Kia Morning * See the Top 50 All-local models ranking by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models in South Korea are down 2% year-on-year in March to 118,217 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 321,420 units, also down 2% on 2012. For only the third time in the…
SsangYong Korando Turismo * See the Top 50 All-local models and Top 5 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of local models are down 12% year-on-year in South Korea in February to 98,826 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 203,203 units, down 2% on 2012. The Hyundai Grandeur…
Kia Picanto * See the Top 12 models and Top 30 brands by clicking on the title! Thanks Austin * After taking off by 45% in 2011, new vehicle sales in Paraguay are down 2% year-on-year in 2012 to 28,887 registrations. The Toyota Hilux remains the most popular vehicle in the…
2013 Hyundai Grandeur * See the Top 50 All-local models and Top 5 All-brands by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local models are up a healthy 8% year-on-year in January in South Korea to 104,377 registrations. It only took a slight facelift (hint: its grill now has…
The DongFeng S30 is #1 in Venezuela this month... * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Now that most December data is in, it's time for our much anticipated World Roundup. Last month, all spotlights were on Brazil where Hyundai broke into the monthly models Top…
Hyundai Avante * See the Top 40 best-selling movies by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local models reach 1,402,065 units in South Korea in 2012, down 6% on 2011. The Hyundai Avante (aka Elantra) is the most popular model in the country for the 2nd year running…
Hyundai Santa Fe * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * * See the Full Year 2012 post here * In December 135,669 new local models were sold in South Korea, up 5% year-on-year and bringing the Full Year 2012 total to 1,402,065 units, down…
Hyundai HB20 * See the full article by clicking on the title! * Now that most November data is in, it’s time for our much anticipated World roundup. If last month the focus was on China, Japan and Austria, in November all spotlights are on Brazil. Following the same trajectory…
Kia K7 * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * The South Korea new car market (excluding imports) is up a very healthy 12% year-on-year in November to 129,364 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,266,396, down 7% on 2011. The Hyundai Avante (aka…
1959 Pontiac Catalina * See the Full Article by clicking on the title! (and enjoy) * Over the last 2 years I have been writing this blog and the last 25 years I have been fascinated by car sales around the globe, there has been a few things I haven't got…
Kia K3 * See the Top 40 best-selling models by clicking on the title! * The South Korean new car market (excluding imports) is up 3% to 124,106 registrations in October, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,137,032 units, down 8% on 2011. For the 4th time this year after January, May and September,…
Ford Focus * Click on the title to see the full article! * With most September data now in, it’s time for our much anticipated monthly rendezvous: the World roundup, now in its 7th instalment. Last month the Subaru XV made the headlines by toppling the VW Golf in Switzerland. In…
Kia K3 * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! * Sales of new local cars are down 7% year-on-year in South Korea to 115,811 registrations, bringing the year-to-date total to 1,012,926 units, down 9% on 2011. For the third time this year after January…
Kia Morning * See the Top 40 best-selling local models by clicking on the title! Many thanks to DC * For only the second time in potentially the last 5 years after February 2011, the Kia Morning (aka Picanto) leads the South Korean models ranking with 7,465 sales and 8.7%…
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…