April will have record sales of vehicles

This will be the best April in history for the Brazilian auto industry. Sales should reach about 330 thousand vehicles, marking also the best month of the quarter. Until Thursday were licensed 281.4 thousand light commercial vehicles, trucks and buses. As there are three working days to end the month, the record is confirmed.
Some models are in short supply, especially the recently launched Hyundai HB20, whose queue is two months and, in some stores, you can reach the four months. In the second half, the company will start a third work shift at the factory in Piracicaba (SP).
The previous record for April was to 2011, with 289.2 thousand units sold. With average daily sales of around 14.8 million vehicles this month, this volume was overcome yesterday.
In early April, the Government announced maintenance, until December, cutting the tax on industrialized products (IPI), which should have risen 1. ' April is in the same daily that sales pace March, only it has more working days, which is good, considering that the consumer does not need to rush to take advantage of the benefit of IPI ', says the CEO of one of the largest automakers.
Only in cars and light commercial, segment benefited by the IPI less, were sold until Thursday 267 thousand units, up 28.5% as compared to the same period in April 2012 and 1.9% higher than in March. Year to date, total sales (trucks and buses) add up to 1.111 million units, up from 1.037 million in equal range of 2012.
' Means that the industry is still a 5% annual growth and can close the year with a little volume up 3.9 million units ', says the Executive. In 2012, sales totaled 3.8 million vehicles.
End By April, preliminary data obtained from market sources, the Volkswagen Gol follows as the best-selling car in the country, with 18.6 thousand units until Thursday. Following are Fiat Uno (14.8 thousand), Fiat Palio (13.8 thousand), Hyundai HB20 (10.6 thousand) and VW Fox (10.4 mil).
Hyundai dealers ask for about two months for the HB20 delivery. ' The most complete Versions, especially with automatic gear are the most difficult to find ', confirms Lealdo Belotto, Max, resale of São Paulo in Brazil.
The most sought after, and therefore less available, are Comfort Plus versions 1.0, reports Carlos Oka, Manager of the Grand Sport. There have been reports of consumers who were told to wait up to four months in re-sales of the group, started its largest distributor of the brand.
Another recent release, the Chevrolet Onix, has 30 to 40 days waiting. Sales of the model were suspended for a few days because of fault detected in a piece that affects the measurement of the fuel level.
The company has 50 employees of the factory in São José dos Campos (SP) to Gravataí (RS) to help solve the problem, according to sources. The company reported only that had some components supply problems.