Mexico Mexico - New motor vehicle registrations

Subscribe to our free email alert service

Vehicle registrations - Mexico. July of 2020

Fewer July passenger car sales in Mexico

In July, vehicle registrations in Mexico fell by 30.63% with respect to July of 2019. In total, 75,645 cars were registered and 1,111,756 new cars were sold in the last twelve months, 21.39% less than the year before.

The breakdown of car sales figures for the month of July is:

  • Commercial vehicles sold: 34,571, 27.22% less than in July of 2019.
  • Passenger cars regitrations: 41,123, which represents a figure of 33.66% less than in July of 2019.

Mexico is the 13th-placed country in ranking of 137 countries based on number of vehicle registrations.

A very useful variable for estimating the level of economic wealth enjoyed by Mexicans residents, when compared to the other countries in the ranking, is the number of vehicles sold or registered per thousand residents in the last year. With annual sales of 8.78 cars per 1,000 residents, 0.6 of them in the last month, Mexico, occupies 55th place in the ranking.

As can be seen, the number of registrations per thousand residents has fallen in the last year. A drop in registrations generally indicates a fall in consumer confidence and, when it is sustained, a recession in the real economy.

Changes in Mexican vehicle registration numbers are shown in the tables below. As several studies indicate, these changes are very much related to changes in GDP and, hence, to a country's economic situation. Sales have grown since 2010, as 800,497 were produced that year as have the number of registrations per thousand residents, which that year numbered 7.14.

Here we show you the progression of vehicle registrations in Mexico. You can see car registrations in other countries in en vehicle registrations and see all the economic information about Mexico in en Mexican economy.

Mexico - New motor vehicle registrations
DateCommercial vehicles MonthPassengers vehicles MonthMonthly vehicle salesMonthly Vehicles/ 1,000 p.Commercial vehicles YearPassengers vehicles YearAnnual vehicle salesAnnual Vehicles/ 1,000 p.
July 202034,57141,12375,6450.60494,999617,3411,111,7568.78
June 202030,01535,06765,0200.51507,931638,2021,145,1549.05
May 202021,44521,95143,3000.34525,622666,3741,190,6939.41
April 202017,36018,65936,7180.29550,403704,5321,253,4219.90
March 202041,25848,56489,7770.71579,810741,2961,318,64810.42
February 202045,23861,831106,6520.84593,479759,1931,349,88310.66
January 202045,66561,582107,2200.85594,721758,0781,350,09710.67
December 201956,80477,600134,3161.06596,215763,7931,357,03010.72
November 201958,09269,736127,8231.02599,891771,7831,369,66810.93
October 201948,73361,703110,4010.88599,057782,6161,378,74811.00
September 201946,89657,286104,1650.83602,353790,5451,389,26011.08
August 201948,92262,239110,7190.88605,029802,0851,403,20911.20
< 2019 2021 >
Mexico - New motor vehicle registrations
Mexico - New motor vehicle registrations