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Uruguay September 2025: BYD surges to 18.7% share 25 October 2025 at 10:27

Uruguay September 2025: BYD surges to 18.7% share

25 October 2025 at 10:27

BYD sales are up 455.5% year-on-year in September

Another outstanding month for new car sales in Uruguay, up 30.8% year-on-year in September to 6,795. The year-to-date volume is now up 11.4% to 49,158. The event of the month is delivered by Chinese behemoth BYD, up a surreal 455.5% year-on-year to reach a stunning 18.7% market share. This means the carmaker breaks its share record for the third month in a row, going from 12.6% in July, 13.1% in August and 18.7% this month. BYD remains however a distant 2nd year-to-date, with Fiat, up a splendid 60% for the month, still firmly in the lead. Suzuki (+870.6%!) and Chery (+101%) also make themselves noticed in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, JMC (+1950%), Dongfeng (+950%), JAC (+220%) and Omoda (+44.4%) lead the Chinese charge. All in all, sales of Chinese brands in Uruguay soar 176.4% year-on-year this month to 35.2% share vs. 16.7% a year ago…

Previous month: Uruguay August 2025: Fiat claws back on top, BYD breaks share record again

One year ago: Uruguay September 2024: VW (+60%), BYD (+157.3%) impress

Full September 2025 Top 60 All brands ranking below.

