Korea Vehicle Sales : 2000-09

A record 57,000 were sold in Korea in 2005

Things continued to change in the Korean market. GM acquired Daewoo Motors, the Daewoo commercial division was taken by Tata, Renault likewise Samsung and SAIC took over SsangYong. Other than that it was business as usual.

Hyundai retained just under 50% market share for the decade. Its sibling brand Kia was consistently in the high 20's. 'Others' - being mainly SsangYong and Samsung - did increase their share but were a bit wobbly. Daewoo was the loser, dropping from 17% to a paltry 8%. 96% for local vehicles was huge and Daewoo's share of that was now very small. Imports rose from virtually non-existent to just noticeable.

Yr	Hyundai	%	Kia	%	Other	%	Daewoo	%	Imports	%	Total
00	646,700	45	408,300	28	133,300	9	242,100	17	2,800	0	1,433,200
01	706,700	49	391,800	27	182,200	13	170,700	12	5,400	0	1,456,800
02	766,800	47	429,100	26	266,400	16	160,000	10	11,400	1	1,633,700
03	630,500	49	313,300	24	246,700	19	127,800	10	14,600	1	1,332,900
04	550,300	49	251,600	23	187,200	17	104,500	9	18,400	2	1,112,000
05	570,800	49	266,500	23	197,700	17	107,600	9	25,100	2	1,167,700
06	581,100	48	270,600	23	184,200	15	128,300	11	34,400	3	1,198,600
07	625,300	49	272,300	22	191,200	15	130,500	10	45,800	4	1,265,100
08	571,000	47	316,400	26	150,600	12	116,500	10	53,300	4	1,207,800
09	702,700	49	412,800	29	163,700	11	114,800	8	51,300	4	1,445,300

For the other two in the series, please click on the dates: 1990-99, 2010-17.