South Korea December 2010: Avante #1 again, Matiz Creative #5
The Hyundai Avante (Elantra) has now been at the top of the South Korean sales for 5 months in a row, with 12.7% in December. The Hyundai Sonata, #2 this month, should however still be the best selling car in the country over the full year 2010.
The Daewoo Matiz Creative (aka Chevrolet Spark) delivers an excellent 5.3% share and is up to 5th, ahead of a Kia K5 slipping down further, now under the 5% mark at 4.7%. The Kia Soul is at its best this year in 16th at 2.2% and the new Hyundai Accent is #22 and nearly doubles its market share for its 2nd month of sales at 1.5%.
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| Pos | Model | Dec | pdm | Nov | L6M | pdm | Pos |
| 1 | Hyundai Avante | 17,297 | 12.7% | 1 | 91,586 | 12.2% | 1 |
| 2 | Hyundai Sonata | 11,763 | 8.6% | 2 | 73,218 | 9.8% | 2 |
| 3 | Kia Morning | 8,730 | 6.4% | 3 | 48,391 | 6.4% | 4 |
| 4 | Hyundai Porter | 8,232 | 6.0% | 4 | 49,107 | 6.5% | 3 |
| 5 | Daewoo Matiz Creative | 7,329 | 5.4% | 6 | 33,579 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 6 | Kia K5 | 6,373 | 4.7% | 5 | 47,651 | 6.3% | 5 |
| 7 | Samsung SM5 | 6,039 | 4.4% | 7 | 36,121 | 4.8% | 6 |
| 8 | Samsung SM3 | 5,282 | 3.9% | 9 | 24,914 | 3.3% | 10 |
| 9 | Kia Sportage R | 5,159 | 3.8% | 10 | 26,268 | 3.5% | 8 |
| 10 | Kia Sorento R | 4,666 | 3.4% | 12 | 21,347 | 2.8% | 13 |
| 11 | Kia Bongo | 4,610 | 3.4% | 8 | 24,263 | 3.2% | 11 |
| 12 | Hyundai Grand Starex | 4,402 | 3.2% | 11 | 25,103 | 3.3% | 9 |
| 13 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 3,928 | 2.9% | 13 | 18,739 | 2.5% | 15 |
| 14 | Kia Forte | 3,526 | 2.6% | 14 | 21,960 | 2.9% | 12 |
| 15 | Daewoo Lacetti Premiere | 3,264 | 2.4% | 16 | 14,847 | 2.0% | 17 |
| 16 | Kia Soul | 2,962 | 2.2% | 21 | 11,383 | 1.5% | 20 |
| 17 | Kia K7 | 2,859 | 2.1% | 18 | 18,181 | 2.4% | 16 |
| 18 | Hyundai Tucson ix | 2,814 | 2.1% | 15 | 19,581 | 2.6% | 14 |
| 19 | Kia Carnival | 2,630 | 1.9% | 19 | 13,539 | 1.8% | 18 |
| 20 | Hyundai Genesis | 2,208 | 1.6% | 22 | 10,641 | 1.4% | 21 |
| 21 | Hyundai Grandeur | 2,013 | 1.5% | 17 | 12,798 | 1.7% | 19 |
| 22 | Hyundai Accent | 1,983 | 1.5% | 26 | 4,313 | 0.6% | 29 |
| 23 | Daewoo Alpheon | 1,695 | 1.2% | 20 | 5,886 | 0.8% | 26 |
| 24 | Kia Pride | 1,480 | 1.1% | 23 | 7,628 | 1.0% | 22 |
| 25 | SsangYong Actyon Sports | 1,399 | 1.0% | 25 | 7,111 | 0.9% | 23 |
| 26 | Hyundai Equus | 1,171 | 0.9% | 27 | 6,661 | 0.9% | 24 |
| 27 | Samsung SM7 | 1,094 | 0.8% | 24 | 6,167 | 0.8% | 25 |
| 28 | SsangYong Rexton | 1,055 | 0.8% | 28 | 4,175 | 0.6% | 30 |
| 29 | Hyundai Veracruz | 994 | 0.7% | 29 | 4,818 | 0.6% | 27 |
| 30 | Kia Opirus | 779 | 0.6% | 30 | 4,320 | 0.6% | 28 |
Source: www.autoweek.nl, www.bobaedream.co.kr
Categories: South Korea
