Brazil's economic recovery improved at the beginning of 2018, with consumer confidence showing more robust gains. Previously, this most important indicator remained weak, despite improvements in other related variables such as employment, interest rates, and household earnings. Despite the negative effects of Truckers' Strike that saw a short-term impact on the macroeconomic situation, we continue to hold a bullish vehicle sales forecast of 16.6% growth in 2018, reaching a total industry volume of 2.61mn units.

Key View

SWOT

Autos SWOT 

Industry Forecast

Passenger Vehicles 

Commercial Vehicles 

Motorcycles 

Industry Risk/Reward Index

Americas Autos Sales Risk/Reward Index 

Americas Autos Production Risk/Reward Index 

Brazil Autos Sales Risk/Reward Index 

Brazil Autos Production Risk/Reward Index 

Regional Overview

Latin America Overview

Brazil Demographic Outlook

Autos Methodology