South Korea January 2011: new Hyundai Grandeur up to 6th

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 6,632 sales and 5.5% of the market.

Notice the Kia K5 back up in 5th with 5.6% share. The Kia Sportage R and Samsung SM3 (aka Renault Fluence) are solid at 4% both at #9 and 10 respectively, and the new Hyundai Accent enters the Top 20 at #19. Full Top 30 Ranking Table below.

South Korea January 2011:

Pos	Model	Jan	pdm	Dec	L6M	pdm	Pos
1	Hyundai Avante	13,530	11.2%	1	97,540	13.0%	1
2	Hyundai Porter	8,406	7.0%	4	48,349	6.4%	3
3	Kia Morning	8,215	6.8%	3	47,848	6.4%	4
4	Hyundai Sonata	8,040	6.7%	2	71,602	9.5%	2
5	Kia K5	6,803	5.6%	6	44,349	5.9%	5
6	Hyundai Grandeur	6,632	5.5%	21	17,316	2.3%	16
7	Samsung SM5	5,671	4.7%	7	34,954	4.7%	6
8	Daewoo Matiz Creative	4,894	4.1%	5	33,427	4.4%	7
9	Kia Sportage R	4,784	4.0%	9	26,807	3.6%	8
10	Samsung SM3	4,763	4.0%	8	25,457	3.4%	10
11	Hyundai Grand Starex	4,284	3.6%	12	24,879	3.3%	11
12	Kia Bongo	4,053	3.4%	11	25,950	3.5%	9
13	Kia Sorento R	3,614	3.0%	10	21,794	2.9%	12
14	Hyundai Tucson ix	3,595	3.0%	18	19,463	2.6%	14
15	Kia Forte	3,156	2.6%	14	21,545	2.9%	13
16	Kia Carnival	2,719	2.3%	19	14,222	1.9%	19
17	Daewoo Lacetti Premiere	2,438	2.0%	15	14,710	2.0%	18
18	Kia K7	2,403	2.0%	17	16,579	2.2%	17
19	Hyundai Accent	2,176	1.8%	22	5,787	0.8%	26
20	Hyundai Santa Fe	2,014	1.7%	13	17,648	2.3%	15
21	Kia Soul	1,727	1.4%	16	11,099	1.5%	20
22	Hyundai Genesis	1,626	1.3%	20	10,041	1.3%	21
23	Daewoo Alpheon	1,314	1.1%	23	7,200	1.0%	23
24	Hyundai Equus	1,028	0.9%	26	6,399	0.9%	25
25	SsangYong Actyon Sports	1,024	0.8%	25	6,864	0.9%	24
26	Kia Pride	1,018	0.8%	24	7,362	1.0%	22
27	Hyundai Veracruz	1,008	0.8%	29	4,862	0.6%	28
28	SsangYong Rexton	922	0.8%	28	4,356	0.6%	29
29	Samsung SM7	775	0.6%	27	5,758	0.8%	27
30	Kia Opirus	756	0.6%	30	4,351	0.6%	30

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

Note: this ranking and market shares don’t take into account imported models.