South Korea 2007: Hyundai Sonata and Avante fight it off
Hyundai Sonata
* See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro *
Another year with the Hyundai Sonata in the lead in South Korea, however this time the fight is very close with the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) at #2: 119,133 sales (+2%) vs. 110,535 (+87%). The Hyundai Grandeur drops one spot to #3 and 88,430 units (+4%) making the podium 100% Hyundai. Below, the Samsung SM5 is up 2% but down to #4, the Daewoo Matiz is up 37% to #5 and the Kia Carens up 26% to get back into the Top 10 at #9.
Hyundai Elantra
The Daewoo Winstorm (aka Chevrolet Captiva) is up 11 spots and 88% to #11 and 28,738 sales for its first full year in the country, the Kia Morning (aka Picanto) is up 40% to #12, the Hyundai Veracruz up 319% to #18 and the Hyundai i30 is received with mixed results at #26 with 11,000 sales.
Previous year: South Korea 2006: Hyundai Sonata and Grandeur best-sellers
Full Year Top 40 and January 2007 Top 10 Ranking Tables below.
South Korea Full Year 2007:
| Pos | Model | 2007 | /06 | 2006 | Pos |
| 1 | Hyundai NF Sonata | 119,133 | 2% | 116,482 | 1 |
| 2 | Hyundai Avante HD | 110,535 | 87% | 59,145 | 4 |
| 3 | Hyundai Grandeur TG | 88,430 | 4% | 84,861 | 2 |
| 4 | Samsung SM5 | 73,057 | 2% | 71,920 | 3 |
| 5 | Daewoo Matiz | 53,793 | 37% | 39,230 | 6 |
| 6 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 50,535 | 0% | 50,673 | 5 |
| 7 | Kia Lotze | 32,711 | -6% | 34,704 | 8 |
| 8 | Kia Sportage | 32,563 | -9% | 35,867 | 7 |
| 9 | Kia Carens | 31,860 | 26% | 25,348 | 13 |
| 10 | Hyundai Tucson | 29,824 | -13% | 34,359 | 9 |
| 11 | Daewoo Winstorm | 28,738 | 88% | 15,322 | 22 |
| 12 | Kia Morning | 28,404 | 40% | 20,346 | 17 |
| 13 | Samsung SM3 | 27,492 | -8% | 29,795 | 11 |
| 14 | Kia Pride | 25,919 | 12% | 23,045 | 14 |
| 15 | Daewoo Tosca | 25,482 | -19% | 31,624 | 10 |
| 16 | Kia Opirus | 22,937 | 22% | 18,835 | 19 |
| 17 | Kia Carnival | 20,489 | 4% | 19,731 | 18 |
| 18 | Hyundai Veracruz | 16,032 | 319% | 3,825 | 33 |
| 19 | Kia Cerato | 15,881 | -26% | 21,469 | 16 |
| 20 | SsangYong Musso SUT | 15,463 | 42% | 10,919 | 26 |
| 21 | SsangYong Kyron | 14,460 | 46% | 9,926 | 28 |
| 22 | Samsung SM7 | 14,137 | -19% | 17,373 | 20 |
| 23 | Daewoo Lacetti | 13,215 | -17% | 15,913 | 21 |
| 24 | Hyundai Equus | 12,125 | -14% | 14,109 | 23 |
| 25 | Kia Sorento | 11,963 | -45% | 21,589 | 15 |
| 26 | Hyundai i30 | 11,000 | new | 0 | - |
| 27 | SsangYong Actyon | 10,039 | -8% | 10,886 | 27 |
| 28 | SsangYong Chairman H | 9,689 | -17% | 11,611 | 25 |
| 29 | SsangYong Rexton | 8,244 | -16% | 9,796 | 29 |
| 30 | Hyundai Verna | 7,561 | -41% | 12,868 | 24 |
| 31 | Hyundai Click | 6,101 | -17% | 7,330 | 31 |
| 32 | Hyundai Trajet XG | 4,130 | -48% | 8,010 | 30 |
| 33 | SsangYong Rodius | 2,721 | -7% | 2,930 | 36 |
| 34 | Hyundai Tuscani | 2,537 | 35% | 1,875 | 37 |
| 35 | Daewoo Rezzo | 2,335 | -47% | 4,375 | 32 |
| 36 | Daewoo Gentra | 1,769 | -50% | 3,557 | 34 |
| 37 | Daewoo Gentra-X | 1,192 | new | 0 | - |
| 38 | Hyundai Terracan | 943 | -73% | 3,442 | 35 |
| 39 | Daewoo Kalos | 342 | -65% | 966 | 39 |
| 40 | Daewoo G2X | 44 | new | 0 | - |
| 41 | Hyundai Lavita | 33 | -91% | 387 | 41 |
| 42 | Hyundai Genesis | 26 | new | 0 | - |
| 43 | Daewoo Statesman | 9 | -99% | 830 | 40 |
| 44 | Daewoo Magnus | 5 | -98% | 271 | 42 |
Source: KAMA, many thanks to Pedro for sharing the data!
Note: This ranking doesn’t include imports.
South Korea January 2007:
| Pos | Model | Jan-07 | % |
| 1 | Hyundai Avante HD | 8,825 | 8.2% |
| 2 | Hyundai Sonata NF | 8,727 | 8.1% |
| 3 | Hyundai Grandeur TG | 6,626 | 6.2% |
| 4 | Samsung SM5 | 5,778 | 5.4% |
| 5 | Daewoo Matiz | 3,347 | 3.1% |
| 6 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 3,129 | 2.9% |
| 7 | Kia Carens | 2,779 | 2.6% |
| 8 | Kia Opirus | 2,623 | 2.4% |
| 9 | Daewoo Winstorm | 2,597 | 2.4% |
| 10 | Kia Sportage | 2,593 | 2.4% |
