Korea - Flash report, Sales volume, 2020

Flash report, December 2020

5 Jan. 2021

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea down 8.1% in December, up 4.8% in 2020
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales. In December, new vehicle sales in South Korea decreased by 8.1% compared to the same month in the previous year to 133,061 units, while 2020 full year vehicle sales in Korea increased 4.8% year-over-year (y/y) to 1,607,035 units. Korean market benefited from strong new model launches and the reduction in the individual consumption tax on cars (reduced by 70% from March to June, 30% from July to December) as one of the government’s measures to ease the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
In 2020, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 787,854 units (49.0% market share), an increase of 6.2% y/y, followed by Kia Motors with a 6.2% increase to 552,400 units (34.4% share).
Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) came in third place with a 10.5% increase to 95,939 units (6.0% share). Ssangyong Motor sales decreased by 18.5% to 87,888 units (5.5% share), and fifth place GM Korea experienced an increase in sales of 8.5%, to 82,954 units (5.2% share).
Overseas sales in 2020, including exports, for five Korean OEMs declined by 19.8% y/y at Hyundai, 8.7% at Kia, 16.2% at GM Korea, 77.7% at RSM and 28.8% at Ssangyong. In total, overseas sales fell by 16.6% to 5,335,851 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in 2020 were declined as well, with Hyundai's global sales down 15.4% y/y to 3,743,514 units, Kia's sales down 5.9% at 2,607,337 units, GM Korea’s sales decreased 11.7% to 368,453 units. RSM sales decreased 34.5% to 116,166 units and Ssangyong saw a sales decline of 20.6% to 107,416 units. The overall global sales total of the five companies were 6,942,886 units, a decrease of 12.4%.
In terms of sales by model in 2020, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 145,463 units sold, followed by Hyundai’s light-duty truck Porter in second place with 95,194 units sold. Hyundai’s compact sedan Avante was third in sales with 87,731 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Dec. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Dec. 2020	Dec. 2019	Y-o-Y	Dec. 2020	Dec. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share *1	Dec.	Share *1
Hyundai	68,486	51.5%	66,335	45.8%	3.2%	305,484	333,118	-8.3%	373,970	399,453	-6.4%
Kia	38,857	29.2%	49,130	33.9%	-20.9%	179,399	177,699	1.0%	218,256	226,829	-3.8%
GM Korea *2	9,259	7.0%	8,820	6.1%	5.0%	37,458	29,998	24.9%	46,717	38,818	20.3%
Ssangyong	8,449	6.3%	10,574	7.3%	-20.1%	2,142	2,349	-8.8%	10,591	12,923	-18.0%
Renault Samsung *3	8,010	6.0%	9,980	6.9%	-19.7%	1,006	6,985	-85.6%	9,016	16,965	-46.9%
Total	133,061	100.0%	144,839	100.0%	-8.1%	525,489	550,149	-4.5%	658,550	694,988	-5.2%

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	2020 Total	2019 Total	Y-o-Y	2020 Total	2019 Total	Y-o-Y
	Total	Share *1	Total	Share *1
Hyundai	787,854	49.0%	741,842	48.4%	6.2%	2,955,660	3,683,686	-19.8%	3,743,514	4,425,528	-15.4%
Kia	552,400	34.4%	520,205	33.9%	6.2%	2,054,937	2,251,871	-8.7%	2,607,337	2,772,076	-5.9%
Renault Samsung *3	95,939	6.0%	86,859	5.7%	10.5%	20,227	90,591	-77.7%	116,166	177,450	-34.5%
Ssangyong	87,888	5.5%	107,789	7.0%	-18.5%	19,528	27,446	-28.8%	107,416	135,235	-20.6%
