Overview
- AFAC’s annual report, released Tuesday, puts the circulating fleet at 15,784,385 vehicles at the end of 2025, up 1% year over year as the average age climbed to 14.8 years.
- The group estimates the fleet needs about 1.1 million new additions each year to hold its age steady, versus roughly 615,000 vehicles patented in 2025 and an optimistic 650,000 projected for 2026, a gap that signals further aging and weaker safety and fuel efficiency on the road.
- Passenger cars make up 82% of the fleet, with 15% light commercials and 3% heavy vehicles, and fuel use skews to gasoline at 63.5% as diesel falls to 25.5% from 37% in 2010 and 10.6% of vehicles run on compressed natural gas after conversions.
- Electrified models are growing fast but remain rare, with hybrids up 63.3% to 76,192 and battery electrics up 86.6% to 2,901, together equaling about 0.5% of all vehicles.
- Vehicle ownership is highly concentrated, with 46.6% of the national fleet in Buenos Aires Province and the City of Buenos Aires, while Córdoba, Santa Fe, and Mendoza account for another 23.5%.