Brazilian vehicle production rose 6.8% month-on-month to 271.2 thousand units in August 2026, reaching its highest monthly level since October 2019, while new-vehicle sales fell 1.6% to 275,100 units. Production increased 9.4% from a year earlier and sales were affected by two fewer business days than in July. Light-vehicle production totaled 257.5 thousand units, including 214.9 thousand passenger cars and 42.6 thousand light commercial vehicles. Sales included 263.1 thousand light vehicles, with passenger cars up 0.2% to 213.1 thousand and light commercial vehicles down 5.5% to 50,000. Heavy-vehicle production totaled 13.6 thousand units, while sales reached 12,000 units; truck and bus sales both declined. Electrified vehicles accounted for a record 24.4% of sales, including 25,900 fully electric vehicles. Year-to-date sales reached 1.975 million units, up 18.4% from a year earlier, and crossed 2 million units in early September, one month earlier than in 2025. Production in the first eight months reached about 1.9 million vehicles, up 8.5%, although two-thirds of the additional 150,000 vehicles were SKD and CKD models assembled from imported parts.