South Korea January 2014: Hyundai Grandeur back to #1

Hyundai Grandeur

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Sales of new local models are up 2% year-on-year in January in South Korea to 106,338 registrations. The Hyundai Grandeur is up 3 spots on December to start the year in pole position, a ranking it has now held 4 times in the last 13 months, with 8,134 sales and a very strong 7.6% share. Leader in November and December, the Hyundai Porter is down to #2 at a very impressive 7,541 units and 7.1%, while the Hyundai Santa Fe is up 6 ranks on last month to climb onto the third step of the podium with 7,160 sales and 6.7%. The Top 2 models in 2013 are both down 2 ranks on December to land outside the podium this month: the Kia Morning is down to #4 and the Hyundai Avante down to #5. Notice also the Daewoo Damas up a huge 16 spots to #12, the Kia Ray up 6 to #15 and the Hyundai Maxcruz up 10 to #28.

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Full January 2014 Top 52 All-local models Ranking Table below.