Uruguay September 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Sep-25	%	/24	Aug	2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	BYD	1,272	18.7%	+ 455.5%	2	5,541	11.3%	+ 133.0%	2	6
2	Fiat	869	12.8%	+ 60.0%	1	7,195	14.6%	+ 28.6%	1	2
3	Chevrolet	713	10.5%	– 22.2%	3	4,891	9.9%	– 33.0%	3	1
4	Volkswagen	639	9.4%	+ 7.9%	4	4,297	8.7%	+ 18.3%	4	3
5	Renault	495	7.3%	– 4.8%	5	4,243	8.6%	+ 20.2%	5	4
6	Suzuki	495	7.3%	+ 870.6%	6	3,100	6.3%	+ 19.8%	7	7
7	Hyundai	347	5.1%	– 6.5%	7	3,205	6.5%	– 6.6%	6	5
8	Chery	211	3.1%	+ 101.0%	11	1,450	2.9%	+ 93.6%	9	12
9	Citroen	170	2.5%	– 42.8%	8	1,726	3.5%	– 25.0%	8	8
10	Toyota	139	2.0%	– 20.1%	14	1,177	2.4%	– 29.3%	12	11
11	Geely	132	1.9%	+ 51.7%	16	649	1.3%	+ 49.5%	14	16
12	Peugeot	122	1.8%	– 62.6%	9	1,364	2.8%	– 38.5%	10	9
13	Nissan	117	1.7%	– 42.1%	15	1,301	2.6%	– 32.6%	11	10
14	Dongfeng	105	1.5%	+ 950.0%	10	904	1.8%	+ 1382.0%	13	30
15	JAC	96	1.4%	+ 220.0%	26	475	1.0%	+ 54.7%	18	21
16	JMC	82	1.2%	+ 1950.0%	18	398	0.8%	+ 1070.6%	20	37
17	Omoda	78	1.1%	+ 44.4%	20	513	1.0%	+ 214.7%	16	24
18	Jetour	72	1.1%	– 2.7%	12	648	1.3%	+ 18.0%	15	13
19	Foton	50	0.7%	+ 25.0%	19	374	0.8%	+ 361.7%	22	33
20	DFSK	45	0.7%	– 15.1%	22	353	0.7%	– 16.7%	23	17
21	GWM	45	0.7%	+ 221.4%	31	305	0.6%	+ 75.3%	26	27
22	Ford	44	0.6%	– 12.0%	24	380	0.8%	– 10.0%	21	18
23	BMW	38	0.6%	– 11.6%	23	348	0.7%	– 13.0%	24	19
24	Karry	35	0.5%	+ 59.1%	35	259	0.5%	+ 4.4%	27	25
25	Jeep	34	0.5%	– 34.6%	25	331	0.7%	– 9.6%	25	20
26	Honda	33	0.5%	+ 65.0%	21	471	1.0%	+ 5.1%	19	14
27	Changan	31	0.5%	– 13.9%	36	200	0.4%	– 38.3%	30	23
28	Ram	23	0.3%	+ 130.0%	28	196	0.4%	+ 56.8%	31	31
29	GAC	23	0.3%	new	38	115	0.2%	new	37	51
30	Mercedes	21	0.3%	– 27.6%	27	217	0.4%	– 24.9%	29	22
31	Deepal	21	0.3%	new	34	73	0.1%	new	42	–
32	BAW	19	0.3%	+ 35.7%	33	175	0.4%	+ 464.5%	32	39
33	Audi	14	0.2%	– 33.3%	32	163	0.3%	– 1.8%	33	29
34	Kia	14	0.2%	+ 27.3%	39	131	0.3%	– 18.6%	35	28
35	Bestune	12	0.2%	+ 300.0%	42	123	0.3%	+ 392.0%	36	45
36	Mazda	12	0.2%	+ 9.1%	41	96	0.2%	– 10.3%	39	34
37	Lynk & Co	12	0.2%	+ 300.0%	30	82	0.2%	+ 925.0%	40	48
38	Subaru	11	0.2%	+ 1000.0%	40	60	0.1%	– 39.4%	45	35
39	Jaecoo	11	0.2%	+ 1000.0%	48	56	0.1%	+ 2700.0%	46	55
40	Mitsubishi	10	0.1%	– 52.4%	13	232	0.5%	+ 56.8%	28	32
41	Maxus	10	0.1%	+ 0.0%	43	67	0.1%	+ 0.0%	43	36
42	Mini	10	0.1%	+ 66.7%	49	63	0.1%	+ 26.0%	44	40
43	Opel	8	0.1%	+ 700.0%	–	44	0.1%	+ 780.0%	47	54
44	Haval	8	0.1%	+ 700.0%	–	38	0.1%	+ 280.0%	48	47
45	Volvo	7	0.1%	– 82.5%	29	161	0.3%	– 43.3%	34	26
46	MG	7	0.1%	+ 16.7%	37	109	0.2%	+ 137.0%	38	38
47	Zeekr	4	0.1%	+ 33.3%	53	33	0.1%	+ 1000.0%	49	50
48	Jinpeng	4	0.1%	n/a	59	25	0.1%	+ 525.0%	51	59
49	Geely Riddara	3	0.0%	– 62.5%	44	73	0.1%	+ 49.0%	41	41
50	Leapmotor	3	0.0%	– 50.0%	47	30	0.1%	+ 11.1%	50	44
51	Land Rover	3	0.0%	+ 0.0%	54	23	0.0%	+ 64.3%	52	52
52	Tesla	3	0.0%	+ 0.0%	56	15	0.0%	– 51.6%	59	43
53	Today Sunshine	3	0.0%	n/a	–	7	0.0%	– 50.0%	62	49
54	LMI	2	0.0%	– 50.0%	45	19	0.0%	– 17.4%	54	46
55	Voltbike	2	0.0%	n/a	55	18	0.0%	n/a	56	–
56	Smart	2	0.0%	new	60	10	0.0%	new	60	–
57	Farizon	1	0.0%	– 80.0%	57	20	0.0%	+ 100.0%	53	53
58	Seat	1	0.0%	– 75.0%	50	18	0.0%	– 50.0%	55	42
59	Furinka	1	0.0%	n/a	–	1	0.0%	n/a	73	–
60	New Gonow	1	0.0%	new	–	1	0.0%	n/a	74	–

Source: Autodata

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Panama September 2025: Toyota and Hyundai Grand i10 lead, Jaecoo surges 24 October 2025 at 10:25

Panama September 2025: Toyota and Hyundai Grand i10 lead, Jaecoo surges

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By:Matt Gasnier

24 October 2025 at 10:25

Jaecoo sales are up 1480% year-on-year in September.

4,651 new light vehicles found a buyer in Panama in September, with the year-to-date tally standing at 42,762. Toyota (+9.9%) remains by far the most popular carmaker but can only muster 16.9% share vs. 19.4% in the year through September.

