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BYD Cracks Argentina's Top 10 Car Brands in Six Months
1+ hour, 3+ min ago (580+ words) Top 10 debut: BYD entered Argentina's top 10 brands in March, then climbed to ninth in April with 1, 701 vehicles registered. Only Chinese brand: BYD is the sole China-based marque inside the ranking, displacing Nissan and pressuring Jeep. Against the tide: The rise…...
Brazil's $5. 9 Billion Plan Helps 1. 4 Million Drivers Buy New Cars
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (806+ words) Brazil " Credit & Mobility "R$30 billion ($5. 9 billion) credit line. President Lula signed an emergency decree opening subsidized car loans for ride-hail drivers and taxi operators, branded Move Aplicativos. "Rates below the benchmark. Financing is offered under the policy rate, with the…...
Driving in Brazil: Licenses, Cars, Apps and Road Reality for Expats
1+ week, 1+ day ago (455+ words) The first question: Expats should decide whether they actually need a car before dealing with licenses and insurance. The city divide: S'o Paulo and Rio can punish car ownership, while Bras'lia and smaller cities often make cars more useful. The…...
Argentina Autoparts Production Falls 22. 5% in Q1 as Milei Opens Imports
2+ week, 5+ day ago (418+ words) Argentina's autoparts industry registered a 22. 5 percent year-on-year contraction in the first two months of 2026 against the same period of 2025, per the Asociaci'n de F'bricas Argentinas de Componentes (AFAC). The Javier Milei government's import liberalization and reduced bureaucratic controls drove autoparts…...
Latin America's Auto Market in 2026: Record Sales, Chinese Dominance, and a Trade War on the Horizon
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (943+ words) Key Points " Mexico posted an all-time Q1 record of 381, 632 new vehicle sales (+3. 7% Yo Y), surpassing the 2017 peak " while Brazil registered 257, 801 units in March alone (+46% Mo M), confirming its position as the world's sixth-largest auto market " Chinese automakers are reshaping the competitive landscape across…...
Brazil Auto Sales Hit 257, 801 in March as Chinese Brands Claim Five Top-50 Spots
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (841+ words) Key Points " Brazil registered 257, 801 vehicles in March 2026 " a 46. 1% increase from February " confirming its position as the world's sixth-largest auto market behind China, the US, India, Japan, and Germany " BYD placed four models in the top 50, including the Dolphin Mini at…...
Idle VW Factory in Germany Could Become Iron Dome Production Hub
2+ mon, 8+ hour ago (314+ words) The German government is actively supporting the deal. Earlier talks to sell the Osnabr'ck site to German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall stalled late last year, but Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume said this month the company remains in discussions with defense firms…...
Brazil's Auto Recovery Cooled In 2025, And The Weak Spot Was Credit
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (308+ words) Brazil's automakers ended 2025 with their best production level in six years, but the figures show how fragile demand becomes when credit stays expensive and imports keep gaining ground. Anfavea, the industry association, said vehicle output increased 3. 5% last year to 2. 64 million…...
Mexico's Near-Miss Auto Year Shows How Trade Politics Can Outweigh Factory Power
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (310+ words) Mexico did not suffer an auto crash in 2025. It suffered something more instructive: a narrow miss that shows where the industry's real levers sit. Assembly lines produced 3, 953, 494 vehicles, just under the symbolic 4 million mark. The problem was not that Mexico…...
Mexican Car Buyers Keep Spending, But Their Patience Is Running Out
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (293+ words) On paper, Mexico's car market looks healthy. Between January and November 2025, Mexicans bought 1, 370, 186 new vehicles, 1 percent more than a year earlier and the best result for that period since 2017. Beneath the headline, the story is more fragile. November sales fell…...