South Korea February 2011: new Kia Morning off to flying start

The new generation Kia Morning (aka Picanto), launched in South Korea in late January, puts an end to 6 consecutive months of Hyundai Avante domination with 12,294 sales and 11.2% of the market. It is followed closely by the Hyundai Grandeur at an amazing 11,755 sales (11%), up 4 spots from last month.

Behind the Hyundai Porter at a solid 7.1%, the Hyundai Sonata stays relatively weak at 7%, the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) drops to 5th with 6.9% and the Kia K5 (aka Optima) has stabilised just under 6% market share at 5.8%.

Full Top 30 Ranking Table below.