While car sales are in a slump worldwide, Brazians bought last June more cars than any previous month in history. 300.174 cars left the showroom last month. That is an increase of 21,5% compared to May 2009 and 17,2% higher than June 2008. Total car sales in the first half year totalled 1,45 million, that is 3% more than in the first half of 2008 and a new record (2008 was already a record year). Total car sales for 2009 will highly likeable exceed 3 million in Brazil this year.
Auto sales in the first half of the year totaled 1.45 million, up 3% from the year before and a record for the period.
Also General Motors broke a record in Brazil last month. The company sold a record 55.629 vehicles last month, it’s hightes figure in the company’s 84-year history in Brazil. GM in the United States is in bankrupcy proceedsings, but its Brazil subsidiary is doing better then ever.
Last February we wrote extensively on the extreme innovations happening at General Motors Brazil, one of, if not the most modern plant of General Motors in the world.
Tags: car sales, general motors, middle class
