Argentina March 2011: VW Gol leads, Peugeot 408 lands

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New car sales in Argentina are up for the 17th month in a row at +16% in March with 66,608 registrations. ACARA changes its methodology and doesn’t split models by version anymore, which has a significant impact on the ranking.

The VW Gol takes the first place, with its Trend and Power versions combined selling a total of 4,870 units and 7.3% share, ahead of the Chevrolet Corsa/Classic at 4,062 sales and 6.1%. The Peugeot 207 rounds up the podium at 2,971 sales and 4.5%.

The Ford Ecosport and Renault Sandero are solid at over 3% share, just above the VW Bora in 6th place. Renault has a good month with the Logan up 7 spots on February at #15 and the Fluence up 18 spots at #27 with 815 units.

For its first month of sales, the Peugeot 408 lands directly within the Top 50 at #45 with 420 sales and 0.6% share.

Full Top 50 Ranking Table below.

Argentina March 2011:

Pos	Model	Mar	%	Feb	2011	%	Pos	2010
1	VW Gol Trend/Power	4,870	7.3%	2	13,149	5.7%	2	3
2	Chevrolet Corsa/Classic	4,062	6.1%	1	13,981	6.1%	1	1
3	Peugeot 207	2,971	4.5%	4	10,460	4.5%	3	2
4	Ford Ecosport	2,232	3.4%	3	8,668	3.8%	4	5
5	Renault Sandero	2,160	3.2%	7	7,347	3.2%	5	4
6	VW Bora	1,993	3.0%	8	5,426	2.4%	10	18
7	Toyota Hilux	1,710	2.6%	11	5,943	2.6%	7	8
8	Renault Clio	1,688	2.5%	10	5,599	2.4%	9	11
9	VW Suran	1,657	2.5%	6	6,265	2.7%	6	6
10	Chevrolet Agile	1,536	2.3%	9	4,849	2.1%	11	15
11	Chevrolet Aveo	1,534	2.3%	5	5,761	2.5%	8	13
12	Ford Ka	1,494	2.2%	19	4,496	2.0%	15	12
13	VW Voyage	1,337	2.0%	12	4,449	1.9%	17	17
14	Ford Fiesta	1,263	1.9%	16	3,410	1.5%	22	19
15	Renault Logan	1,257	1.9%	22	3,689	1.6%	21	28
16	Ford Focus II	1,153	1.7%	18	4,450	1.9%	16	20
17	Renault Kangoo	1,112	1.7%	15	4,805	2.1%	12	9
18	Fiat Siena	1,076	1.6%	14	4,373	1.9%	18	14
19	Fiat Palio	1,075	1.6%	29	4,257	1.8%	19	10
20	VW Fox	1,024	1.5%	20	4,752	2.1%	13	21
21	VW Amarok	1,018	1.5%	17	4,550	2.0%	14	33
22	Peugeot Partner	997	1.5%	21	4,038	1.8%	20	22
23	Chevrolet S10	896	1.3%	36	2,472	1.1%	30	29
24	Nissan Tiida	873	1.3%	23	2,979	1.3%	25	35
25	Peugeot 307	857	1.3%	28	2,946	1.3%	26	30
26	Ford Ranger	823	1.2%	24	3,104	1.3%	23	16
27	Renault Fluence	815	1.2%	45	2,207	1.0%	34	99
28	Toyota Corolla	792	1.2%	27	3,087	1.3%	24	27
29	Citroen C3	788	1.2%	38	2,228	1.0%	33	40
30	Fiat Uno Fire	763	1.1%	30	2,463	1.1%	31	26
31	Citroen C4	734	1.1%	25	2,819	1.2%	28	24
32	Fiat Uno 2010	719	1.1%	26	2,842	1.2%	27	66
33	Honda Fit	679	1.0%	39	2,636	1.1%	29	23
34	Chevrolet Meriva	655	1.0%	57	1,538	0.7%	42	34
35	Fiat Punto	644	1.0%	32	2,402	1.0%	32	25
36	VW Saveiro	585	0.9%	49	1,301	0.6%	46	44
37	Honda City	524	0.8%	55	1,834	0.8%	38	41
38	Chevrolet Astra	522	0.8%	47	1,671	0.7%	41	39
39	Renault Symbol	505	0.8%	34	2,150	0.9%	35	31
40	Citroen Berlingo	491	0.7%	37	1,827	0.8%	39	43
41	Peugeot 206	485	0.7%	46	1,995	0.9%	37	38
42	Honda CRV	453	0.7%	31	1,501	0.7%	43	45
43	Suzuki Fun	437	0.7%	42	1,143	0.5%	49	36
44	Fiat Fiorino	422	0.6%	35	2,058	0.9%	36	32
45	Peugeot 408	420	0.6%	–	420	0.2%	69	–
46	Chevrolet Cruze	407	0.6%	51	1,139	0.5%	50	–
47	Dodge Journey	393	0.6%	52	1,451	0.6%	44	55
48	Renault Master	383	0.6%	44	1,233	0.5%	47	47
49	Hyundai i10	326	0.5%	69	858	0.4%	53	–
50	Fiat Idea	316	0.5%	48	1,323	0.6%	45	53

Source: ACARA, www.autoblog.ar