The Cars Brazilians Love. Contest: Catch The Boo-Boo!

Marcelo de Vasconcellos
by Marcelo de Vasconcellos

Ever wonder what Brazilians are buying? Well, Fenabrave (Brazilian Federation of Vehicle Distributors) breaks down the market into 16 rhymeless and reasonless categories (in technical terms). Being that, nowadays, some cars really are difficult to categorize, you could say that this breakdown at least helps you see how dealers market their wares.

Fiat walks away as the winner in 4 categories. Volkswagen and Chevrolet both take 3 wins. Honda leads in 2 categories, while Ford, Hyundai, Renault and Toyota all come out on top once.

The number behind the car is the Brazilian unit sales in 2011. Full listing with pictures after the jump.

Entry Level:


VW Gol – 293.454


Fiat Uno – 273.537


Chevrolet Celta – 149.044


Fiat Palio – 105.794


Ford Ka – 63.764

Small Hatch:


VW Fox and Cross Fox – 121,588


Ford Fiesta – 86,204


Renault Sandero – 81,780


Chevrolet Agile – 73,255


Chevrolet Corsa – 41,954

Medium Hatch:


Fiat Punto – 36.547


Hyundai i30 – 35.717


Ford Focus – 27.611


Chevrolet Astra – 21.554


VW Golf – 15.515

Small Sedan:


Chevrolet Corsa Sedan (Classic) – 125.777


Fiat Siena – 90.167


VW Voyage – 87.210


Chevrolet Prisma – 51.063


Renault Logan – 39.086

Compact Sedan:


Honda City – 24.637


Peugeot 207 – 19.045


Ford New Fiesta – 13.074


VW Polo Sedan – 12.939


Ford Focus – 8.357

Medium Sedan:


Toyota Corolla – 53.147


Honda Civic – 22.962


Kia Cerato – 20.688


VW Jetta – 14.085


Fiat Linea – 12.258

Large Sedan:


Hyundai Azera – 8,412


Hyundai Sonata – 7,757


VW Passat – 2,161


BMW 320 – 1,513


Audi A4 – 1,507

Compact Station Wagon:


Fiat Palio Weekend – 22,853


VW SpaceFox – 20,502


VW Parati – 4,835


Hyundai i130 SW – 3,957


Peugeot 207 SW – 3,135

Large Station Wagon:


Renault Mégane Grand Tour – 9,810


VW Jetta Variant – 1,908


VW Passat Variant – 131

Mini Minivan:


Honda Fit – 28,761


Fiat Idea – 26.053


Chevrolet Meriva – 22.252


Kia Soul – 17.926


Nissan Livina – 16.684

Large Minivan:


Chevrolet Zafira – 7.744 unidades


Citroën C4 Picasso – 5.230


Citroên Xsara Picasso – 4.431


JAC J6 – 2.503


Kia Carens – 810

Small Pickup Truck:


Fiat Strada – 118.579 unidades


VW Saveiro – 71.212


Chevrolet Montana – 45.830


Ford Courier – 7.706


Peugeot Hoggar – 5.655

Large Pickup Truck:


Chevrolet S10 – 42.818


Toyota Hilux – 33.259


Mitsubishi L200 – 22.140


Ford Ranger – 14.988


Nissan Frontier – 13.680

Van:


VW Kombi (Bus) – 24,802


Fiat Ducato – 13.415


Hyundai HR – 10.331


Kia K2500 – 10.029


Renault Master – 7.395

Small Van:


Fiat Fiorino – 18,009


Hafei Towner – 5,434


Fiat Doblò Cargo – 4,299


Chana SC – 2,803


Hafei Minivan – 1,683

SUV:


Ford EcoSport – 38,530


Hyundai Tucson – 18,023


Mitsubishi Pajero – 17,022


Citroën C3 Aircross – 16,717


Honda CRV – 16,282

[Editor’s remark: Marcelo dumped this in my inbox with the advice that I “may want to put some pictures in to illustrate it.” Marecelo, a newly minted dad, suffered from “short time.” It was left to this editor to pick the right picture. Folks, the only thing I know about Brazilians sadly is deemed NSFW.

Picking pictures in a language one does not speak, and from a country where generations of cars can coexist in the showroom, is an engraved invitation for disaster. Most likely, half of the pictures in tyhis list are wrong.

This is where YOU come in. Right the wrongs! In the comments, please place links to pictures (do NOT post the picture itself) of the correct car (Brazilian spec.) Please peer-review. The one with the most CORRECT links wins the coveted

TTAC Get Out Of Jail Free Card

The holder of this card may disregard all TTAC commenting rules for a full day. The lucky holder can flame, use dirty words, call us biased all day long – for one day. Obrigado. BS]

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