Cars: there are waiting lists that go up to 2024 and some brands already operate only in dollar bills

The clamp on imports is generating distortions that were unprecedented, even until recently, within car dealerships.

Some Toyota brand models

Corolla Cross, Hilux SW4 or Yaris

at the list price .

Of course, there is a market for "immediate delivery" zero kilometer units, which are more expensive: approximately 35% above the list price, if the offers published on the Mercado Libre portal are used as a reference: a Corolla Cross from

is sold for $39,500, equivalent to

.

But if the eventual buyer of some of these models is not willing to endorse price premiums of

, then they must resign themselves to paying a down payment and entering a waiting list, with an "open price", whose delay has already exceeded. the remaining nine months or so of this year.

"Something is happening with our brand that we do not see in other dealerships, because we continue with sustained demand, and supply difficulties,"

a Toyota dealer from Buenos Aires told

"80% of local production is exported to all of Latin America and we

, which obsessively takes care

," he added.

Toyota manufactures in Argentina the

pick up and its "suv" version, the

.

Models like the

are

from Brazil.

"At the same time, the vehicles that come from Brazil arrive in quotas established by the Government, which, due to the lack of dollars, restricts the SIRA," added the dealer.

Other models that came from outside the area, such as the RAV4, Land Cruiser or Camry directly stopped importing them.

"You had to wait a year to have the dollars to pay them and the risk of being barefoot in the event of an eventual disclosure of the exchange rate was very great," added the Buenos Aires dealer.  

Conclusion?

"We have more than one model

, such as the Corolla Cross, Yaris and the Hilux SW4."

The case of Toyota is not repeated in other brands of the so-called "generalists" such as

, which have locally produced models whose delivery takes place, in some cases, in a matter of

The Fiat Cronos and the Peugeot 208 have been the best-selling models at zero kilometers for more than a year, largely because

These are models produced in the country and, in general, automotive terminals

according to the owner of one of the most selling automotive companies

"We are delivering the Fiat Cronos and Peugeot 208

, without surcharges. On the other hand, the models imported from Brazil, such as the Fiat Toro pick-up, take longer," said the manager of a Buenos Aires dealership.

Automotive companies with a factory in the country, grouped in the Association of Automotive Manufacturers (ADEFA) today concentrate

the cars sold in Argentina: over 400,000 zero kilometers that were sold last year, brands that do not belong to ADEFA and which are grouped in the CIDOA chamber,

, 1.25% of the total.

Within this restricted quota of imported cars, many of them

, what circulates directly is the

.

One of the brands that makes up CIDOA no longer uses pesos to pay for the vehicles that are allowed to import from the Ministry of Commerce, which is the body in charge of granting permits for the Import System (SIRA).

"

, so we don't have to wait 180 days for the Central Bank to authorize us to buy dollars. That

, of course," explained the owner of the brand, of Asian origin.

Hugo Belcastro

, head of CIDOA, said for his part that trademarks must go through three instances: in addition to the SIRA and the 180-day term imposed by the Central Bank, they must have the procedure called the Financial Economic Coefficient (CEF)

which elaborates the AFIP.

"All CIDOA brands

. But apart from some delays in the SIRAs, a new restriction also influenced, the CEF, which according to certain AFIP criteria

, "explained Belcastro, who He expressed the annoyance that the new procedure generated among the importers, whose market share is now at a historical level.

"With these issues

. For now we can continue operating," said the businessman.