Korea Car Sales By Brand : 2010-14

The top selling model in Korea for 2014, the Hyundai Sonata

In Korea, the top brands (yellow in the chart below) are the main selling brands. Imports have slowly been growing but still are small in comparison, thanks to tariff protection. The data below excludes commercial vehicles which would favour the local car makers if included.

Locally made cars have been relatively static, despite a reasonable increase in total sales. I don't have a breakdown of import sales by model so can only assess the totals seen below. Clearly some brands have done better than others for whatever reason.

10	11	12	13	14	Make	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
1	1	1	1	1	Hyundai	482,261	498,510	505,714	479,435	510,978
2	2	2	2	2	Kia	434,881	436,672	430,757	403,015	406,822
4	3	3	3	3	GM Korea	112,466	127,697	131,794	127,338	147,104
3	4	4	5	4	Samsung	155,697	109,221	59,926	60,027	80,003
5	5	5	4	5	Ssangyong	32,459	38,651	47,700	63,970	69,036
6	6	6	6	6	BMW	16,798	23,293	28,152	33,066	40,174
7	7	7	8	7	Mercedes	16,115	19,534	20,389	24,780	35,213
8	8	8	7	8	VW	10,154	12,436	18,395	25,649	30,719
9	9	9	9	9	Audi	7,920	10,345	15,126	20,044	27,647
12	13	12	11	10	Ford	4,018	4,184	5,126	7,214	8,718
10	10	10	10	11	Toyota	6,629	5,020	10,795	7,438	6,840
17	11	11	12	12	MINI	2,220	4,282	5,927	6,301	6,572
13	12	13	13	13	Lexus	3,857	4,111	4,976	5,425	6,464
16	15	14	15	16	Chrysler	2,638	3,316	4,123	4,143	5,244
20	20	18	16	15	Land Rover	944	1,383	1,916	3,103	4,675
14	18	17	17	16	Nissan	3,524	3,802	2,398	3,061	4,411
11	14	15	14	17	Honda	5,812	3,153	3,944	4,856	3,601
18	16	16	18	18	Peugeot	1,909	2,636	2,407	2,776	3,118
19	19	19	20	19	Volvo	1,638	1,480	1,768	1,960	2,976
15	17	22	22	20	Infiniti	3,118	2,152	1,103	1,116	2,777
23	21	20	19	21	Porsche	705	1,301	1,516	2,041	2,568
22	22	21	21	22	Jaguar	726	1,016	1,197	1,901	1,989
-	-	-	23	23	Fiat	-	-	-	507	1,163
-	29	25	24	24	Citroën	-	6	255	476	620
21	23	24	25	25	Cadillac	794	752	475	300	503
26	26	26	26	26	Bentley	86	102	135	164	322
27	27	28	28	27	Rolls Royce	18	27	27	30	45
					Total	1,308,326	1,315,788	1,306,749	1,290,282	1,410,302

Data source: Kaida and Kama.

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