31 January 2018

Global Premium Brand Sales : 2017

Total sales for the brands collected here is 9.9 million, up from just under 9.4 million. That's a 6% increase. With more companies taking this sector seriously, the competition is hotting up. I get the feeling the premium market is reaching a peak for the time being at least. If I am correct in that, interesting times are ahead.

Here is a collection of the premium brands sales for 2017, compared to the previous year. Mercedes Benz is the biggest marque but add MINI to BMW and it is still ahead. BMW/MINI did lose a small amount of share, but not as much as Audi, which lost a whole percentage point. They may be concentrating more on profit than volume.

After them comes Lexus, the only one to actually go backwards. I'm sure that's just a temporary situation though. JLR slowed up from its recent frenetic pace, which was expected. Cadillac and Lincoln have had some real sales growth recently despite the fact that neither is a truly global brands.

The Q30 has helped Infiniti shift volume upward.
It seems better than its Mercedes equivalent. 

So looking at the left side of the chart going back to 2013, changes are not that frequent. Mercedes passed Audi in 2013, JLR swapped places with Volvo (2015), Acura overtaken by Porsche and Infiniti (2014) and then Infiniti with Porsche this year.

13 14 15 16 17 Make 2017 % +/-
2016 % +/-
1 1 1 1 1 BMW Gr 2,441,397 24.6% 3%
2,363,592 25.2% 5%

BMW 2,077,316 20.9% 4%
2,003,359 21.3% 5%
MINI 364,081 3.7% 1%
360,233 3.8% 6%
3 2 2 2 2 Mercedes 2,289,344 23.1% 10%
2,083,888 22.2% 11%
2 3 3 3 3 Audi 1,878,100 18.9% 0%
1,871,350 19.9% 4%
4 4 4 4 4 Lexus 649,797 6.5% -4%
677,615 7.2% 4%
6 6 5 5 5 JLR 621,109 6.3% 6%
583,303 6.2% 20%

Land Rover 442,508 4.5% 2%
434,582 4.6% 8%
Jaguar 178,601 1.8% 20%
148,721 1.6% 77%
5 5 6 6 6 Volvo 571,577 5.8% 7%
534,332 5.7% 6%
7 7 7 7 7 Cadillac 356,467 3.6% 15%
308,718 3.3% 11%
10 9 9 9 8 Infiniti 246,492 2.5% 7%
230,000 2.5% 7%
9 8 8 8 9 Porsche 246,375 2.5% 4%
237,778 2.5% 6%
8 10 10 10 10 Acura 195,000 2.0% 1%
194,000 2.1% -6%
11 11 11 11 11 Lincoln 188,383 1.9% 22%
155,000 1.7% 26%
12 13 13 13 12 Alfa Romeo 145,000 1.5% 102%
71,700 0.8% 18%
13 12 12 12 13 Tesla 101,312 1.0% 33%
76,230 0.8% 51%

Total 9,930,353
6%
9,387,506
8%

14 January 2018

Argentina Car Sales By Model : 2017


There can be a boom or bust scenario with car sales in Argentina. Both economic variance and government intervention can make it a challenge for importers in particular. For now, things are going well and sales are well up.

There is quite a mix of brands and origins. France has a strong presence, thanks in part to Dacia which provides cars under the Renault brand. Chevrolet and Ford too are well represented for a US connection. Korean models are conspicuous by their absence but I'm sure they're working hard to correct that.


Rk Make Model Sales
Germany

1 VW Gol 44,717
8

2 Renault Sandero 37,471


3 Chevrolet Onix 35,386
France

4 Toyota Etios 32,522
15

5 Chevrolet Prisma 28,139


6 Ford Ka 27,961
USA

7 Fiat Palio 27,081
12

8 Peugeot 208 26,074


9 Ford Fiesta Kinetic 21,278
Japan

10 Ford Focus 20,594
11

11 VW Suran 19,817


12 Ford Ecosport 17,507
Italy

13 Toyota Corolla 17,230
3

14 Fiat Mobi 16,868


15 Chevrolet Cruze 16,560
Asia

16 VW UP! 14,908
1

17 Renault Duster 14,835


18 Renault Logan 13,124


19 Chevrolet Tracker 12,639


20 Peugeot 2008 11,633


21 Fiat Siena 11,154


22 Peugeot 308 9,749


23 Honda HR-V 9,617


24 VW Voyage 8,343


25 Renault Captur 8,155


26 Chevrolet Spin 8,057


27 Jeep Renegade 7,769


28 Citroën C3 7,513


29 Citroën C4 Lounge 6,332


30 Peugeot Partner 5,832


31 Nissan March 5,678


32 VW Golf 5,551


33 VW Fox 5,548


34 Peugeot 408 5,544


35 VW Vento 5,367


36 Citroën C3 Aircross 5,180


37 Honda Civic 3,942


38 Toyota SW4 3,809


39 Chevrolet C-Elysee 3,733


40 VW Polo 3,504


41 Nissan Versa 3,303


42 Nissan Note 2,732


43 Renault Fluence 2,691


44 Chery Tiggo 2,663


45 Honda Fit 2,423


46 Renault Kangoo 2,335


47 Peugeot 301 2,304


48 Toyota Yaris 2,294


49 Honda CR-V 2,032


50 Chevrolet Cobalt 1,781


Data source: autoblog.com.ar