The cars are expensive in almost everyone But in Argentina, a little more. Users know that it is very difficult to reach a 0 km due to the high tax burden that apply to the real cost, both to manufacture them and import them.
Among all taxes paid in the marketing chain, a 0 kilometer car manufactured in Argentina has a 54% fiscal charge on its original price at the line tip. Against that you cannot do much, except to expect the macroeconomy to continue improving its indicators and allow the government to eliminate distortive taxes.
The lifting of the stocks and the reduction of the exchange gap allows the price of the official dollar to compare how much an Argentine car costs in relation to the rest of the world.
The greatest access to credit with Financing plans that allow buying a new car with a disbursement close to 50% And with fixed fees without interest for two years, he also opened the option for many users who did not see it possible just a year ago.
However, you have to do a Initial payment of about $ 8,000 to 9,000 to buy a credit car 0%, and then pay 24 installments of about you 500 per month to complete the operation.
The cheapest car on the market is currently the Renault Kwida model with a 1.0 -liter engine engine and 66 hp of power, with 5 -speed manual gearbox. That car has a list price of $ 19,120,000, which translated into dollars is equivalent to some USD 15.700.
The other car that has a price below 20 million pesos is Fiat Mobialso a segment A vehicle with a 1.0 -liter engine, 70 hp of power and 5 -speed manual gearbox. This car, before the eventual increase that Stellantis Argentina applies in the next few hours, is priced at $ 19,722,000, which now represent close to USD 16.230.
Until a week ago, the third most accessible car on the market was the Fiat Cronos In its Like Gse 1.3 version it had a list price of $ 23,055,000, that is almost USD 19.000. If Stellantis applies an increase similar to that of the other terminals, between 1.3 and 1.5%, the price would rise to about $ 23,300,000 or about $ 19,100.
The fourth cheapest car is the Citroen C3also imported from Brazil, with its 115 hp of power and 5 -speed manual box, it has a price, before eventual increase of May Stellantis, of $ 23,370,000, which is equivalent to some some UDS 19.200.
Finally, the fifth model of lower market price is the first that does not market an automotive terminal but an importer. It is about Hyundai HB20in its B-Hatch version with 1.6 liters of 123 hp and 6-speed manual box. This product reached the Argentine market at the end of last year by Hyundai Argentina and is priced at $ 23,524,800, equivalent to some USD 19.360.
However, Argentina is not a unique or isolated case. This week, during your participation in the 40th edition of the meeting of the Economy Circlein Catalonia, Spain, the Global CEO of Renault group, Luca de Meohe has confessed that “Today, one of my workers cannot buy a new car, not even a dacia.”
He did it within the framework of a forum dedicated to analyzing the balance that must be found between the environmental objectives of the European Union and the industrial strengthening of companies that give work to citizens.
De Meo made special emphasis on the inevitable Dependency that the European automotive industry of purchasing power of the middle class has. In that context, to say that Renault’s own operators have no purchasing power to buy a car like those they produce, not even those of the most accessible brand of the group such as Dacia, launches a warning that should not be set aside.
The difference between Europe and Argentina It is on stage and its variables. The similarities are in the regulations and the problems they pose. While in the old continent there are more than 100 regulations, most of them related to pollutant emissions, in Argentina there is a Tax Marañamany of them superimposed. In both cases, the effect is the same. The cars are increasingly expensive and as a consequence, less working population can access them.
De Meo says that the most accessible cars have such a demanding roadmap for the coming years, which will be impossible to hold them in the current pricesand that electric cars will not go down as expected 5 years ago.
The reflection of this situation is that The best -selling car in Europe in 2024 was Dacia Sanderosimilar to the Renault Sandero Argentino although with better equipment. That model has a price in Europe of 13.000 euros For the most accessible version and does not reach 17,000 euros for the most equipped.
“If people can’t, they don’t get, they don’t want to buy electric or hydrogen cars, in the end The market will be very small “said the Italian who leads the Renault Group Since 2021.
