With Renault and Chevrolet fighting for first place, 18,324 new cars were sold in June

With regard to the figures accumulated in the first half of the year, the Colombian car market is stable, as sales of new cars barely increased by 0.3% compared to the same period of 2017. [19659002] The Association reported that during the month of June, [18] 90024 new cars were registered in Colombia, a figure which represents a variation of -7.6% by report to the same month of 2017, but that this does not mean a general fall in the market in the semester's cumulation because there was a slight growth of + 0.3% to deliver a total of 113,491 units in the first six months of the year in the race

According to data provided by this entity, the braking of new car sales in June was due to increase in dollar price which has reached the highest high point of the semester, ] the second round of presidency the holiday season and the World Cup .

For his results, he highlighted the performance of segments of Pick-Ups (+ 26.1%), Trucks with larger capacity at 10.5 tons (+ 16.6% ) and Utilities (+ 3.9%).

Overall results marks

In June, they continued to grow Toyota and Volkswagen with increases of 41.1% and 39.9% respectively in its sales , as well as Mazda (+ 14.2%), Nissan (+ 10.1%) and Suzuki (+ 1.5%). On the contrary, concerns the falls of Hyundai and Ford which decreased by 58.3% and 32.5% respectively, as well as Chevrolet and Renault that, although they maintain a strong proximity in favor of the second, they fell by 19.1% and 12.7% respectively.

The case of Chevrolet and Renault is particular because already we could speak of shared leadership in which a few months ago and other months the other . Renault was ahead of Chevrolet in June with 3,644 units registered against 3,363 cars of the Bowtie brand, becoming the best-selling brand in Colombia the previous month. 19659003] Read also: Top 50 – The best-selling cars from Colombia in May 2018

The Bavarian brand, with all

On the premium side BMW remains in the lead with 227 units, however , they accounted for a drop of 21.7%, followed by Mercedes-Benz with 182 registered machines. In third place was Jeep with its impressive growth of 183.7% and 139 units delivered. Also highlighted Mini with an increase of 94.4% compared to June 2017, the delivery of 35 new cars.

Also in hybrids and power-operated BMWs with 30 units equivalent to an increase of 328.6%, followed by Renault which delivered 16 such cars, an increase of 1,500% compared to June 2017. At the same time, sales of motorcycles increased by 7.2%

As usual, we will publish in the coming days the full report of the Colombian automobile sector in June, and the Top 50 of the best-selling cars of the country.

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