- According to AMIA (the Mexican Automotive Industry Association), sales of passenger cars (PC) and utility vehicles (UV) increased 7.3% in February 2013 compared to the same month last year.

- The volume of sales for the month of February thus amounted to 80 193 units,  making this February the best one since 2008.

- With January also experiencing a rise, the first two months of 2013 witnessed a sales increase of 9.4% compared with the same period last year.

- The February 2013 increase (compared with February 2012) on the Mexican market was sustained by:

- SUVs (up 16.4%), dominated by the Honda CR-V, in spite of a drop in its sales.

- D and E segment vehicles (up 15.6%), led by the VW Passat.

- Small cars (up 16.8%) with the Nissan Versa holding number 1 ranking in the segment.

- For their part, the other segments experienced a fall: B segment (-3.3%), people carriers (-11.8%),  and pick-ups (-5.1%).

-Over the first two months of 2013, the market continued to be dominated, in terms of order of importance, by the following groups: Renault-Nissan (up 9.35%), GM (up 7.96%), VW (up 21.15%), Fiat-Chrysler (up 7.65%), Ford (up 5.78%) and Honda (up 11.78%).