Brazil vehicle financing hits 15-year August high

Brazil's vehicle financing market reached its highest August volume in 15 years, with 683,928 units financed in August 2026. This represents a 10.4% increase compared to August 2025, according to data from Trillia, an analytics unit of B3. The total volume of financing for the first eight months of the year reached 5.136 million vehicles, a 10% growth over the same period in 2025.

Light vehicles led the results with 478,000 financed units in August, comprising 350,000 new vehicles and 127,000 used vehicles. Motorcycles saw 178,000 financing operations, a 4.9% annual increase, while heavy vehicles totaled 27,000 operations, up 10.4% year-over-year. Geographically, the Southeast region accounted for 42% of all financing, followed by the South (20%), Northeast (19.8%), Midwest (10.7%), and North (7.5%).

In the used vehicle market, Fenauto reported 1,699,519 ownership transfers in August, a 3.1% monthly decline, though the year-to-date volume shows a 6.4% increase. While transaction prices for new 0km vehicles rose by 2.7% in August, used vehicle prices remained relatively stable with a slight monthly decrease of 0.1%.