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South Korea Full Year 2010: Hyundai Sonata and Avante shine

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Hyundai Sonata

* See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro *

After one year disturbed by the generation change, the Hyundai Sonata is back in the lead over the Full Year 2010 in South Korea through its YF new generation with 135,735 sales, up 122% year-on-year, but 2011 may be different again as this was a rather eventful year for the models ranking in South Korea.

Hyundai Avante

The new generation Hyundai Avante MD (aka Elantra) topped the ranking for 5 months in a row from its launch in August onwards, reaching 12.7% in December. It lands directly #3 in the Full Year 2010 ranking with 76,977 sales, below the Kia Morning at 101,570 units (-1%). The previous generation Avante HD is down 46% to #5 and 62,839 sales, making the Avante sales add up to 139,816 vs. 152,053 for the Sonata nameplate.

Daewoo Matiz Creative

There are 3 more newcomers in the Top 10: the new gen Samsung SM5 at #4, the Kia K5 at #6 and the new gen Samsung SM3 at #8. The Daewoo Matiz Creative is up 170% to #7, the Hyundai Tucson ix up 78% to #9, the Kia Sportage R up 61% to #10 and the Kia K7 up 654% to #12.

Kia Soul

In December, the Daewoo Matiz Creative (aka Chevrolet Spark) delivers an excellent 5.3% share and is up to 5th, 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%.

Previous month: South Korea November 2010: Hyundai Avante #1, new Accent at #26

Previous year: South Korea 2009: Hyundai Avante #1, new Sonata sells 60,000 in 4 months

Full Year Top 50 and December 2010 Top 30 Ranking Tables below.

South Korea Full Year 2010:

Pos Model 2010 /09 2009 Pos
1 Hyundai YF Sonata 135,735 122% 61,255 5
2 Kia Morning 101,570 -1% 102,082 2
3 Hyundai Avante MD 76,977 new 0  -
4 Samsung new SM5 66,878 new 0  -
5 Hyundai Avante HD 62,839 -46% 115,378 1
6 Kia K5 61,876 new 0  -
7 Daewoo Matiz Creative 56,184 170% 20,843 18
8 Samsung new SM3 52,995 new 0  -
9 Hyundai Tucson ix 46,454 78% 26,108 15
10 Kia Sportage R 44,770 61% 27,874 14
11 Kia Forte 43,486 -15% 51,374 8
12 Kia K7 42,544 654% 5,640 37
13 Kia Sorento R 42,480 8% 39,173 12
14 Hyundai Santa Fe 37,759 -35% 58,324 7
15 Daewoo Lacetti Premiere 33,237 -24% 43,962 11
16 Hyundai Grandeur TG 32,893 -57% 75,844 4
17 Kia Carnival 25,144 18% 21,377 16
18 Hyundai Genesis 23,892 -23% 31,212 13
19 Kia Soul 22,200 5% 21,239 17
20 Kia Lotze 17,615 -64% 49,054 9
21 Hyundai NF Sonata 16,288 -81% 85,071 3
22 Hyundai Equus 14,999 -8% 16,274 23
23 Kia Pride 14,339 -23% 18,532 20
24 SsangYong Actyon SUT 14,054 new 0  -
25 Samsung SM7 13,336 -27% 18,234 22
26 Samsung SM5 10,504 -83% 61,010 6
27 Hyundai Veracruz 9,650 -19% 11,926 26
28 Kia Opirus 8,216 -37% 13,048 24
29 Hyundai i30 7,699 -61% 19,681 19
30 Samsung SM3 6,503 -86% 45,906 10
31 Hyundai Verna 5,937 -40% 9,815 29
32 Daewoo Alpheon 5,886 new 0  -
33 SsangYong Rexton 5,835 121% 2,637 42
34 Kia Mohave 5,651 -12% 6,420 34
35 Samsung QM5 5,481 -35% 8,480 32
36 Daewoo Tosca 5,253 -50% 10,537 27
37 Daewoo Winstorm 5,227 -48% 10,102 28
38 Kia Carens 4,990 -48% 9,681 30
39 SsangYong Chairman W 4,664 68% 2,778 38
40 Hyundai Click 3,879 -33% 5,788 36
41 SsangYong Chairman H 3,589 34% 2,683 41
42 Hyundai Accent 3,004 new 0  -
43 Daewoo Matiz 2,825 -78% 12,828 25
44 Hyundai Genesis Coupé 2,789 -60% 7,011 33
45 SsangYong Kyron 1,514 -44% 2,695 40
46 Hyundai i30 cw 1,467 -75% 5,940 35
47 Daewoo Winstorm Maxx 1,421 66% 857 45
48 SsangYong Actyon 1,410 -33% 2,116 43
49 SsangYong Rodius 1,393 86% 748 46
50 Daewoo Gentra-X 1,195 -56% 2,722 39
51 Daewoo Veritas 705 n/a n/a n/a
52 Daewoo Gentra 533 30% 411 48

South Korea December 2010:

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, KAMA. Many thanks to Pedro for the Top 50!

Note: These rankings don’t include imports.

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