The Hyundai Sonata ranked #1 at home 16 times between 1994 and 2015. May 2020 update: Now with All-brands and All-models rankings from 1990 to 1997, meaning there are now 30 uninterrupted years of annual All-local models rankings for South Korea (5 new articles). BSCB covers over 30 years worth of Historical Data for South Korea. Over…
Hyundai NF Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of interruption by the Hyundai Santa Fe, the Hyundai Sonata reclaims the pole position in South Korea this year through its new generation NF with 93,045 sales,…
Hyundai Santa Fe * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * After 5 consecutive years in pole position, the transition between two generations of Hyundai Sonata (EF to NF) is fatal for the nameplate: in 2004 the Hyundai Santa Fe is the most popular…
Samsung SM525 * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea again in 2002 but its sales are down 3% on 2001 to 109,293 and it is now threatened by the…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * Third consecutive year of domination for the Hyundai Sonata, up 8% to 113,200 sales thanks to its facelift. The Hyundai Avante XD is up 49% and 4 spots to #2 at…
Daewoo Rezzo (aka Tacuma) * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * The Hyundai Sonata is the most popular model in South Korea for the 2nd year running in 2000 thanks to 105,111 sales, down 7% year-on-year. Excellent performance of the…
Hyundai Sonata * See the Top 50 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Thanks to Pedro * After one year of reign, the Daewoo Matiz is down one spot and 7% to #2 with 82,688 sales in 1999, passed by the Hyundai EF Sonata, up 4 ranks and…
Daewoo Matiz The financial crisis hit the South Korean car market with a vengeance: going from 1,512,935 units in 1997 to 779,905 in 1998, a drop of 48%! Small cars are more popular this year with the Daewoo Matiz, just launched, taking the lead with 88,951 sales and 11.4% share…