Kia (+17.5%) is in even better shape at #2 whereas Hyundai (-42.8%) freefalls year-on-year but still hold an honest 11.6% share. Isuzu (+38.9%), Changan (+29.9%) and Nissan (+16.9%) also shine in the remainder of the Top 10. Below, Jaecoo (+1480%) surges to #15 with 1.7% share vs. 0.4% year-to-date, Kaiyi is up 141.9% and Dongfeng up 108.7%. Newcomer Soueast is up 11 spots on last month to #23.

Over in the models charts, the Hyundai Grand i10 repeats at #1 with 5.7% share, distancing the Kia Soluto, Toyota Hilux and Yaris Cross like last month. The Kia Picanto returns to the Top 10 at #5 as do the Hyundai Creta (#7) and Suzuki Jimny (#8).

Previous month: Panama August 2025: Hyundai Grand i10 best-seller in market up 6.6%

Previous year: Panama Full Year 2024: Toyota Hilux leads, Forthing T5 Evo up to #5

Full September 2025 Top 68 All brands and Top 10 models below.

Panama September 2025 – brands:

Pos	Brand	Sep-25	%	/24	Aug	1-9 2025	%	/24	Pos	FY24
1	Toyota	787	16.9%	+ 9.9%	1	8,301	19.4%	+ 1.0%	1	1
2	Kia	631	13.6%	+ 17.5%	2	5,534	12.9%	+ 0.8%	2	2
3	Hyundai	540	11.6%	– 42.8%	3	5,049	11.8%	– 7.6%	3	3
4	Suzuki	249	5.4%	+ 7.8%	4	2,223	5.2%	+ 15.7%	4	4
5	Geely	221	4.8%	– 0.9%	5	2,161	5.1%	+ 23.1%	5	6
6	Nissan	180	3.9%	+ 16.9%	8	1,501	3.5%	– 19.9%	7	5
7	Mitsubishi	170	3.7%	+ 8.3%	6	1,550	3.6%	– 5.6%	6	7
8	Isuzu	150	3.2%	+ 38.9%	7	1,235	2.9%	+ 8.8%	10	9
9	Jetour	146	3.1%	– 28.1%	9	1,390	3.3%	+ 42.7%	8	11
10	Changan	139	3.0%	+ 29.9%	10	1,267	3.0%	+ 1.8%	9	8
11	Mazda	95	2.0%	+ 21.8%	12	920	2.2%	+ 27.1%	13	15
12	Forthing	93	2.0%	– 33.1%	14	950	2.2%	– 1.2%	12	12
13	Chery	81	1.7%	+ 58.8%	17	656	1.5%	+ 82.2%	17	18
14	Chevrolet	79	1.7%	+ 54.9%	18	553	1.3%	+ 77.2%	19	20
15	Jaecoo	79	1.7%	+ 1480.0%	29	162	0.4%	+ 305.0%	31	43
16	Honda	75	1.6%	– 5.1%	19	794	1.9%	– 6.9%	15	13
17	Kaiyi	75	1.6%	+ 141.9%	16	663	1.6%	+ 339.1%	16	26
18	Ford	66	1.4%	– 27.5%	15	966	2.3%	– 2.0%	11	10
19	GAC Motors	60	1.3%	– 40.0%	11	843	2.0%	+ 1.9%	14	14
20	GWM	56	1.2%	+ 21.7%	21	332	0.8%	+ 30.7%	22	22
21	MG	52	1.1%	+ 85.7%	24	224	0.5%	– 28.4%	26	19
22	Dongfeng	48	1.0%	+ 108.7%	13	583	1.4%	+ 114.3%	18	21
23	Soueast	44	0.9%	new	34	160	0.4%	new	32	–
24	Lexus	41	0.9%	– 12.8%	22	343	0.8%	– 15.1%	21	16
25	BYD	40	0.9%	+ 37.9%	25	326	0.8%	+ 139.7%	23	27
26	JMC	37	0.8%	+ 85.0%	20	253	0.6%	+ 62.2%	24	33
27	BMW	34	0.7%	+ 41.7%	23	350	0.8%	+ 5.7%	20	17
28	Audi	28	0.6%	+ 40.0%	26	181	0.4%	+ 7.7%	29	32
