First market drop in 7 months, Suzuki Swift now #1 year-to-date

First market drop in 7 months, Suzuki Swift now #1 year-to-date – Best Selling Cars Blog The Suzuki Swift is now #1 year-to-date in Colombia.

For the first time since March, the Colombian new vehicle market is down year-on-year at -3.2% to 22,606 units. The year-to-date tally however remains largely in positive at +8.2% to 218,016 sales. The Top 4 brands all go against the market with solid gains. Renault (+16.1%) easily remains the most popular with 17.5% share ahead of Chevrolet (+32.5%) at 14.1% and Suzuki (+55.3%) in outstanding shape at 13% share vs. 8.4% so far this year. Mazda (+9.8%) is more discreet but climbs up three spots on September to #4. In contrast the rest of the Top 10 all sink by double-digits. Kia (-11.1%) is the least affected followed by Toyota (-24.9%), Hyundai (-28.8%), Volkswagen (-34.5%), Ford (-36.2%) and Nissan (-64.9%) in complete freefall.

Model-wise, the Suzuki Swift (+390.9%) is up 5-fold on its year-ago volume to secure a definitive victory with 8.8% share, more than double any other vehicle in the market. The Swift snaps the YTD lead as a result, toppling the Renault Duster (+4.8%) down to #2 both for the month and YTD. The Chevrolet Onix continues to catch up on extremely low year-ago levels and stays in third place overall. The Mazda2 (+243.3%) is up 28 ranks on last month to #4 while the Mazda CX-5 (+141.5%) is equally impressive at #5. The Renault Kwid (+104.9%) and Sandero (+53.2%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10 while the VW Gol (+1%) edges up. Notice the Jetour X70 breaking into the Colombian Top 75 for the first time at #73.

Previous month: Colombia September 2022: Renault Duster best-seller, sales up 4.6%

One year ago: Colombia October 2021: Hyundai, Volkswagen, Toyota help lift market up 11.8%

Full October 2022 Top 30 brands and Top 75 models below.

Colombia October 2022 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Oct-22	%	/21	Sep	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Renault	3,960	17.5%	16.1%	1	40,818	18.7%	1.2%	1	1
2	Chevrolet	3,178	14.1%	32.5%	2	34,378	15.8%	26.8%	2	2
3	Suzuki	2,939	13.0%	55.3%	4	18,226	8.4%	74.9%	4	7
4	Mazda	2,192	9.7%	9.8%	7	14,124	6.5%	-29.4%	6	3
5	Toyota	1,845	8.2%	-24.9%	3	20,819	9.5%	33.4%	3	5
6	Kia	1,410	6.2%	-11.1%	5	15,908	7.3%	15.2%	5	6
7	Volkswagen	1,333	5.9%	-34.5%	6	12,976	6.0%	16.7%	7	8
8	Nissan	618	2.7%	-64.9%	9	9,294	4.3%	-45.1%	8	4
9	Hyundai	580	2.6%	-28.8%	8	5,861	2.7%	2.0%	9	10
10	Ford	578	2.6%	-36.2%	10	4,785	2.2%	-16.2%	11	9
11	Foton	496	2.2%	38.5%	11	4,895	2.2%	60.6%	10	11
12	Mercedes	304	1.3%	14.3%	13	3,280	1.5%	3.1%	12	12
13	JAC	284	1.3%	15.9%	12	3,145	1.4%	37.0%	13	14
14	Citroen	188	0.8%	30.6%	16	1,460	0.7%	0.3%	19	18
15	Honda	160	0.7%	-46.8%	14	2,428	1.1%	55.6%	14	16
16	BYD	154	0.7%	805.9%	n/a	1,911	0.9%	570.5%	16	n/a
17	Scania	150	0.7%	114.3%	n/a	486	0.2%	-14.1%	35	n/a
18	BMW	147	0.7%	-47.9%	17	2,343	1.1%	-16.3%	15	13
19	Hino	135	0.6%	-42.1%	20	1,760	0.8%	-12.7%	17	15
20	DFSK	133	0.6%	1.5%	28	1,414	0.6%	53.4%	20	24
21	JMC	132	0.6%	-15.9%	18	1,566	0.7%	34.0%	18	21
22	Audi	127	0.6%	-4.5%	15	1,167	0.5%	-10.2%	23	20
23	Kenworth	117	0.5%	-24.5%	19	938	0.4%	-25.3%	25	22
24	Peugeot	114	0.5%	-21.9%	21	1,299	0.6%	-12.6%	21	17
25	Fiat	107	0.5%	18.9%	n/a	713	0.3%	8.2%	30	30
26	Mitsubishi	103	0.5%	-18.3%	22	927	0.4%	17.2%	26	23
27	Subaru	94	0.4%	-17.5%	26	766	0.4%	-25.8%	28	26
28	DAF	92	0.4%	240.7%	29	428	0.2%	37.6%	36	n/a
29	Ram	90	0.4%	-10.0%	25	527	0.2%	-17.1%	34	n/a
30	Shacman	89	0.4%	229.6%	n/a	528	0.2%	319.0%	33	n/a

