July car sales in Colombia fell 8.15% due to the transportation strike that
stopped the country for almost two weeks, according to Econometria S.A., the
Automotive Committee auditing company.
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July was the fourth worst month of the year with only 5,041 units sold, writes
Juan Carlos Vargas. Despite the bad month, year to date sales are up 1.35%,
compared to this time last year.
GM led the car market in July with 27% (1,360 units) followed by Renault (20,7%
and 1,046 units) which is the fastest growing brand this year thanks to the
launch of the locally-assembled Symbol and Clio II and the imported Series II
Megane station wagon.
Mazda is ranked third (11.1%, 560 units); Daewoo (9.9%, 502) is still losing
market share (it ended 2000 with almost 13.5%) in fourth place and Hyundai (8.0%,
404) was fifth.
In July, passenger cars increased their market share from 56.3% to 57.2% while
SUVs dropped from 11.3% in Jully 2000 to 8.6%.
