Local brands: Hyundai was even then taking the lead in sales. The source of the Korean brand figures KAMA, labeled one column as GM Daewoo. I assume they were made under licence to GM. They were doing quite well in the local sales race. Kia disappeared in 1982 only reemerge in '87.
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| 1985 Hyundai Stellar. Italian design meets Ford Cortina chassis. |
Import brands: A ban on imported cars was partially lifted in 1987, and sales started in limited numbers. The KAIDA importers association was formed later in 1995 to assist importers, and they provided the import data seen here. Today imports are much stronger as can be seen later in the series.
| 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | Make | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Hyundai | 97,546 | 108,367 | 138,845 | 177,823 | 301,229 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | GM Daewoo | 36,963 | 46,194 | 77,601 | 79,395 | 105,648 |
| - | - | 3 | 3 | 3 | Kia | - | - | 30,268 | 60,792 | 93,072 |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | Ssangyong | 1,650 | 1,902 | 2,734 | 5,551 | 14,535 |
| - | - | - | 9 | 5 | Ford | - | - | - | 17 | 536 |
| - | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | Mercedes | - | - | 10 | 94 | 212 |
| - | - | - | 6 | 7 | BMW | - | - | - | 56 | 171 |
| - | - | - | 8 | 8 | Peugeot | - | - | - | 18 | 88 |
| - | - | - | 7 | 9 | Volvo | - | - | - | 47 | 77 |
| - | - | - | 10 | 10 | Fiat | - | - | - | 11 | 77 |
| - | - | - | 11 | 11 | Audi | - | - | - | 9 | 49 |
| - | - | - | 13 | 12 | Saab | - | - | - | 2 | 32 |
| - | - | - | - | 13 | Honda | - | - | - | - | 28 |
| - | - | - | 14 | 14 | VW | - | - | - | 2 | 17 |
| - | - | - | 12 | 15 | Renault | - | - | - | 7 | 6 |
| Total Import | 0 | 0 | 10 | 263 | 1,293 | |||||
| Total | 136,159 | 156,463 | 249,458 | 323,824 | 515,777 | |||||
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