Colombia October 2022 – models:

Pos	Model	Oct-22	%	/21	Sep	2022	%	%	Pos	FY21
1	Suzuki Swift	1,988	8.8%	390.9%	2	10,120	4.6%	323.8%	1	15
2	Renault Duster	981	4.3%	4.8%	1	8,836	4.1%	25.6%	2	2
3	Chevrolet Onix	862	3.8%	43000.0%	3	8,424	3.9%	112.5%	3	10
4	Mazda2	817	3.6%	243.3%	32	3,646	1.7%	-13.4%	16	9
5	Mazda CX-5	797	3.5%	141.5%	8	3,302	1.5%	-22.0%	17	13
6	Chevrolet Joy	734	3.2%	-15.9%	4	7,982	3.7%	50.2%	4	8
7	Renault Sandero Stepway	698	3.1%	-5.7%	7	6,936	3.2%	0.7%	6	5
8	Renault Sandero	648	2.9%	53.2%	10	6,045	2.8%	-1.1%	8	6
9	Renault Kwid	588	2.6%	104.9%	5	7,267	3.3%	-2.4%	5	4
10	VW Gol	520	2.3%	1.0%	13	4,167	1.9%	46.2%	14	21
11	Suzuki Vitara	495	2.2%	-6.1%	15	4,558	2.1%	17.4%	13	11
12	Kia Picanto	451	2.0%	-38.6%	6	6,640	3.0%	-1.7%	7	3
13	Renault Logan	443	2.0%	-2.9%	12	5,288	2.4%	-13.3%	10	7
14	Mazda CX-30	426	1.9%	-64.1%	25	5,902	2.7%	-37.2%	9	1
15	Toyota Hilux	371	1.6%	-7.0%	11	3,951	1.8%	42.8%	15	19
16	Toyota Corolla Cross	370	1.6%	-26.0%	9	4,784	2.2%	76.1%	11	20
17	Toyota SW4 Fortuner	275	1.2%	-24.5%	14	2,714	1.2%	30.2%	18	24
18	Suzuki S-Presso	235	1.0%	31.3%	21	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	44
19	Renault Duster Oroch	233	1.0%	17.1%	28	1,763	0.8%	-26.3%	27	26
20	Kia Sportage	232	1.0%	26.1%	16	1,504	0.7%	-12.0%	28	29
21	Ford Ranger	227	1.0%	-30.2%	22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	23
22	Chevrolet Colorado	227	1.0%	224.3%	31	1,314	0.6%	52.3%	33	45
23	Chevrolet Tracker	215	1.0%	-29.0%	17	4,635	2.1%	75.4%	12	16
24	Kia Eko Taxi	204	0.9%	29.9%	36	2,254	1.0%	84.6%	21	40
25	Chevrolet NHR	196	0.9%	-1.0%	23	2,085	1.0%	-4.6%	23	25
26	Toyota Prado	191	0.8%	27.3%	18	2,372	1.1%	30.9%	19	34
27	VW T-Cross	189	0.8%	-40.4%	24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	33
28	Chevrolet Captiva	182	0.8%	-55.1%	41	2,145	1.0%	n/a	22	35
29	Kia Sonet	182	0.8%	127.5%	43	1,265	0.6%	n/a	34	n/a
30	VW Voyage	170	0.8%	-61.7%	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31	Hyundai Tucson	168	0.7%	20.9%	20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	64
32	Kia Sephia Taxi	158	0.7%	n/a	33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
33	Hyundai HB20S Accent	158	0.7%	-1.9%	35	1,894	0.9%	70.5%	24	42
34	Ford Escape	152	0.7%	-50.8%	27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	31
35	Mazda3	151	0.7%	-15.2%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
36	VW Taos	148	0.7%	-0.7%	30	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	78
37	Citroen C4 Cactus	141	0.6%	24.8%	37	1,152	0.5%	10.1%	36	47
38	VW Amarok	130	0.6%	44.4%	40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	67
39	Toyota 4Runner	130	0.6%	-23.1%	53	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	53
40	Renault Alaskan	129	0.6%	-10.4%	44	1,080	0.5%	n/a	37	62