GM Korea *2	82,954	5.2%	76,471	5.0%	8.5%	285,499	340,755	-16.2%	368,453	417,226	-11.7%
Total	1,607,035	100.0%	1,533,166	100.0%	4.8%	5,335,851	6,394,349	-16.6%	6,942,886	7,927,515	-12.4%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	9,546	30.4%	8,421	28.0%	13.4%	76,879	28.0%	78,133	31.9%	-1.6%
BMW	5,749	18.3%	5,130	17.1%	12.1%	58,393	21.2%	44,191	18.1%	32.1%
Audi	3,109	9.9%	2,302	7.7%	35.1%	25,513	9.3%	11,930	4.9%	113.9%
Volkswagen	2,729	8.7%	2,804	9.3%	-2.7%	17,615	6.4%	8,510	3.5%	107.0%
Volvo	1,352	4.3%	765	2.5%	76.7%	12,798	4.7%	10,570	4.3%	21.1%
Chevrolet	1,039	3.3%	1,487	4.9%	-30.1%	12,455	4.5%	3,270	1.3%	280.9%
MINI	1,093	3.5%	1,274	4.2%	-14.2%	11,245	4.1%	10,222	4.2%	10.0%
Ford/Lincoln	1165	3.7%	1,228	4.1%	-5.1%	10,447	3.8%	8,737	3.6%	19.6%
Lexus	1,339	4.3%	840	2.8%	59.4%	8,911	3.2%	12,241	5.0%	-27.2%
Chrysler/Jeep	959	3.1%	636	2.1%	50.8%	8,753	3.2%	10,251	4.2%	-14.6%
Porsche	697	2.2%	390	1.3%	78.7%	7,779	2.8%	4,204	1.7%	85.0%
Toyota	710	2.3%	1,323	4.4%	-46.3%	6,154	2.2%	10,611	4.3%	-42.0%
Land Rover	616	2.0%	982	3.3%	-37.3%	4,801	1.7%	7,713	3.2%	-37.8%
Honda	265	0.8%	1,045	3.5%	-74.6%	3,056	1.1%	8,760	3.6%	-65.1%
Peugeot	290	0.9%	297	1.0%	-2.4%	2,611	0.9%	3,505	1.4%	-25.5%
Nissan	-	-%	324	1.1%	-%	1,865	0.7%	3,049	1.2%	-38.8%
Cadillac	199	0.6%	172	0.6%	15.7%	1,499	0.5%	1,714	0.7%	-12.5%
Maserati	192	0.6%	147	0.5%	30.6%	932	0.3%	1,260	0.5%	-26.0%
Citroen	119	0.4%	126	0.4%	-5.6%	930	0.3%	962	0.4%	-3.3%
Jaguar	161	0.5%	201	0.7%	-19.9%	875	0.3%	2,484	1.0%	-64.8%
Infiniti	-	-%	138	0.5%	-%	578	0.2%	2,000	0.8%	-71.1%
Lamborghini	22	0.1%	18	0.1%	22.2%	303	0.1%	173	0.1%	75.1%
Bentley	43	0.1%	11	0.0%	290.9%	296	0.1%	129	0.1%	129.5%
Rolls-Royce	25	0.1%	11	0.0%	127.3%	171	0.1%	161	0.1%	6.2%
Total	31,419	100.0%	30,072	100.0%	4.5%	274,859	100.0%	244,780	100.0%	12.3%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, November 2020

2 Dec. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 5.3% in November
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in November. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 5.3% compared to the same month in the previous year to 143,591 units.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 70,035 units (48.8% market share), an increase of 10.9% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 3.9% increase to 50,523 units (35.2% share). Ssangyong Motor came in third place with a 0.3% increase to 9,270 units (6.5% share). Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) sales decreased by 10.8% to 7,207 units (5.0% share), and fifth place GM Korea experienced an deincrease in sales of 10.5%, to 6,556 units (4.6% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, mixed for five Korean OEMs in November: decline by 7.2% y/y at Hyundai, 53.7% at GM Korea and 88.7% at RSM. Sales increased 1.6% at Kia, and 71.0% at Ssangyong. In total, overseas sales fell by 7.6% to 530,449 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in November were mixed as well, with Hyundai's global sales down 4.3% y/y to 376,704 units, Kia's sales at 256,019 units up 2.0%, GM Korea’s sales decreased 45.6% to 21,384 units. Ssangyong sales increased 10.3% to 11,859 units, and RSM saw a sales decline of 48.7% to 8,074 units. The overall global sales total of the five companies were 674,040 units, a decrease of 5.1%.
