South Korea March 2011: Avante #1, Orlando & Korando arrive

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 back to #2 at 8.6%, just above the Hyundai Grandeur, still very strong at 8.3% share and keeping the Hyundai Sonata at bay (#4 at 7.1%).

This month Chevrolet started in South Korea, all Daewoo models will henceforth be sold under the Chevrolet brand. The Daewoo Matiz Creative becomes the Chevrolet Spark and grabs 3.6% and the Daewoo Lacetti Premiere becomes the Chevrolet Cruze and holds 2.3%.

First month of sales for the Ssang Yong Korando C, #21 at 2,073 sales, and the Chevrolet Orlando, #23 at 1,526 sales.

Full Top 30 Ranking Table: click on ‘Read more’ below the Korando pic.

Ssang Yong Korando C

South Korea March 2011:

Pos	Model	Mar	%	Feb	2011	%	Pos
1	Hyundai Avante	12,173	9.1%	5	33,087	9.2%	1
2	Kia Morning	11,502	8.6%	1	32,011	8.9%	2
3	Hyundai Grandeur	11,089	8.3%	2	29,476	8.2%	3
4	Hyundai Sonata	9,523	7.1%	4	25,061	6.9%	5
5	Hyundai Porter	9,192	6.9%	3	25,179	7.0%	4
6	Kia K5	7,627	5.7%	6	20,646	5.7%	6
7	Kia Bongo	5,351	4.0%	9	13,150	3.6%	9
8	Chevrolet Spark/Daewoo Matiz Creative	4,852	3.6%	10	13,334	3.7%	8
9	Kia Sportage R	4,621	3.5%	11	12,873	3.6%	10
10	Hyundai Grand Starex	4,474	3.4%	8	12,520	3.5%	11
11	Samsung SM5	4,006	3.0%	7	14,044	3.9%	7
12	Kia Forte	3,458	2.6%	15	9,429	2.6%	15
13	Kia Sorento R	3,436	2.6%	13	10,358	2.9%	14
14	Hyundai Tucson ix	3,396	2.5%	12	10,376	2.9%	13
15	Kia K7	3,116	2.3%	19	6,863	1.9%	18
16	Chevrolet Cruze/Daewoo Lacetti Premiere	3,093	2.3%	18	7,269	2.0%	17
17	Samsung SM3	2,995	2.2%	14	10,769	3.0%	12
18	Hyundai Genesis	2,975	2.2%	26	5,298	1.5%	20
19	Kia Carnival	2,683	2.0%	16	7,592	2.1%	16
20	Hyundai Santa Fe	2,385	1.8%	17	6,139	1.7%	19
21	SsangYong Korando C	2,073	1.6%	–	2,073	0.6%	29
22	Hyundai Equus	1,558	1.2%	33	3,058	0.8%	24
23	Chevrolet Orlando	1,526	1.1%	–	1,526	0.4%	36
24	Kia Soul	1,398	1.0%	20	4,463	1.2%	21
25	Daewoo Alpheon	1,304	1.0%	22	3,735	1.0%	23
26	Kia Pride	1,093	0.8%	25	2,820	0.8%	26
27	SsangYong Actyon Sports	1,023	0.8%	24	2,943	0.8%	25
28	Hyundai Accent	969	0.7%	21	4,350	1.2%	22
29	SsangYong Rexton	874	0.7%	23	2,732	0.8%	27
30	Daewoo Damas	725	0.5%	28	1,976	0.5%	30

Note: import models are excluded from the total sales amount and from the ranking.

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