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.
South Korea February 2011:
| Pos | Model | Feb | % | Jan | 2011 | % | Pos | L6M |
| 1 | Kia Morning | 12,294 | 11.5% | 3 | 20,509 | 9.0% | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Hyundai Grandeur | 11,755 | 11.0% | 6 | 18,387 | 8.1% | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Hyundai Porter | 7,581 | 7.1% | 2 | 15,987 | 7.0% | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Hyundai Sonata | 7,498 | 7.0% | 4 | 15,538 | 6.8% | 5 | 2 |
| 5 | Hyundai Avante | 7,384 | 6.9% | 1 | 20,914 | 9.2% | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Kia K5 | 6,216 | 5.8% | 5 | 13,019 | 5.7% | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | Samsung SM5 | 4,367 | 4.1% | 7 | 10,038 | 4.4% | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Hyundai Grand Starex | 3,762 | 3.5% | 11 | 8,046 | 3.5% | 10 | 12 |
| 9 | Kia Bongo | 3,746 | 3.5% | 12 | 7,799 | 3.4% | 11 | 10 |
| 10 | Daewoo Matiz Creative | 3,588 | 3.4% | 8 | 8,482 | 3.7% | 8 | 7 |
| 11 | Kia Sportage R | 3,468 | 3.2% | 9 | 8,252 | 3.6% | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Hyundai Tucson ix | 3,385 | 3.2% | 14 | 6,980 | 3.1% | 13 | 15 |
| 13 | Kia Sorento R | 3,308 | 3.1% | 13 | 6,922 | 3.0% | 14 | 13 |
| 14 | Samsung SM3 | 3,011 | 2.8% | 10 | 7,774 | 3.4% | 12 | 11 |
| 15 | Kia Forte | 2,815 | 2.6% | 15 | 5,971 | 2.6% | 15 | 14 |
| 16 | Kia Carnival | 2,190 | 2.0% | 16 | 4,909 | 2.2% | 16 | 19 |
| 17 | Hyundai Santa Fe | 1,740 | 1.6% | 20 | 3,754 | 1.6% | 18 | 16 |
| 18 | Daewoo Lacetti Premiere | 1,738 | 1.6% | 17 | 4,176 | 1.8% | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | Kia K7 | 1,344 | 1.3% | 18 | 3,747 | 1.6% | 19 | 17 |
| 20 | Kia Soul | 1,338 | 1.3% | 21 | 3,065 | 1.3% | 21 | 20 |
| 21 | Hyundai Accent | 1,205 | 1.1% | 19 | 3,381 | 1.5% | 20 | 25 |
| 22 | Daewoo Alpheon | 1,117 | 1.0% | 23 | 2,431 | 1.1% | 22 | 22 |
| 23 | SsangYong Rexton | 936 | 0.9% | 28 | 1,858 | 0.8% | 25 | 28 |
| 24 | SsangYong Actyon Sports | 896 | 0.8% | 25 | 1,920 | 0.8% | 24 | 24 |
| 25 | Kia Pride | 709 | 0.7% | 26 | 1,727 | 0.8% | 26 | 23 |
| 26 | Hyundai Genesis | 697 | 0.7% | 22 | 2,323 | 1.0% | 23 | 21 |
| 27 | Hyundai Veracruz | 671 | 0.6% | 27 | 1,679 | 0.7% | 27 | 29 |
| 28 | Daewoo Damas | 633 | 0.6% | 32 | 1,251 | 0.5% | 32 | - |
| 29 | Kia Mohave | 603 | 0.6% | 31 | 1,286 | 0.6% | 29 | - |
| 30 | Samsung QM5 | 554 | 0.5% | 33 | 1,145 | 0.5% | 33 | - |
Source: www.autoweek.nl, www.bobaedream.co.kr
Categories: South Korea