For the period January through November 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 16.3% y/y to 3,369,055 units, Kia decreased by 6.1% to 2,388,885 units, GM Korea decreased by 15.0% to 321,736 units, RSM decreased 33.2% to 107,151 units, and Ssangyong decreased 19.3% to 96,763 units.
In terms of sales by model in November, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 11,648 units sold, followed by Kia’s minivan Carnival in second place with 9,823 units sold. Hyundai’s light-duty truck Porter was third in sales with 8,062 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Nov. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Nov. 2020	Nov. 2019	Y-o-Y	Nov. 2020	Nov. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share *1	Nov.	Share *1
Hyundai	70,035	48.8%	63,160	46.3%	10.9%	306,669	330,534	-7.2%	376,704	393,694	-4.3%
Kia	50,523	35.2%	48,615	35.6%	3.9%	205,496	202,337	1.6%	256,019	250,952	2.0%
Ssangyong	9,270	6.5%	9,240	6.8%	0.3%	2,589	1,514	71.0%	11,859	10,754	10.3%
Renault Samsung *3	7,207	5.0%	8,076	5.9%	-10.8%	867	7,673	-88.7%	8,074	15,749	-48.7%
GM Korea *2	6,556	4.6%	7,323	5.4%	-10.5%	14,828	31,994	-53.7%	21,384	39,317	-45.6%
Total	143,591	100.0%	136,414	100.0%	5.3%	530,449	574,052	-7.6%	674,040	710,466	-5.1%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	7,186	26.2%	6,779	26.6%	6.0%
BMW	5,551	20.2%	4,678	18.3%	18.7%
Audi	2,906	10.6%	2,655	10.4%	9.5%
Volkswagen	2,677	9.8%	2,024	7.9%	32.3%
Volvo	1,267	4.6%	891	3.5%	42.2%
Chevrolet	1,067	3.9%	1,783	7.0%	-40.2%
Ford/Lincoln	1,065	3.9%	817	3.2%	30.4%
Chrysler/Jeep	975	3.6%	1,160	4.5%	-15.9%
Lexus	951	3.5%	519	2.0%	83.2%
MINI	940	3.4%	658	2.6%	42.9%
Toyota	623	2.3%	780	3.1%	-20.1%
Land Rover	550	2.0%	508	2.0%	8.3%
Porsche	522	1.9%	323	1.3%	61.6%
Honda	413	1.5%	453	1.8%	-8.8%
Peugeot	276	1.0%	250	1.0%	10.4%
Cadillac	160	0.6%	114	0.4%	40.4%
Jaguar	138	0.5%	224	0.9%	-38.4%
Maserati	76	0.3%	115	0.5%	-33.9%
Citroen	27	0.1%	98	0.4%	-72.4%
Lamborghini	26	0.1%	25	0.1%	4.0%
Bentley	25	0.1%	45	0.2%	-44.4%
Rolls-Royce	15	0.1%	10	0.0%	50.0%
Infiniti	-	-%	318	1.2%	-%
Nissan	-	-%	287	1.1%	-%
Total	27,436	100.0%	25,514	100.0%	7.5%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, October 2020

2 Nov. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 0.4% in October
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in October. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 0.4% compared to the same month in the previous year to 135,495 units.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 65,669 units (48.5% market share), an increase of 1.2% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 1.8% increase to 48,009 units (35.4% share). Ssangyong Motor came in third place with a 5.4% decrease to 7,612 units (5.6% share). Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) sales decreased by 15.0% to 7,141 units (5.3% share), and fifth place GM Korea experienced an increase in sales of 10.5%, to 7,064 units (5.2% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, mixed for five Korean OEMs in October: decline by 5.2% y/y at Hyundai and 93.9% at RSM. Sales increased 7.0% at Kia, 2.4% at GM Korea and 20.2% at Ssangyong. In total, overseas sales fell by 1.4% to 565,287 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in October were mixed as well, with Hyundai's global sales down 4.2% y/y to 385,947 units, Kia's sales at 265,714 units up 6.1%, GM Korea’s sales increased 4.1% to 31,391 units. Ssangyong sales are flat at 10,197 units, and RSM saw a sales decline of 49.2% to 7,533 units. The overall global sales total of the five companies were 700,782 units, a decrease of 1.1%.
