With a dollar that fell 3.3% in the variation end to end and came to close below $ 41 in the wholesale market at the end of Marchthe commercialization of 0 km vehicles showed a strong push. According to data released by the Automotive Trade Association (ACAU), last month 5,983 units were placed in all its segments, a significant improvement compared to the 3,557 vehicles in February. Precisely, during the first two months (January-February) 513 fewer vehicles had been placed than the same period in 2021.
If compared to March of last year (4,893 units), the sale of 0 km had a year-on-year expansion of 22%. What’s more, to find such a high monthly level in the sale of 0 km you have to go back to December 2017 (6,840 vehicles placed).
According to ACAU data, the 0 km car segment had a strong rebound, going from 1,832 units in March last year to 2,470 this year (+35%). In the utility category, the market was also very dynamic, going from 1,796 vehicles to 2,430 this year (+35%). On the other hand, in the SUV (sports utility) segment there was a retraction: from 945 units in 2021 it went to 861 this year.
In the category of trucks were placed 215 units 0 km on the market almost 100 less than the 313 of March of last year.
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The Consumer Confidence Report (ICC) of february remained the same score as in January (51.1 points) and continues to consolidate within the level of moderate optimism (more than 50 points), two of its three sub-indices fell compared to January.
The predisposition to purchase durable goods was the only sub-index that improved its performance compared to the previous month, increasing 5 points and offsetting the impact of the fall of the other sub-indices in the global CCI. The components of the subindex both increased (household appliances and automobiles and homes), although in different proportions, “the first being the ones that had the greatest variation, which could be due to the low price of the dollar observed during February“, according to the Chair of Economic Confidence of the UCU and Consulting Teams.