29	Subaru	28	0.6%	+ 16.7%	30	237	0.6%	– 2.1%	25	23
30	JAC	27	0.6%	+ 0.0%	28	158	0.4%	– 6.0%	33	29
31	Mercedes	23	0.5%	+ 53.3%	32	202	0.5%	+ 32.9%	28	31
32	Omoda	23	0.5%	– 28.1%	31	181	0.4%	+ 43.7%	30	34
33	Maxus	20	0.4%	+ 42.9%	38	141	0.3%	+ 42.4%	34	35
34	Foton	16	0.3%	new	33	139	0.3%	new	35	52
35	Lynk & Co	16	0.3%	new	35	65	0.2%	new	46	–
36	Porsche	12	0.3%	+ 50.0%	36	117	0.3%	+ 50.0%	38	41
37	Volkswagen	12	0.3%	– 60.0%	27	222	0.5%	– 4.7%	27	24
38	Land Rover	11	0.2%	– 26.7%	46	110	0.3%	+ 8.9%	39	38
39	Volvo	11	0.2%	– 54.2%	42	128	0.3%	– 46.4%	36	25
40	Karry	10	0.2%	– 60.0%	37	100	0.2%	– 36.7%	41	30
41	Ram	10	0.2%	– 37.5%	43	124	0.3%	+ 12.7%	37	36
42	Infiniti	7	0.2%	+ 75.0%	51	40	0.1%	+ 2.6%	49	44
43	Shineray	7	0.2%	– 58.8%	–	21	0.0%	+ 0.0%	56	49
44	212	6	0.1%	new	45	15	0.0%	new	58	–
45	Mini	6	0.1%	+ 0.0%	41	68	0.2%	+ 30.8%	45	42
46	Acura	5	0.1%	+ 25.0%	44	94	0.2%	– 1.1%	42	39
47	Fiat	5	0.1%	+ 25.0%	49	48	0.1%	+ 11.6%	48	45
48	Jeep	5	0.1%	+ 25.0%	40	77	0.2%	– 13.5%	44	40
49	Bestune	4	0.1%	– 69.2%	39	108	0.3%	– 43.8%	40	28
50	DFSK	4	0.1%	– 42.9%	48	89	0.2%	– 24.6%	43	37
51	Renault	4	0.1%	+ 300.0%	–	10	0.0%	+ 900.0%	62	73
52	VGV	4	0.1%	+ 0.0%	56	14	0.0%	– 57.6%	59	48
53	Lincoln	3	0.1%	+ 200.0%	52	29	0.1%	+ 52.6%	51	46
54	Riddara	3	0.1%	new	55	23	0.1%	new	55	–
55	Aion	2	0.0%	new	–	2	0.0%	new	80	–
56	Cadillac	2	0.0%	– 33.3%	50	24	0.1%	+ 118.2%	54	53
57	Farizon	2	0.0%	new	60	7	0.0%	new	65	–
58	Peugeot	2	0.0%	+ 100.0%	54	26	0.1%	– 23.5%	52	47
59	ZX Auto	2	0.0%	n/a	47	30	0.1%	n/a	50	74
60	Bentley	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	–	1	0.0%	– 66.7%	84	65
61	i Car	1	0.0%	enw	62	2	0.0%	new	73	–
62	Iveco	1	0.0%	n/a	–	49	0.1%	+ 2350.0%	47	51
63	Lotus	1	0.0%	/an	–	6	0.0%	+ 100.0%	68	66
64	Qingling	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	–	8	0.0%	+ 60.0%	64	59
65	SWM	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	–	11	0.0%	+ 450.0%	61	61
66	Tesla	1	0.0%	– 66.7%	53	25	0.1%	+ 66.7%	53	50
67	Venucia	1	0.0%	+ 0.0%	58	16	0.0%	+ 300.0%	57	57
68	Xpeng	1	0.0%	new	–	6	0.0%	new	69	–

Panama September 2025 – models:

Pos	Model	Sep-25	%	Aug
1	Hyundai Grand i10	265	5.7%	1
2	Kia Soluto	249	5.4%	2
3	Toyota Hilux	231	5.0%	3
4	Toyota Yaris Cross	139	3.0%	4
5	Kia Picanto	124	2.7%	n/a
6	Isuzu D-Max	91	2.0%	9
7	Hyundai Creta	89	1.9%	n/a
8	Suzuki Jimny	87	1.9%	n/a
9	Mitsubishi L200	78	1.7%	8
10	Kia Sonet	75	1.6%	5

Source: ADAP

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