As we stated in our December Chevrolet Brazil sales report, the Chevrolet Onix was the undisputed protagonist of the Brazilian automotive market during the past year. In fact, Chevrolet’s successful subcompact car set a new sales record in 2019, reaching its best annual result since its introduction at the end of 2012, thanks to the recent launch of the second-generation model.
Chevrolet Onix sales reached 268,066 units last year in Brazil, representing an increase of 27.4 percent over the number of units delivered in 2018. The historic gain cemented the Onix nameplate as the country’s favorite car for the fifth consecutive year, and also as the best-selling vehicle in Latin America for the fourth consecutive year.
“The new Onix and Onix Plus redefined the concept of the automobile, with safety features, performance and vehicle technologies taken from higher-end segments,” said GM South America President Carlos Zarlenga in a statement. “Consumers have been very receptive, especially to new content such as on-board Wi-Fi, which opens the era of level-four connectivity. Thus, the hatch and the sedan show that they have the potential to remain on the best-seller podium,” he added.
Chevrolet Onix Plus
The hatchback variant, which was redesigned in the fourth quarter of 2019, accumulated a total of 241,214 units sold between January and December. That’s an increase of 14.6 percent over the previous year – which had been the highest so far. Meanwhile, the all-new Onix Plus sold a total of 26,852 units during its first three months on the Brazilian market.
In addition, it’s worth nothing that in December, the Onix sedan reached second place on the sales charts – the first time since its introduction. This not only makes it the most popular sedan in the local market, but also the first three-box car that achieves this ranking throughout Brazil’s automotive industry.
In short, the Chevrolet Onix’s excellent performance in 2019 consolidates its absolutely dominant position in the market. As such, the vehicle accounted for 56.4 percent of total Chevy sales in the South American country over the past year. If Onix was an independent car brand, it would be the fourth most popular in Brazil beating Hyundai, Toyota and Ford.
Subscribe to GM Authority as we bring you the latest Chevrolet Onix news, Chevrolet news and ongoing GM news coverage.
Comments
GM dominates the Americas and does well in China. Unfortunately both Latam and China are low profit regions meaning that with Europe gone GMs only profit potential comes from the US.
It is still good for Onux to be doing well though.
How Old Od U Have Ro Be To Buy A Bo Vape Ans Pods
On the decision of importing or not to importing cars like Onix and other cars, its really the general American shopper audience who affects the auto industry:the general wants;I’d rather have a truck,than a car but if gas prices remain high, then folks will have no choice but,buy a car,even though there’s some people like me who rather have a car on the reason affordability,not because the ,my friends have a truck,I gotta get a truck too.