Jumlah kendaraan bermotor di Brasil mencapai angka 64,8 juta unit pada tahun 2010, naik dari 29,5 juta unit pada tahun 2000, dengan kenaikan jumlah sebesar 119%. Tingkat kepemilikan kendaraan di Brasil mencapai 340 kendaraan per 1000 orang.<ref name=Globo>{{cite web|url=http://g1.globo.com/carros/noticia/2011/02/frota-de-veiculos-cresce-119-em-dez-anos-no-brasil-aponta-denatran.html|title=Frota de veículos cresce 119% em dez anos no Brasil, aponta Denatran|publisher=Globo.com|date=2011-02-13|author=Ardilhes Moreira|accessdate=2011-08-23|language=Portugues}}</ref> Pada tahun 2010, kenaikan jumlah kendaraan di Brasil merupakan yang kedua tertinggi setelah Cina, dengan 2,5 juta unit kendaraan terjual.<ref name=Wards11/>
Brasil mempunyai jumlah [[kendaraan bahan bakar alternatif]] terbanyak di dunia, dengan 18 juta unit (per Juni 2011), 14,3 juta unit diantaranya adalah [[kendaraan bahan bakar alternatif]],<ref name=ANFAVEA2>{{cite web|url=http://anfavea2010.virapagina.com.br/anfavea2010/|title=Anúario da Industria Automobilistica Brasileira 2010: Tabelas 2.1-2.2-2.3 Produção por combustível - 1957/2009|publisher=ANFAVEA - Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (Brasil)|accessdate=2010-08-08|language=Portuguese|archive-date=2011-01-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110118035745/http://anfavea2010.virapagina.com.br/anfavea2010/|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name=ANFAVEA4>{{cite web |url=http://www.anfavea.com.br/tabelas/autoveiculos/tabela10_producao.pdf|format=PDF| title= Produção de Automóveis por Tipo e Combustível- 2010(Tabela 10) |publisher=ANFAVEA - Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (Brasil)|date=2010-07-21|accessdate=2011-02-05|language=Portuguese}} ''Production up to December 2010''</ref><ref name=ANFAVEA5>{{cite web|url=http://www.anfavea.com.br/cartas/Carta302.pdf|title=Cartas de Anfavea No. 302: Licenciamento total de automóveis e comerciais leves por combustível|year=2011|month=July|publisher=ANFAVEA - Associação Nacional dos Fabricantes de Veículos Automotores (Brasil)|accessdate=2011-08-02|language=Portuguese|archive-date=2011-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824190315/http://www.anfavea.com.br/cartas/Carta302.pdf|dead-url=yes}} ''Production up to June 2011''</ref> termasuk lebih dari 1 juta unit [[sepeda motor]] berbahan bakar fleksibel;<ref name=MotoFlex09>{{cite web|url=http://unica.com.br/noticias/show.asp?nwsCode=4771CECF-FDB8-43B5-9CF9-E342B99F5C23|title=Motos flex foram as mais vendidas em 2009 na categoria 150cc|author=Abraciclo|publisher=[[UNICA, Brazil|UNICA]]|date=2010-01-27|accessdate=2010-02-10|language=Portuguese|archive-date=2012-12-05|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121205031059/http://unica.com.br/noticias/show.asp?nwsCode=4771CECF-FDB8-43B5-9CF9-E342B99F5C23|dead-url=yes}}</ref><ref name=MotoFlex10>{{cite web|url=http://www.abraciclo.com.br/images/stories/dados_setor/motocicletas/producao/2010%20produo-dezcorreto.pdf|title=Produção Motocicletas 2010|publisher=ABRACICLO|accessdate=2011-02-05|language=Portuguese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abraciclo.com.br/images/stories/dados_setor/motocicletas/producao/2011%20produo-un.pdf|title=Produção Motocicletas 2011|publisher=ABRACICLO|accessdate=2011-08-02|language=Portuguese|archive-date=2011-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008211907/http://www.abraciclo.com.br/images/stories/dados_setor/motocicletas/producao/2011%20produo-un.pdf|dead-url=yes}} ''Production through June 2011.''</ref> antara 2,4 sampai 3 juta unit [[kendaraan bahan bakar etanol murni]] yang masih beroperasi,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://unfccc.int/files/meetings/cop_10/in_session_workshops/mitigation/application/pdf/091204_szwarc_mitigation_abstract.pdf|title=Abstract: Use of Bio-fuels in Brazil|publisher=United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change|author=Alfred Szwarc|accessdate=2009-10-24}}</ref><ref name="CEPAL">{{cite web|url=http://www.agrocombustibles.org/conceptos/CepalBiocombustiblesLac2004.pdf|title=Perspectivas de un Programa de Biocombustibles en América Central: Proyecto Uso Sustentable de Hidrocarburos|author=Luiz A. Horta Nogueira|publisher=Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)|date=2004-03-22|accessdate=2008-05-09|language=Spanish|format=PDF|archive-date=2008-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528051443/http://www.agrocombustibles.org/conceptos/CepalBiocombustiblesLac2004.pdf|dead-url=yes}}</ref> 5,7 juta unit kendaraan ringan yang diproduksi sejak tahun 1979;<ref name=ANFAVEA2/> dan 1,66 juta unit [[kendaraan berbahan bakar gas]].<ref name=IANGV>{{cite web|url=http://www.iangv.org/tools-resources/statistics.html|title=Natural Gas Vehicle Statistics: Summary Data 2010|publisher=International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles|accessdate=2011-08-02|archive-date=2010-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110101111/http://www.iangv.org/tools-resources/statistics.html|dead-url=yes}} ''Click on Summary Data (2010).''</ref> Sebagai tambahan, semua kendaraan berbahan bakar bensin di Brasil juga didesain dapat beroperasi dengan campuran etanol yang tinggi, sampai 25% (25% [[bahan bakar etanol]].
