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%

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