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 K5/Optima * See the Top 50 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * The South Korean models ranking's podium is unchanged this month vs. August with the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) in the lead with a robust 9.2% share and 11,408 sales, followed by…
Samsung SM7 * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post! * No surprise in pole position: the Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) is ahead again and even improves its market share on July at 9% thanks to 10,283 sales. The Kia Morning (aka…
Kia Morning * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on 'Read more' at end of post * In July the Hyundai Avante leads the South Korean models ranking for the 9th time in the last 12 months with 11,051 sales and 8.7% share, stable on June. The Avante…
Samsung QM5 After two months of Hyundai Grandeur domination, the smaller Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) reclaims the South Korean leadership in June with 11,117 sales and 8.7% share, which means it was #1 in the country during 8 of the last 12 months. It is also #1 in 2011 year-to-date…
Hyundai Grandeur The Hyundai Grandeur confirms its recently acquired domination of the South Korean car market and ranks #1 in May with 10,526 sales and 8.8% share. The Hyundai Avante is not far though at #2 with 10,402 units and 8.7%, up from 8.1% in April. The new Kia Morning…
Hyundai Grandeur * Thanks to Rutger (DC) at AutoWeek NL for the data! * The Hyundai Grandeur, above the Sonata in the Hyundai range, takes the lead of the South Korean market for the first time in April with 11,265 sales and 8.9% share. The Hyundai Avante drops one spot…
Chevrolet Orlando * Thanks to Rutger (DC) at AutoWeek NL for the data! * The Hyundai Avante is back into pole position in March, a place it has held 7 out of the last 8 months, this time with 12,173 sales and 9.1% share. The Kia Morning new generation falls…
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…
Hyundai Grandeur The Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) keeps the lead in South Korea for the 6th consecutive month with a comfortable margin at 11.2% share. The Hyundai Sonata drops to 4th at 6.7%, perhaps impacted by the arrival of the new generation Hyundai Grandeur, up 15 spots in 6th with…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year disturbed by the generation change, the Hyundai Sonata is back in the lead over the Full Year 2010 in South Korea through its YF new generation with 135,735 sales, up…
Hyundai Avante In November, the Hyundai Avante (Elantra) holds the pole position in South Korea for the 4th month in a row, even though it's slowing down slightly at 12.5% market share. The Sonata resists in 2nd at 10.4% ahead of the Kia Morning (Picanto) at 6.6%, whereas the Kia K5…
Kia Sportage In October, Hyundai gets back to its dominating position with a 1-2-3: the Avante (Elantra) is still riding on the novelty effect wave with close to 20,000 registrations and 15% of the market, the Sonata loses 2 percentage points but stays #2 and the Porter is #3 at…
Hyundai Avante Lots of important model launches this year in South Korea mean changing rankings and a very interesting market indeed. The best-sellers in the country are not always the models that everyone is familiar with in the rest of the world. The new Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) confirms the…
The new Hyundai Sonata launched in South Korea in September 2009. * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * In 2009, the launch of the new generation Sonata messed up the rankings: the Hyundai Avante takes the lead over the Full…