For the period January through October 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 17.7% y/y to 2,991,101 units, Kia decreased by 7.2% to 2,129,851 units, GM Korea decreased by 11.5% to 300,352 units, RSM decreased 31.5% to 99,077 units, and Ssangyong decreased 23.8% to 84,966 units.
In terms of sales by model in October, the Kia’s minivan Carnival is ranked first with 12,093 units sold, followed by Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur in second place with 10,926 units sold. Hyundai’s light-duty truck Porter was third in sales with 8,523 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Oct. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Y-o-Y	Oct. 2020	Oct. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share *1	Oct.	Share *1
Hyundai	65,669	48.5%	64,912	48.1%	1.2%	320,278	337,800	-5.2%	385,947	402,712	-4.2%
Kia	48,009	35.4%	47,143	34.9%	1.8%	217,705	203,372	7.0%	265,714	250,515	6.1%
Ssangyong	7,612	5.6%	8,045	6.0%	-5.4%	2,585	2,150	20.2%	10,197	10,195	0.0%
Renault Samsung *3	7,141	5.3%	8,401	6.2%	-15.0%	392	6,425	-93.9%	7,533	14,826	-49.2%
GM Korea *2	7,064	5.2%	6,394	4.7%	10.5%	24,327	23,764	2.4%	31,391	30,158	4.1%
Total	135,495	100.0%	134,895	100.0%	0.4%	565,287	573,511	-1.4%	700,782	708,406	-1.1%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,576	27.1%	8,025	36.3%	-18.1%
BMW	5,320	21.9%	4,122	18.7%	29.1%
Audi	2,527	10.4%	2,210	10.0%	14.3%
Volkswagen	1,933	8.0%	602	2.7%	221.1%
Volvo	1,449	6.0%	940	4.3%	54.1%
Ford/Lincoln	951	3.9%	430	1.9%	121.2%
Chrysler/Jeep	937	3.9%	1,361	6.2%	-31.2%
MINI	890	3.7%	852	3.9%	4.5%
Lexus	871	3.6%	456	2.1%	91.0%
Chevrolet	846	3.5%	-	-%	-%
Toyota	553	2.3%	408	1.8%	35.5%
Honda	311	1.3%	806	3.6%	-61.4%
Land Rover	305	1.3%	427	1.9%	-28.6%
Porsche	248	1.0%	140	0.6%	77.1%
Peugeot	178	0.7%	297	1.3%	-40.1%
Cadillac	154	0.6%	91	0.4%	69.2%
Maserati	58	0.2%	104	0.5%	-44.2%
Jaguar	47	0.2%	368	1.7%	-87.2%
Citroen	45	0.2%	117	0.5%	-61.5%
Lamborghini	28	0.1%	24	0.1%	16.7%
Rolls-Royce	15	0.1%	14	0.1%	7.1%
Bentley	15	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Infiniti	-	-%	168	0.8%	-%
Nissan	-	-%	139	0.6%	-%
Total	24,257	100.0%	22,101	100.0%	9.8%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, September 2020

5 Oct. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 23.3% in September
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in September. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 23.3% compared to the same month in the previous year to 138,530 units. Domestic sales in September were increased again year-over-year, after declining in August for the first time in the six months.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 67,080 units (48.4% market share), an increase of 33.8% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 21.9% increase to 51,211 units (37.0% share). Ssangyong Motor came in third place with a 13.4% increase to 8,208 units (5.9% share). GM Korea sales increased by 17.9% to 6,097 units (4.4% share), and fifth place Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) experienced a decline in sales of 24.1%, to 5,934 units (4.3% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, mixed for five Korean OEMs in September: decline by 11.2% y/y at Hyundai, 46.7% at Ssangyong and 80.4% at RSM. Sales increased 7.7% at Kia and 112.3% at GM Korea. In total, overseas sales fell by 2.0% to 540,019 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in September were mixed as well, with Hyundai's global sales down 5.3% y/y to 360,762 units, Kia's sales at 260,023 units up 10.3%, GM Korea’s sales increased 89.5% to 40,544 units. Ssangyong sales decreased by 4.4% to 9,834 units, and RSM saw a sales decline of 51.4% to 7,386 units. The overall global sales total of the five companies were 678,549 units, an increase of 2.3%.
