2010 was the best year ever for the auto industry in Brazil! Controversy as to the exact numbers aside (see comments here). The difference in numbers is due to whether or not you count trucks and other “heavy” commercial vehicles (like buses). Taking into consideration just cars, Bertel’s initial numbers were correct. Brazil grew in 2010 10% and not 11% (just cars, “light” trucks and vans). 361,197 vehicles is the official tally for December 2010 for a grand total of 3,515,120 (consolidating Brazil as the world’s fourth largest car market – in sales) on the year. That’s a whopping 30 percent better than December of last year. Reason to celebrate an extraordinary finish for a very good year considering all the difficulties, right? Well, well-known Brazilian car journo, Joel Leite, writing for Brazilian web giant UOL crashes the party. (Read More…)
Tagged as 2010 sales, Brazil, Marcelo de Vasconcellos, Sales
Recent Comments
supremebrougham - I am personally fond of this one for the Chameleon XLE… http://cabridges.com/2011/05/1 0/one-of-my-favorite-snk-comme rcials-the-chameleon-xle/
Battles - I see one every day. It does a school run on my daily commute, there’s a huge dog in the back too. When the driver stops (illegally) to drop off...
Athos Nobile - Thailand in this case.
Styles79 - Drag racing can be spectacular to watch though. Not so much fun to drive if you haven’t got something fast though. I took my Legend...
Felis Concolor - I remember SCC on the strength of a single article covering one fellow’s modification to the ubiquitous 510 Datsun to tame its...
jpolicke - Right. What he said.
mnm4ever - You must be talking about “Torque”… now there is a fun movie to watch! Utterly ridiculous stunts and they still had the...
krhodes1 - Except for that minor detail that the FWD Escorts looked about the same on both sides of the pond, but were actually completely different cars. They hardly...
Marcelo de Vasconcellos - Quem fala demais da bom dia a cavalo.
LALoser - Hope they do well. Just bought my second Ralliart here in the states. Great car for me, fun, fast, handles great. In P.I. I have an Adventure, might trade it...