Chile April 2021: Chevrolet and Peugeot top market up 205.9%, Chinese hold 25% share

The Chevrolet Groove is a rebadged Baojun 510.

New light vehicle sales in Chile surge back up 205.9% year-on-year in April to 27.241 units on locked down year-ago volumes. Note April 2021 remains down -16.7% on April 2019 pre-pandemic volumes. The year-to-date tally is now up 28.4% to 109.228 units. Chevrolet (+157.5%) remains the best-selling carmaker in the country but trails the market to 10.6% share vs. 11.3% year-to-date. Peugeot (+288.1%) is up 7 spots on March to land in a stunning 2nd place overall while Nissan (+312.1%) repeats in third place. Chery (+905.5%) is up five ranks to #5 on last month with MG (+395.9%) is down two to #6. Volkswagen (+444.4%) and Ford (+263%) also outpace the market in the remainder of the Top 10. Overall, Chinese carmakers are up 329.3% year-on-year to 25% share.

Model-wise, the MG ZS and Chery Tiggo 2 top the April charts as they do year-to-date. The Nissan Kicks is up 10 spots on March to #3, making the podium 100% SUV with the Toyota Hilux and Peugeot Partner rounding out the Top 5. Chilean customers not only favour Chinese carmakers, they also do made-in-China vehicles: the Chevrolet Groove aka Baojun 510 is up one spot to #6 and the Ford Territory shoots up to #7. The Maxus T60 and Chery Tiggo 3 also slide into the April Top 10. Notice also the Peugeot 3008 at #10, the Nissan Qashqai at #13 and the MG3 at #17.

Previous month: Chile March 2021: MG ZS and Chery Tiggo 2 now lead YTD in market back up 70.6%

One year ago: Chile April 2020: Chevrolet, Chinese fare better in market down -72.8%

Full April 2021 Top 62 All-brands and Top 20 models below.

Chile April 2021 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Apr-21	%	/20	Mar	2021	%	/20	Pos	FY20
1	Chevrolet	2,899	10.6%	157.5%	1	12,395	11.3%	38.4%	1	1
2	Peugeot	2,290	8.4%	288.1%	9	6,724	6.2%	62.7%	5	7
3	Nissan (incl. Infiniti)	1,945	7.1%	312.1%	3	7,272	6.7%	30.3%	3	4
4	Hyundai	1,720	6.3%	186.2%	2	8,267	7.6%	36.5%	2	5
5	Chery	1,649	6.1%	905.5%	10	5,616	5.1%	194.8%	8	13
6	MG	1,557	5.7%	395.9%	4	6,473	5.9%	82.2%	6	8
7	Toyota	1,426	5.2%	198.3%	8	5,039	4.6%	16.7%	10	6
8	Volkswagen	1,399	5.1%	444.4%	5	5,161	4.7%	61.6%	9	12
9	Kia	1,265	4.6%	93.1%	6	6,213	5.7%	-7.3%	7	2
10	Ford	991	3.6%	263.0%	16	3,096	2.8%	-7.4%	12	10
11	Mazda	788	2.9%	70.2%	11	3,527	3.2%	3.2%	11	11
12	Citroen	777	2.9%	268.2%	14	2,302	2.1%	24.4%	16	15
13	Suzuki	769	2.8%	-0.3%	7	6,874	6.3%	6.4%	4	3
14	ChangAn	745	2.7%	237.1%	21	2,340	2.1%	-4.2%	15	14
15	JAC	605	2.2%	173.8%	13	2,541	2.3%	18.1%	14	17
16	Maxus	593	2.2%	339.3%	12	2,885	2.6%	216.0%	13	21
17	Mitsubishi	542	2.0%	58.9%	26	1,670	1.5%	-42.8%	21	9
18	Great Wall	497	1.8%	190.6%	18	2,180	2.0%	39.6%	17	18
19	Renault	424	1.6%	128.0%	24	1,065	1.0%	-46.0%	24	16
20	Opel	390	1.4%	900.0%	34	743	0.7%	113.5%	28	34
21	SsangYong	379	1.4%	244.5%	15	2,001	1.8%	70.3%	18	25
22	Ram	347	1.3%	157.0%	17	1,718	1.6%	50.8%	19	20
23	Mercedes	324	1.2%	121.9%	20	1,252	1.1%	18.6%	22	22
24	Jeep	317	1.2%	604.4%	32	895	0.8%	59.0%	27	29
25	BMW	306	1.1%	488.5%	22	1,022	0.9%	32.7%	25	27
26	DongFeng	259	1.0%	292.4%	23	1,099	1.0%	14.7%	23	23
27	Subaru	253	0.9%	187.5%	19	1,676	1.5%	19.4%	20	19
28	Foton	245	0.9%	483.3%	29	957	0.9%	125.7%	26	32
29	Honda	234	0.9%	290.0%	37	659	0.6%	-18.0%	30	24
30	Haval	201	0.7%	200.0%	30	604	0.6%	8.8%	32	31
31	KYC	159	0.6%	224.5%	28	685	0.6%	103.3%	29	33
32	Mahindra	118	0.4%	126.9%	27	509	0.5%	-20.6%	33	30
33	Fiat	98	0.4%	96.0%	31	626	0.6%	-7.7%	31	28
34	GAC Motor	93	0.3%	n/a	36	310	0.3%	n/a	37	n/a
35	Volvo	86	0.3%	352.6%	38	320	0.3%	23.1%	36	35
36	JMC	76	0.3%	744.4%	35	267	0.2%	161.8%	38	n/a
37	Seat	64	0.2%	481.8%	40	227	0.2%	35.1%	39	37
38	Skoda	53	0.2%	488.9%	39	201	0.2%	118.5%	40	42
39	DS	52	0.2%	940.0%	50	88	0.1%	66.0%	44	47
40	Audi	51	0.2%	75.9%	33	400	0.4%	55.6%	34	36
41	Jetour	43	0.2%	new	46	132	0.1%	new	42	57
42	Mini	35	0.1%	775.0%	49	85	0.1%	46.6%	45	45
43	ZNA	25	0.1%	1150.0%	42	82	0.1%	290.5%	46	52
44	Land Rover	24	0.1%	380.0%	41	98	0.1%	12.6%	43	44
45	ZX Auto	22	0.1%	37.5%	44	56	0.1%	-30.9%	48	43
46	Porsche	22	0.1%	340.0%	51	56	0.1%	19.1%	49	46
47	BAIC	21	0.1%	0.0%	25	369	0.3%	103.9%	35	38
48	Lexus	15	0.1%	275.0%	43	59	0.1%	5.4%	47	48
49	Fuso	9	0.0%	350.0%	45	28	0.0%	75.0%	51	50
50	Brilliance	8	0.0%	-87.3%	48	165	0.2%	-80.7%	41	26
51	Jaguar	5	0.0%	-28.6%	–	13	0.0%	-68.3%	54	51
52	Iveco	4	0.0%	300.0%	55	12	0.0%	20.0%	55	54
53	Maserati	3	0.0%	50.0%	53	9	0.0%	-40.0%	57	55
54	Lifan	2	0.0%	100.0%	–	48	0.0%	108.7%	50	49
55	Alfa Romeo	2	0.0%	n/a	47	28	0.0%	180.0%	52	53
56	Dodge	2	0.0%	-60.0%	52	12	0.0%	-89.3%	56	41
57	Ferrari	1	0.0%	n/a	57	4	0.0%	33.3%	59	56
58	Chrysler	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	0.0%	62	60
59	Geely	0	0.0%	-100.0%	54	16	0.0%	-85.0%	53	40
60	FAW	0	0.0%	-100.0%	56	7	0.0%	-95.3%	58	39
61	Bentley	0	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	60	61
62	Rolls Royce	0	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	61	n/a
–	Total Chinese	6,800	25.0%	329.3%	–	26,755	24.5%	63.9%	–	–
–	Others	11	0.0%	-15.4%	–	47	0.0%	-58.4%	–	–