For the period January through September 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 19.4% y/y to 2,604,205 units, Kia decreased by 8.8% to 1,863,966 units, GM Korea decreased by 12.9% to 268,961 units, RSM decreased 29.5% to 91,544 units, and Ssangyong decreased 26.2% to 74,769 units.
In terms of sales by model in September, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 11,590 units sold, followed by Kia’s minivan Carnival in second place with 10,130 units sold. Kia’s midsize SUV Sorento was third in sales with 9,151 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Sep. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Sep. 2020	Sep. 2019	Y-o-Y	Sep. 2020	Sep. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share *1	Sep.	Share *1
Hyundai	67,080	48.4%	50,139	44.6%	33.8%	293,682	330,771	-11.2%	360,762	380,910	-5.3%
Kia	51,211	37.0%	42,005	37.4%	21.9%	208,812	193,805	7.7%	260,023	235,810	10.3%
Ssangyong	8,208	5.9%	7,235	6.4%	13.4%	1,626	3,050	-46.7%	9,834	10,285	-4.4%
GM Korea *2	6,097	4.4%	5,171	4.6%	17.9%	34,447	16,222	112.3%	40,544	21,393	89.5%
Renault Samsung *3	5,934	4.3%	7,817	7.0%	-24.1%	1,452	7,391	-80.4%	7,386	15,208	-51.4%
Total	138,530	100.0%	112,367	100.0%	23.3%	540,019	551,239	-2.0%	678,549	663,606	2.3%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	5,958	27.3%	7,707	38.1%	-22.7%
BMW	5,275	24.2%	4,249	21.0%	24.1%
Audi	2,528	11.6%	1,996	9.9%	26.7%
MINI	1,108	5.1%	1,031	5.1%	7.5%
Ford/Lincoln	1,062	4.9%	392	1.9%	170.9%
Volkswagen	872	4.0%	174	0.9%	401.1%
Chrysler/Jeep	853	3.9%	928	4.6%	-8.1%
Volvo	801	3.7%	996	4.9%	-19.6%
Lexus	701	3.2%	469	2.3%	49.5%
Chevrolet	553	2.5%	-	-%	-%
Toyota	511	2.3%	374	1.9%	36.6%
Porsche	471	2.2%	171	0.8%	175.4%
Land Rover	368	1.7%	492	2.4%	-25.2%
Honda	244	1.1%	166	0.8%	47.0%
Peugeot	235	1.1%	290	1.4%	-19.0%
Cadillac	100	0.5%	132	0.7%	-24.2%
Maserati	68	0.3%	125	0.6%	-45.6%
Jaguar	41	0.2%	317	1.6%	-87.1%
Lamborghini	34	0.2%	34	0.2%	0.0%
Citroen	32	0.1%	53	0.3%	-39.6%
Bentley	12	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Rolls-Royce	10	0.0%	14	0.1%	-28.6%
Infiniti	2	0.0%	48	0.2%	-95.8%
Nissan	-	-%	46	0.2%	-%
Total	21,839	100.0%	20,204	100.0%	8.1%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, August 2020

2 Sep. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea decline 5.6% in August
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in August. New vehicle sales in South Korea declined by 5.6% compared to the same month in the previous year to 111,847 units.
