Automotive industry Mexico 2019

The automotive sales ended with the negative streak that was registered in the previous months, in January 2019. The sales of light vehicles in the domestic market grew 1.78% in annual comparison. During the first month of the year, the industry sold 111,212 cars; Nissan continues to lead domestic sales.

The upturn in sales is explained by the significant growth of units sold by General Motors (106.9%), a figure that responds to an effect on the statistic resistance of the brand in January last year.

In addition to sales, production and export of automobiles in Mexico. In relation to January of last year, total production increased 9.85% and exports grew 4.85%, according to figures reported by the AMIA (Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry).

In the first month of 2019 there were 333,677 vehicles in the interior of the country and the trips abroad amounted to 242,299 units. The American General Motors, which has Chevrolet, GMC, Buick and Cadillac, led during this period the production and automotive exports.

The exceptions

Despite the positive result for the automotive industry on a national scale, some brands fail to recover in terms of their sales within the country. Nissan, the line that leads the Mexican market, once again recorded a drop in sales, compared to January this year sold 11.7% less.

The most pronounced fall was recorded by Smart (81.0%), followed by Alfa Romeo (46.2%), Audi (32.2%), Infiniti (30.7%), Lincoln (25.9%), Ford Motor (21.8%), Chrysler (17.0%). ), Volkswagen (12.5%), Fiat (5.0%), MINI and Toyota (3.3%) and Mercedes Benz (1.5%).

Regarding the production of automobiles in Mexico, only four companies registered negative results. Mazda topped the list with a level of cars produced 63.4% lower than that recorded in January last year. Nissan, Chrysler and KIA recorded falls of 9.9, 3.3 and 0.4% respectively in their production.

The effects on the production of these lines were reflected in their exports. The departures of Mazda vehicles decreased 53.8% in annual comparison, Chrysler's dropped by 43.5%, for Nissan the losses were 8.3% and for KIA by 3.1%, according to what was reported by the AMIA.

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