Chile April 2021 – models:

Pos	Model	Apr-21	%	Mar	2021	%	Pos	FY20
1	MG ZS	948	3.5%	1	4,175	3.8%	1	3
2	Chery Tiggo 2	893	3.3%	3	3,299	3.0%	2	12
3	Nissan Kicks	628	2.3%	13	1,575	1.4%	12	13
4	Toyota Hilux	603	2.2%	5	1,925	1.8%	7	2
5	Peugeot Partner	536	2.0%	n/a	1,783	1.6%	10	16
6	Chevrolet Groove	510	1.9%	7	1,891	1.7%	8	–
7	Ford Territory	489	1.8%	n/a	1,211	1.1%	22	n/a
8	Maxus T60	431	1.6%	4	2,251	2.1%	5	20
9	Chery Tiggo 3	407	1.5%	n/a	1,045	1.0%	28	n/a
10	Peugeot 3008	404	1.5%	17	1,244	1.1%	19	n/a
11	Chevrolet Colorado	398	1.5%	n/a	746	0.7%	n/a	n/a
12	Citroen Berlingo	381	1.4%	9	1,398	1.3%	15	n/a
13	Nissan Qashqai	373	1.4%	n/a	1,083	1.0%	26	17
14	Mitsubishi L-200	372	1.4%	n/a	1,156	1.1%	24	1
15	Peugeot 2008	371	1.4%	n/a	1,228	1.1%	20	n/a
16	Chevrolet N400 Max	362	1.3%	8	1,428	1.3%	13	n/a
17	MG3	320	1.2%	14	1,392	1.3%	16	15
18	Chevrolet Spark GT	302	1.1%	6	2,382	2.2%	4	8
19	Nissan NP300/Navara	301	1.1%	12	1,579	1.4%	11	7
20	Nissan Versa	274	1.0%	2	1,825	1.7%	9	9
n/a	Toyota RAV4	268	1.0%	n/a	1,212	1.1%	21	10
n/a	VW Gol	256	0.9%	16	1,250	1.1%	18	n/a
n/a	Hyundai Verna	242	0.9%	n/a	1,068	1.0%	27	n/a
n/a	Mazda BT-50	227	0.8%	n/a	898	0.8%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Ssangyong Grand Musso	196	0.7%	20	1,167	1.1%	23	n/a
n/a	Hyundai Porter	194	0.7%	n/a	924	0.8%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Ford Ranger	193	0.7%	n/a	912	0.8%	n/a	18
n/a	Suzuki Baleno	160	0.6%	10	2,410	2.2%	3	4
n/a	VW Amarok	157	0.6%	n/a	727	0.7%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Kia Soluto	144	0.5%	18	1,348	1.2%	17	22
n/a	Kia Frontier	142	0.5%	n/a	515	0.5%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Kia Morning	134	0.5%	19	1,414	1.3%	14	11
n/a	Mercedes Sprinter	130	0.5%	n/a	463	0.4%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Peugeot Boxer	129	0.5%	n/a	345	0.3%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Hyundai H-1	103	0.4%	n/a	457	0.4%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Hyundai HD 35	85	0.3%	n/a	450	0.4%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Ram 700 Pickup	79	0.3%	n/a	673	0.6%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Foton Midi	75	0.3%	n/a	604	0.6%	n/a	n/a
n/a	Suzuki S-Presso	68	0.2%	n/a	1,094	1.0%	25	n/a
n/a	Chevrolet Sail	8	0.0%	n/a	2,208	2.0%	6	5