The sales of zero kilometer vehicles had a remarkable rebound during the first quarter of the year, with 47,147 patents in March and 161,229 in the first three months, according to data from the Association of Automotive Concessionaires (Acara). The figures represent an increase of 82.6% between March this year and March of 2024, and is 90.2% higher if the first quarter of this year is measured in this year Comparison with January-March last year. But the rebound goes beyond an important leap on the first quarter of last year, which had been characterized by a drastic brake of sales after the devaluation and price increases of vehicles that emptied the halls of the concessionaires. It is about the best quarter, in sales, since 2018: it was precisely the previous period to the devaluation of the Government of Macri, which began in the last April days of that year and extended until May. That 2018 ended with just over 801,000 patented units, but with a clear contrast: in the first half of 2018, prior to the devaluation, the patents touched the 500,000 units, while from the second half of that year the fall began. showing (with some variants) almost the same range that dominates the market since the decade began. That greater offer begins to be seen only in the latter month, when the sales of internal taxes (elimination of the first scale and reduction of the second scale) again put a shot of the buyers many models that had been practically out of the market when an “luxury” overrun Public. “A macro that is ordered and the possibility of finance the purchase, in some cases with credit from the terminals at a zero rate, have made people understand that they are facing a good time to acquire a vehicle, and have made the decision to do so, so we are closing the best first quarter since 2018,” said the head of Acara, Sebastián Blessed. Medium cars that was in which the tax to the luxury goods that has been reduced was applied, but it is also important that it moves to other segments due to the logic competence of models and prices. We understand that this trend will accompany us in the coming months, which allows us millions) aims to plant a competition imported from extra zone to national or imported models from Mercosur. (2,271) and Ford Ranger (1974). Peugeot 208 (10,528 units) and Fiat Cronos (9,929), followed by the Toyota Hilux (8,628), Volkswagen Amarok (7,571) and Ford Ranger (7,355).
