Bus, coach, and minibus registrations grew by 49.8% year-on-year, while sales of zero emission vehicles more than doubled, making up more than a quarter of the market.

9,738 new HGVs were registered between January and March, a marked decline from the 11,068 units reported last year.

According to data from Andemos (National Association for Sustainable Mobility) of Bogotá, 5,726 units were sold, compared with 4,642 in the first quarter of 2024.

5,500 units were sold, an increase of 27.9% over the 4,300 in the same period in 2024, according to AAP.

5,457 units were registered in Q1 of 2025 compared with 2,491 in the same period of 2024, according to data from SIOMMA and ACARA of Buenos Aires.

3,661 CV units were registered in January to March 2025 as compared with 3,306 vehicles in the same period in 2024.

Bus body manufacturing companies produced 5,510 units from January to March, a result 15.5% higher than in the first quarter of 2024

In total Volvo delivered 1,429 vehicles in Latin America during 2024 with Chile (238 and Peru (162) being the main continental export markets.

In the first quarter of 2025, 27,749 trucks and 5,528 buses were registered on the Brazilian market.

The Brazilian truck market in the first quarter (January to March) this year increased by 4.8% to 27,121 registered vehicles, compared with the 25,871 registered in the same period of 2024.

This figure of 14,405 for city buses with alternative drivelines was marginally higher (+6.5%) than the 13,466 units registered in 2023, which was due, DVV explained, to higher volumes of electric buses.

The commercial vehicle market over 2 tons gvw rebounded by 36% to 20,224 units in the fourth quarter of 2024 from depressed year-earlier sales of 14,877 units.