There was a reduction of special consumption tax cut for passenger cars since July.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 54,590 units (48.8% market share), an increase of 3.2% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 11.3% decline to 38,463 units (34.4% share). Ssangyong Motor came in third place with a 15.5% decrease to 6,792 units (6.1% share). Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) sales decline by 21.5% to 6,104 units (5.5% share), and fifth place experienced GM Korea a decline in sales of 8.0%, to 5,898 units (5.3% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, mixed for five Korean OEMs in August: decline by 17.1% y/y at Hyundai, 3.7% at Kia, 71.9% at RSM and 37.5% at Ssangyong. GM Korea’s sales increased 20.7%. In total, overseas sales fell by 11.7% to 461,432 units.
Global sales for the four automakers in August were diminished, with Hyundai's global sales down 14.2% y/y to 312,990 units, Kia's sales at 216,945 units decreased 5.2%, RSM sales decreased by 41.7% to 7,570 units, and Ssangyong saw a sales decline of 19.9% to 8,027 units. GM Korea’s sales increased 13.2% to 27,747 units. The overall overseas sales total of the five companies were 573,279 units, a decrease of 10.5%.
For the period January through August 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 21.4% y/y to 2,237,733 units, Kia decreased by 11.3% to 1,603,719 units, GM Korea decreased by 20.6% to 228,417 units, RSM decreased 26.6% to 84,158 units, and Ssangyong decreased 28.7% to 64,935 units.
In terms of sales by model in August, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 10,235 units sold, followed by Hyundai’s light-duty truck Porter in second place with 7,118 units sold. Hyundai’s midsize SUV Santa Fe was third in sales with 6,224 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Aug. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Aug. 2020	Aug. 2019	Y-o-Y	Aug. 2020	Aug. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share *1	Aug.	Share *1
Hyundai	54,590	48.8%	52,897	44.6%	3.2%	258,400	311,693	-17.1%	312,990	364,590	-14.2%
Kia	38,463	34.4%	43,362	36.6%	-11.3%	178,482	185,379	-3.7%	216,945	228,741	-5.2%
Ssangyong	6,792	6.1%	8,038	6.8%	-15.5%	1,235	1,977	-37.5%	8,027	10,015	-19.9%
Renault Samsung *3	6,104	5.5%	7,771	6.6%	-21.5%	1,466	5,216	-71.9%	7,570	12,987	-41.7%
GM Korea *2	5,898	5.3%	6,411	5.4%	-8.0%	21,849	18,106	20.7%	27,747	24,517	13.2%
Total	111,847	100.0%	118,479	100.0%	-5.6%	461,432	522,371	-11.7%	573,279	640,850	-10.5%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share
BMW	7,252	33.1%	4,291	23.7%	69.0%
Mercedes-Benz	6,030	27.5%	6,740	37.2%	-10.5%
Audi	2,022	9.2%	205	1.1%	886.3%
MINI	1,107	5.1%	1,095	6.0%	1.1%
Volkswagen	881	4.0%	587	3.2%	50.1%
Lexus	703	3.2%	603	3.3%	16.6%
Ford/Lincoln	581	2.7%	376	2.1%	54.5%
Porsche	554	2.5%	280	1.5%	97.9%
Chevrolet	464	2.1%	-	-%	-%
Toyota	433	2.0%	542	3.0%	-20.1%
Chrysler/Jeep	410	1.9%	692	3.8%	-40.8%
Volvo	336	1.5%	883	4.9%	-61.9%
Land Rover	280	1.3%	574	3.2%	-51.2%
Honda	241	1.1%	138	0.8%	74.6%
Peugeot	216	1.0%	351	1.9%	-38.5%
Cadillac	89	0.4%	155	0.9%	-42.6%
Maserati	74	0.3%	124	0.7%	-40.3%
Citroen	60	0.3%	80	0.4%	-25.0%
Jaguar	53	0.2%	256	1.4%	-79.3%
Infiniti	36	0.2%	57	0.3%	-36.8%
Lamborghini	33	0.2%	21	0.1%	57.1%
Bentley	22	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Rolls-Royce	17	0.1%	14	0.1%	21.4%
Nissan	-	-%	58	0.3%	-%
Total	21,894	100.0%	18,122	100.0%	20.8%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, July 2020

4 Aug. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 10.1% in July
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in July. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 10.1% compared to the same month in the previous year to 144,422 units.
