In September this year, car sales in the Mexican car industry rose 12.2 percent compared to the figure for September last year, amounting to 73,997 units, according to the Mexican Association of the Automobile Industry (AMIA) and the Mexican Association of Car Distributors (AMDA). Furthermore, in the January-September period this year, Mexican auto sales increased 11.6 percent from a year ago.
Meanwhile, Mexican output of cars in the January-September period rose 18.6 percent year on year to 324,991 vehicles, according to AMIA. Mexican motor vehicle exports increased by 14.8 percent year on year in the first nine months of 2011 to 1.58 million units.