41	Toyota Yaris Cross	125	0.6%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
42	Nissan Versa	124	0.5%	-66.3%	54	1,322	0.6%	-57.0%	32	18
43	Toyota Corolla	123	0.5%	-54.6%	49	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	27
44	Nissan Frontier NP300	121	0.5%	-69.1%	29	2,290	1.1%	-50.2%	20	12
45	JAC T8 Pro	114	0.5%	n/a	45	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
46	Nissan March	114	0.5%	-65.0%	52	1,767	0.8%	-35.4%	26	22
47	Nissan Kicks	113	0.5%	-66.5%	51	1,379	0.6%	-54.3%	30	17
48	Chevrolet N400	112	0.5%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
49	Toyota RAV4	106	0.5%	n/a	50	1,477	0.7%	21.0%	29	39
50	Fiat Pulse	104	0.5%	new	n/a	n/a	n/a	new	n/a	–
51	Foton BJ1044	99	0.4%	-16.1%	55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
52	Kia Rio	97	0.4%	-55.7%	19	1,836	0.8%	-13.9%	25	28
53	JMC Carrying Plus JX-Series	96	0.4%	-23.8%	48	1,154	0.5%	39.9%	35	52
54	Mercedes Clase GLE	95	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	81
55	Peugeot 2008	94	0.4%	-13.0%	46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	51
56	Toyota Yaris	93	0.4%	-22.5%	63	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	49
57	Chevrolet NQR	93	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	70
58	Suzuki S-Cross	92	0.4%	-46.5%	56	856	0.4%	-36.5%	n/a	38
59	Kenworth T800	90	0.4%	2.3%	64	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	55
60	Renault Kangoo	88	0.4%	17.3%	42	1,374	0.6%	72.8%	31	57
61	Hyundai HB20X Graviti	85	0.4%	-5.6%	39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	61
62	Scania K280 IB4X2	82	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
63	Renault Koleos	81	0.4%	n/a	75	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	89
64	Chevrolet Equinox	81	0.4%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
65	Kia Seltos	79	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
66	Ford Explorer	79	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	73
67	Suzuki Jimny	74	0.3%	n/a	74	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
68	Foton FRR-S Plus	74	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
69	Chevrolet FRR	69	0.3%	-11.5%	71	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	60
70	Audi Q5	68	0.3%	n/a	34	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	93
71	Nissan X-Trail	68	0.3%	n/a	58	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	68
72	Shacman X-5000	68	0.3%	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
73	Jetour X70	67	0.3%	new	n/a	n/a	n/a	new	n/a	–
74	Chevrolet NLR	65	0.3%	n/a	67	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
75	Ram 700	64	0.3%	n/a	59	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Source: ANDEMOS, El Carro Colombiano

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