Robust sales of new models from Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors contributed, while there was a reduction of special consumption tax cut for passenger cars.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 77,381 units (53.6% market share), an increase of 28.4% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 0.1% decline to 47,050 units (32.6% share). GM Korea came in third place with a 3.5% increase to 6,988 units (4.8% share). Ssangyong Motor decline sales by 23.0% to 6,702 units (4.6% share), and fifth place experienced Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) an decline in sales of 24.2%, to 6,301 units (4.4% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, mixed for five Korean OEMs in July: decline by 20.8% y/y at Hyundai, 3.7% at Kia, 65.3% at RSM and 62.1% at Ssangyong. GM Korea’s sales increased 10.1%. In total, overseas sales fell by 14.1% to 439,620 units.
Global sales for the four automakers in July were diminished, with Hyundai's global sales down 12.5% y/y to 313,097 units, Kia's sales at 219,901 units decreased 3.0%, RSM sales decreased by 43.8% to 8,923 units, and Ssangyong saw a sales decline of 30.6% to 7,489 units. GM Korea’s sales increased 8.7% to 34,632 units. The overall overseas sales total of the five companies were 584,042 units, a decrease of 9.2%.
For the period January through July 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 22.7% y/y to 1,920,444 units, Kia decreased by 12.3% to 1,384,636 units, GM Korea decreased by 23.7% to 200,670 units, RSM decreased 24.7% to 76,588 units, and Ssangyong decreased 29.8% to 56,908 units.
In terms of sales by model in July, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 14,381 units sold, followed by Hyundai’s compact sedan Avante in second place with 11,037 units sold. Kia’s midsize SUV Sorento was third in sales with 9,488 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Jul. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Jul. 2020	Jul. 2019	Y-o-Y	Jul. 2020	Jul. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share *1	Jul.	Share *1
Hyundai	77,381	53.6%	60,286	46.0%	28.4%	235,716	297,576	-20.8%	313,097	357,862	-12.5%
Kia	47,050	32.6%	47,080	35.9%	-0.1%	172,851	179,520	-3.7%	219,901	226,600	-3.0%
GM Korea *2	6,988	4.8%	6,754	5.2%	3.5%	27,644	25,097	10.1%	34,632	31,851	8.7%
Ssangyong	6,702	4.6%	8,707	6.6%	-23.0%	787	2,079	-62.1%	7,489	10,786	-30.6%
Renault Samsung *3	6,301	4.4%	8,308	6.3%	-24.2%	2,622	7,566	-65.3%	8,923	15,874	-43.8%
Total	144,422	100.0%	131,135	100.0%	10.1%	439,620	511,838	-14.1%	584,042	642,973	-9.2%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	5,215	26.4%	7,345	37.8%	-29.0%
BMW	3,816	19.3%	3,755	19.3%	1.6%
Audi	2,350	11.9%	2	0.0%	117400.0%
Volkswagen	1,118	5.7%	544	2.8%	105.5%
Chevrolet	1,106	5.6%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	1,069	5.4%	866	4.5%	23.4%
Porsche	914	4.6%	360	1.9%	153.9%
Lexus	749	3.8%	982	5.0%	-23.7%
Ford/Lincoln	672	3.4%	762	3.9%	-11.8%
MINI	629	3.2%	906	4.7%	-30.6%
Toyota	520	2.6%	865	4.4%	-39.9%
Chrysler/Jeep	410	2.1%	706	3.6%	-41.9%
Land Rover	311	1.6%	527	2.7%	-41.0%
Infiniti	216	1.1%	131	0.7%	64.9%
Peugeot	159	0.8%	368	1.9%	-56.8%
Cadillac	134	0.7%	202	1.0%	-33.7%
Honda	129	0.7%	468	2.4%	-72.4%
Citroen	75	0.4%	151	0.8%	-50.3%
Maserati	65	0.3%	103	0.5%	-36.9%
Jaguar	45	0.2%	149	0.8%	-69.8%
Bentley	40	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Lamborghini	24	0.1%	17	0.1%	41.2%
Rolls-Royce	12	0.1%	16	0.1%	-25.0%
Nissan	-	-%	228	1.2%	-%
Total	19,778	100.0%	19,453	100.0%	1.7%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, June 2020

2 Jul. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 41.2% in June
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in June. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 41.2% compared to the same month in the previous year to 176,468 units.
