that has been accompanying us,” he said. Sebastian Beatopresident of the Automotive Dealers Association (ACARA)an entity that monitors the units that are marketed and registered each month in the Automotive Property Registry offices.
“The upward market inertia continues and we are now entering the last two months that will allow us to end the year on a good footing to also project a start to 2026 with positive numbers,” said the leader.
October was not only affected by the pre-electoral situation in Argentina, but also because Toyota’s two assembly plants in Brazil remained without manufacturing cars as a consequence of the storm that completely affected the engine plant Porto Feliz in September, and which left the brand unable to assemble units due to lack of drivers.
However, this drawback did not impact the flow of units from Brazil in the Argentine market, since both the Yarislike the Corolla and Corolla Crossthey had vehicles in transit and at the Zárate plant.
Among the manufacturers, The Japanese brand maintained first place thanks to the combined performance between imported and national products, with the Hilux pick-up as the best-selling vehicle of the month among all segments. Volkswagen It was the second brand with the best sales, just over 400 units away, and Fiat It was third, although with a difference of more than 2,000 vehicles. ford came fourth, surpassing Renault and Chevrolet in October.
Between cars and SUVs, the Toyota Yaris managed to remain first among private cars of the month and further consolidated the absolute leadership it achieved the previous month, as the best-selling car among all segments throughout the year.
Yes ok Yaris fell from the average of 3,000 units in previous months to 2,253 In October, most of its competitors also retreated due to the general economic situation. The only exception was the Peugeot 208which after a couple of months with sales below 2,000 units, managed to improve its numbers and reach 2,232 cars.
The analysis of the month showed that the Yaris surpassed the 208 by only 31 units, leaving third to the Fiat Cronos 409 cars away. Then they located the Volkswagen Polo With 1,460 patents, the Chevrolet Onix with 1,215, and the Renault Kwid with 1,108. The rest were left with three-digit numbers.
Among the SUVthe big news of the month was the leadership achieved by a car from China, although from a Western brand. It is about the Ford Territorywhich belongs to the C-SUV segment and managed to displace the Chevrolet Trackerand just over 350 at Toyota Corolla Cross. The other novelty of the segment was the performance of the VW Terawhich came third in the category, beating the Toyota SUV.
The pick-up They had no unusual movements. The Toyota hilux won the month again at an absolute level and among trucks with 2,523 patents. stood in front of ford rangerwhich totaled 2,031 and Volkswagen Amarok which reached 1,619 units. Fourth place in the medium truck category went to the Chevrolet S10 with 509 patents, ahead of Nissan Frontier with 431 and the new Fiat Titano with 403 units.
