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South Korea 2002: Samsung SM5 up to #2 at 100,777 sales

January 13th, 2003 Leave a comment Go to comments

Samsung SM525

* See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro *

The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea again in 2002 but its sales are down 3% on 2001 to 109,293 and it is now threatened by the Samsung SM5, up a spectacular 43% to pass the 100,000 annual sales mark for the very first time at 100,777 units. The Hyundai Avante XD rounds up the podium with 95,794 sales, up 12% year-on-year, while the Hyundai Santa Fe continues to progress, up a further 2 spots and 30% to #4 and 70,288 units.

Kia Sorento

Bothe the Hyundai Grandeur XG and Kia Carens are up 2 ranks this year to #6 and #7 respectively, and the best performing newcomer is by far the Kia Sorento, landing directly at #8 with 52,963 sales. The SsangYong Rexton is up a huge 320% and 16 spots to break into the year-end Top 10 for the first time at #10 and the 2nd time in 3 years for SsangYong after the Musso ranked #9 in 2000. Other newcomers include the Hyundai Click (aka Getz) at #21, the Daewoo Kalos at #22 and the Samsung SM3 at #24.

Previous year: South Korea 2001: Hyundai Sonata and Avante dominate

Full Year 2002 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

South Korea 2002:

Pos Model 2002 /01 2001 Pos
1 Hyundai EF Sonata 109,293 -3% 113,200 1
2 Samsung SM5 100,777 43% 70,648 4
3 Hyundai Avante XD 95,794 12% 85,276 2
4 Hyundai Santa Fe 70,288 30% 54,170 6
5 Kia Carnival 64,321 -11% 72,476 3
6 Hyundai Grandeur XG 60,691 22% 49,581 8
7 Kia Carens 58,137 17% 49,571 9
8 Kia Sorento 52,963 new 0  -
9 Kia Optima 48,032 -9% 52,892 7
10 SsangYong Rexton 47,262 320% 11,264 26
11 Daewoo Rezzo 41,938 18% 35,611 13
12 Daewoo Matiz 41,017 -32% 60,253 5
13 SsangYong Korando 39,793 2% 38,967 12
14 Kia Spectra 38,235 -8% 41,705 11
15 Hyundai Terracan 36,325 45% 25,126 16
16 SsangYong Musso 35,801 2% 35,234 14
17 Hyundai Verna 34,767 -26% 47,204 10
18 Hyundai Trajet XG 31,685 11% 28,519 15
19 Daewoo Magnus 24,466 4% 23,476 17
20 Kia Rio 19,837 6% 18,651 18
21 Hyundai Click 18,122 new 0  -
22 Daewoo Kalos 17,961 new 0  -
23 Hyundai Equus 16,984 27% 13,341 22
24 Samsung SM3 16,016 new 0  -
25 Kia Visto 12,720 -23% 16,501 19
26 SsangYong Chairman 11,574 46% 7,924 28
27 Hyundai Santamo 11,279 -9% 12,387 24
28 Hyundai Galloper 10,483 -32% 15,346 20
29 Hyundai Lavita 10,381 -8% 11,269 25
30 Hyundai Tuscani 9,178 144% 3,757 33
31 Hyundai Dynasty 6,866 -12% 7,772 29
32 Daewoo Nubira 5,858 -57% 13,549 21
33 Kia Carstar 5,436 -42% 9,389 27
34 Daewoo Lacetti 4,189 new 0  -
35 Hyundai Atoz 3,441 -36% 5,386 32
36 Daewoo Lanos 3,427 -74% 13,334 23
37 Kia Retona 3,182 -41% 5,427 31
38 Kia Entreprise 3,026 11% 2,733 36
39 Daewoo Leganza 2,265 -58% 5,428 30
40 Kia Sportage 1,399 -52% 2,922 35
41 Kia Potentia 1 -100% 1,416 37

Source: KAMA, many thanks to Pedro for sharing the data!

Note: This ranking excludes imports.

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