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South Korea July 2012: Hyundai Avante leads, Santa Fe #4

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Hyundai Santa Fe

* See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to DC *

South Korean consumers bought 121,426 new local cars this month, down 5% on July 2011 and bringing the year-to-date total to 811,572 units, down 8% on 2011. For only the third time this year after March and April, the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) leads the models ranking with 10,177 sales and 8.4% share and cements its 2012 year-to-date domination at 65,324 units and 8%. Both the Kia Morning at #2 and 8,379 sales and the Hyundai Sonata at #3 and 8,318 are up one spot on June.

Samsung QM5

Leader last month, the Hyundai Santa Fe is down to #4 in July, delivering a still very solid 7,989 sales for a 6.6% market share. It is now #8 year-to-date at 4% vs. #18 in 2011. The Hyundai Porter at #5 and Grandeur at #6 make it 5 Hyundais in the Top 6. Further down, notice the Kia Sorento R up 2 spots to #11 thanks to its facelift, the Samsung SM3 back up 8 to #20, the SsangYong Korando C up 4 to #23, the SsangYong Rexton W up 3 to #30 and the Samsung QM5 back in the Top 40 at #40.

Previous month: South Korea June 2012: Hyundai Santa Fe in pole position!

One year ago: South Korea July 2011: Kia Picanto #2, new Samsung SM7 up

Full July 2012 Top 40 Ranking Table below.

South Korea July 2012:

Pos Model July % Jun 2012 % Pos 2011
1 Hyundai Avante 10,177 8.4% 2 65,324 8.0% 1 1
2 Kia Morning 8,379 6.9% 3 55,603 6.9% 3 2
3 Hyundai Sonata 8,318 6.9% 4 57,911 7.1% 2 4
4 Hyundai Santa Fe 7,989 6.6% 1 32,618 4.0% 8 18
5 Hyundai Porter 7,136 5.9% 5 50,561 6.2% 5 5
6 Hyundai Grandeur 6,788 5.6% 7 53,480 6.6% 4 3
7 Kia K5 6,699 5.5% 6 49,851 6.1% 6 6
8 Chevrolet Spark 5,272 4.3% 8 38,191 4.7% 7 7
9 Hyundai Grand Starex 5,057 4.2% 10 29,535 3.6% 10 8
10 Kia Bongo 4,086 3.4% 9 29,233 3.6% 11 9
11 Kia Sorento R 3,744 3.1% 13 18,890 2.3% 14 13
12 Kia Sportage R 3,688 3.0% 11 25,947 3.2% 12 10
13 Hyundai Tucson ix 3,518 2.9% 15 20,824 2.6% 13 12
14 Kia Ray 3,289 2.7% 12 30,346 3.7% 9 38
15 Hyundai Accent 3,200 2.6% 16 18,743 2.3% 15 19
16 Kia Carnival R 2,963 2.4% 14 17,995 2.2% 17 16
17 Samsung SM5 2,563 2.1% 18 18,724 2.3% 16 11
18 Chevrolet Cruze 1,968 1.6% 19 12,039 1.5% 20 17
19 Kia Forte 1,907 1.6% 17 12,566 1.5% 19 15
20 Samsung SM3 1,653 1.4% 28 10,281 1.3% 23 14
21 Hyundai Genesis 1,620 1.3% 20 10,977 1.4% 21 21
22 SsangYong Korando Sports 1,556 1.3% 22 13,123 1.6% 18  -
23 SsangYong Korando C 1,461 1.2% 27 8,045 1.0% 27 29
24 Kia K9 1,400 1.2% 21 4,603 0.6% 32  -
25 Kia Pride 1,328 1.1% 25 10,644 1.3% 22 25
26 Chevrolet Orlando 1,323 1.1% 24 9,544 1.2% 25 22
27 Hyundai i30 1,268 1.0% 26 9,853 1.2% 24 39
28 Chevrolet Malibu 1,121 0.9% 29 7,237 0.9% 28 40
29 Kia K7 1,075 0.9% 23 9,241 1.1% 26 20
30 SsangYong Rexton W 701 0.6% 33 2,129 0.3% n/a n/a
31 Hyundai Equus 700 0.6% 31 6,449 0.8% 29 26
32 Kia Mohave 681 0.6% 32 4,402 0.5% 34 32
33 Daewoo Damas 633 0.5% 30 4,496 0.6% 33 34
34 Daewoo Alpheon 535 0.4% 34 4,398 0.5% 35 30
35 Kia Soul 518 0.4% 37 4,729 0.6% 31 24
36 Chevrolet Aveo 480 0.4% 36 3,119 0.4% 39 37
37 Hyundai Veracruz 473 0.4% 40 4,078 0.5% 36 35
38 Hyundai Veloster 471 0.4% 35 3,177 0.4% 38 27
39 Hyundai i40 469 0.4% 38 5,453 0.7% 30 n/a
40 Samsung QM5 451 0.4% 42 2,953 0.4% 41 n/a

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

Note: This ranking does not include imports.

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