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South Korea October 2011: Kia K5 back on podium

November 5th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

Kia K5

* See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on ‘Read more’ at end of post! *

The Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) leads the South Korean models ranking for the fifth consecutive month in October and delivers its highest share since January at 10.4% and 12,625 sales. The Kia Morning is #2 for the fourth month in a row at 9,677 units and 8%.

For the first time since September 2010, the Kia K5 (aka Optima) is on the podium with 9,138 sales and 7.6%, ahead of the Hyundai Sonata (7.3%), Porter (7.2%), Grandeur (7.1%) and Grand Starex (4.3%).

Kia Pride

Other good performers this month include the Hyundai Accent up to #14 at 1.9%, the new generation Kia Pride knocking at the Top 20′s door at #21 with 1.3% and the Daewoo Alpheon at #28. Notice the Hyundai i40 at #33 for its first full month of sales at 542 units.

Previous month: South Korea September 2011 Kia K5 back in shape

Full October 2011 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

South Korea October 2011:

Pos Model Oct % Sep 2011 % Pos
1 Hyundai Avante 12,625 10.4% 1 110,162 8.9% 1
2 Kia Morning 9,677 8.0% 2 100,845 8.1% 2
3 Kia K5 9,138 7.6% 4 72,565 5.9% 6
4 Hyundai Sonata 8,791 7.3% 3 85,190 6.9% 4
5 Hyundai Porter 8,697 7.2% 5 82,779 6.7% 5
6 Hyundai Grandeur 8,611 7.1% 6 92,019 7.4% 3
7 Hyundai Grand Starex 5,175 4.3% 9 43,791 3.5% 8
8 Chevrolet Spark 4,912 4.1% 7 54,055 4.4% 7
9 Kia Bongo 4,476 3.7% 10 43,024 3.5% 10
10 Kia Sportage R 4,370 3.6% 11 43,368 3.5% 9
11 Samsung SM5 3,604 3.0% 8 42,016 3.4% 11
12 Hyundai Tucson ix 3,299 2.7% 12 35,739 2.9% 12
13 Kia Sorento R 3,286 2.7% 14 33,833 2.7% 13
14 Hyundai Accent 2,326 1.9% 18 19,698 1.6% 20
15 Kia Carnival R 2,262 1.9% 19 22,198 1.8% 17
16 Samsung SM3 2,254 1.9% 15 29,026 2.3% 15
17 Kia Forte 2,201 1.8% 16 29,706 2.4% 14
18 Chevrolet Cruze 1,816 1.5% 20 23,590 1.9% 16
19 Hyundai Santa Fe 1,724 1.4% 17 21,492 1.7% 18
20 Chevrolet Orlando 1,612 1.3% 21 13,547 1.1% 24
21 Kia Pride 1,551 1.3% 24 11,424 0.9% 26
22 Hyundai Genesis 1,517 1.3% 22 19,472 1.6% 21
23 Kia K7 1,405 1.2% 23 19,761 1.6% 19
24 Samsung SM7 1,296 1.1% 13 15,003 1.2% 22
25 Kia Soul 1,002 0.8% 25 14,645 1.2% 23
26 Hyundai Veloster 918 0.8% 26 9,435 0.8% 27
27 Hyundai Equus 819 0.7% 28 11,701 0.9% 25
28 Daewoo Alpheon 751 0.6% 34 8,649 0.7% 29
29 Daewoo Damas 722 0.6% 32 6,521 0.5% 33
30 Kia Mohave 663 0.5% 29 6,284 0.5% 34
31 SsangYong Korando C 617 0.5% 30 8,497 0.7% 30
32 Samsung QM5 589 0.5% 33 6,591 0.5% 32
33 Hyundai i40 542 0.4% n/a 551 0.0% n/a
34 Kia Opirus 506 0.4% 39 4,526 0.4% 36
35 Hyundai Veracruz 491 0.4% 35 6,162 0.5% 35
36 SsangYong Actyon Sports 473 0.4% 27 9,346 0.8% 28
37 Chevrolet Aveo 473 0.4% 37 3,227 0.3% 37
38 Daewoo Labo 438 0.4% 40 n/a n/a n/a
39 SsangYong Rexton 385 0.3% 31 7,113 0.6% 31
40 Kia Carens 296 0.2% 38 n/a n/a n/a

Source: DC at www.autoweek.nl, www.bobaedream.co.kr

Note: this models ranking doesn’t take into account imported models, with the best-selling foreign car traditionally selling around 1,000 units per month in South Korea.

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  1. MFabio83
    November 5th, 2011 at 04:25 | #1
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    The Kia K5 sell more of Sonata? great!!! i hope that it could be sold in Europe too. it’s too pretty, outside and inside. great cars the new Kia

  2. Rutger (D-C)
    November 5th, 2011 at 03:51 | #2
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    The photo in this post shows the Russian Kia Rio (Kia K2 in China), the Korean Pride/European/North American Rio is a different model (both are available as 5 door hatchback and 4 door sedan) based on the same platform: http://www.kia.co.kr/vehicles/pride/

    • matgasnier
      November 5th, 2011 at 11:03 | #3
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      Thanks for the correction DC! Amended now :-)
      Matt

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