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Brazil vehicle sales totaled 300,592 units for March 2012, down 1.8% vs. March 2011.
March 2012 vehicle sales increased 20.5% compared with February 2012 sales.
2012 sales through March totaled 818,387, down 0.8% over the same period in 2011.
Fiat is the leader in year-to-date sales with a total of 173,537, resulting in a 21.2% market share.