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South Korea April 2012: Hyundai Accent at best-ever #12

May 5th, 2012 Leave a comment Go to comments

Hyundai Accent

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The South Korean new car market is down 7% year-on-year in April to 119,692 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 446,169 units, down 12% on 2011. The Hyundai Avante keeps the pole position both this month with 9,797 sales and 8.3% share and year-to-date at 36,567 units and 8.2%. It is followed by the Hyundai Sonata at 9,124 units and 7.4%, also #2 year-to-date. The Kia Morning rounds up the podium with 8,598 sales and 7.3% while the Kia K5 is up 2 spots on March to #4 at 6.9% share.

Good month for the Hyundai Grand Starex up to #8, the ‘launch honey moon period’ with consumers is over for the Kia Ray down to #10: it will be interesting to see where it stabilises. It is #8 year-to-date for now with 4.5% share. The Hyundai Accent gains one spot to #12, the highest South Korean position for the nameplate’s current generation.

Previous month: South Korea March 2012: Hyundai Avante and Accent shine

One year ago: South Korea April 2011: Hyundai Grandeur #1, Veloster arrives

Full April 2012 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

South Korea April 2012 (local models only):

Pos Model Apr % Mar 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Hyundai Avante 9,797 8.3% 1 36,567 8.2% 1 1
2 Hyundai Sonata 9,124 7.7% 2 32,852 7.4% 2 4
3 Kia Morning 8,598 7.3% 3 30,136 6.8% 4 2
4 Kia K5 8,088 6.9% 6 28,466 6.4% 6 6
5 Hyundai Grandeur 7,825 6.6% 5 32,165 7.2% 3 3
6 Hyundai Porter 7,618 6.5% 4 29,093 6.5% 5 5
7 Chevrolet Spark 6,261 5.3% 7 20,458 4.6% 7 7
8 Hyundai Grand Starex 4,516 3.8% 10 15,604 3.5% 10 8
9 Kia Bongo 4,163 3.5% 9 16,102 3.6% 9 9
10 Kia Ray 4,086 3.5% 8 19,893 4.5% 8 38
11 Kia Sportage R 3,733 3.2% 11 15,089 3.4% 11 10
12 Hyundai Accent 3,410 2.9% 13 10,373 2.3% 14 19
13 Hyundai Tucson ix 2,779 2.4% 12 11,988 2.7% 12 12
14 Kia Carnival R 2,724 2.3% 14 9,681 2.2% 15 16
15 Samsung SM5 2,676 2.3% 15 11,628 2.6% 13 11
16 Kia Sorento R 2,151 1.8% 17 9,623 2.2% 16 13
17 SsangYong Korando Sports 2,103 1.8% 16 7,731 1.7% 17  -
18 Chevrolet Cruze 1,856 1.6% 18 6,397 1.4% 20 17
19 Kia Forte 1,762 1.5% 20 6,605 1.5% 18 15
20 Hyundai Santa Fe 1,695 1.4% 24 6,397 1.4% 21 18
21 Hyundai Genesis 1,611 1.4% 22 6,278 1.4% 22 21
22 Samsung SM3 1,586 1.3% 25 5,947 1.3% 24 14
23 Kia Pride 1,522 1.3% 19 6,472 1.5% 19 25
24 Chevrolet Orlando 1,506 1.3% 21 5,285 1.2% 25 22
25 Hyundai i30 1,497 1.3% 23 6,048 1.4% 23 39
26 Kia K7 1,281 1.1% 26 5,186 1.2% 26 20
27 SsangYong Korando C 1,197 1.0% 27 3,991 0.9% 27 29
28 Chevrolet Malibu 1,089 0.9% 28 3,916 0.9% 30 40
29 Hyundai Equus 991 0.8% 30 3,928 0.9% 29 26
30 Hyundai i40 756 0.6% 29 3,960 0.9% 28 n/a
31 Kia Soul 677 0.6% 32 3,073 0.7% 31 24
32 Daewoo Alpheon 643 0.5% 34 2,660 0.6% 33 30
33 Kia Mohave 637 0.5% 35 2,405 0.5% 35 32
34 Daewoo Damas 587 0.5% 37 2,143 0.5% 36 34
35 Chevrolet Aveo 553 0.5% 41 1,412 0.3% 41 37
36 Samsung SM7 489 0.4% 38 2,576 0.6% 34 23
37 Chevrolet Captiva 481 0.4% 33 1,983 0.4% 37 n/a
38 Hyundai Veloster 429 0.4% 40 1,494 0.3% 40 27
39 Hyundai Veracruz 383 0.3% 31 2,708 0.6% 32 35
40 Samsung QM5 371 0.3% 39 1,824 0.4% 39 33

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

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