There was a demand surge prior to the reduction of special consumption tax cut for passenger cars.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 83,700 units (47.4% market share), an increase of 37.2% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 41.5% y/y increase to 60,005 units (34.0% share). Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) came in third place with a 80.7% y/y increase to 13,668 units (7.7% share). Ssangyong Motor increased sales by 18.6% y/y to 9,746 units (5.5% share), and fifth place experienced GM Korea an increase in sales of 61.5% y/y, to 9,349 units (5.3% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, fell for all five Korean OEMs in June: by 34.2% y/y at Hyundai, 23.8% y/y at Kia, 45.8% y/y at GM Korea, 94.7% y/y at RSM and 79.8% y/y at Ssangyong. In total, overseas sales fell by 32.6% y/y to 373,216 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in June were all diminished, with Hyundai's global sales down 22.7% y/y to 291,854 units, Kia's sales at 207,406 units decreased 12.1% y/y, GM Korea’s sales fell 28.7% y/y to 25,983 units, RSM sales decreased by 23.7% y/y to 14,260 units, and Ssangyong saw a sales decline of 1.9% y/y to 10,181 units. The overall overseas sales total of the five companies were 549,684 units, a decrease of 19.0% y/y.
For the period January through June 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 25.2% y/y to 1,589,429 units, Kia decreased by 14.1% y/y to 1,161,426 units, GM Korea decreased by 28.2% y/y to 166,038 units, RSM decreased 21.2% y/y to 67,666 units, and Ssangyong decreased 29.7% y/y to 49,419 units.
In terms of sales by model in June, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 15,688 units sold, followed by Kia’s midsize SUV Sorento in second place with 11,596 units sold. Hyundai’s compact sedan Avante was third in sales with 10,875 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Jun. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Jun. 2020	Jun. 2019	Y-o-Y	Jun. 2020	Jun. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share *1	Jun.	Share *1
Hyundai	83,700	47.4%	60,987	48.8%	37.2%	208,154	316,409	-34.2%	291,854	377,396	-22.7%
Kia	60,005	34.0%	42,405	33.9%	41.5%	147,401	193,442	-23.8%	207,406	235,847	-12.1%
Renault Samsung *3	13,668	7.7%	7,564	6.1%	80.7%	592	11,122	-94.7%	14,260	18,686	-23.7%
Ssangyong	9,746	5.5%	8,219	6.6%	18.6%	435	2,156	-79.8%	10,181	10,375	-1.9%
GM Korea *2	9,349	5.3%	5,788	4.6%	61.5%	16,634	30,663	-45.8%	25,983	36,451	-28.7%
Total	176,468	100.0%	124,963	100.0%	41.2%	373,216	553,792	-32.6%	549,684	678,755	-19.0%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	7,672	28.1%	6,632	34.2%	15.7%
BMW	4,069	14.9%	3,292	17.0%	23.6%
Audi	3,401	12.4%	1	0.0%	340000.0%
Chrysler/Jeep	1,384	5.1%	939	4.8%	47.4%
Volkswagen	1,308	4.8%	628	3.2%	108.3%
MINI	1,301	4.8%	602	3.1%	116.1%
Chevrolet	1,292	4.7%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	1,110	4.1%	871	4.5%	27.4%
Ford/Lincoln	1,015	3.7%	833	4.3%	21.8%
Lexus	1,014	3.7%	1,302	6.7%	-22.1%
Porsche	940	3.4%	193	1.0%	387.0%
Nissan	824	3.0%	284	1.5%	190.1%
Toyota	665	2.4%	1,384	7.1%	-52.0%
Peugeot	353	1.3%	268	1.4%	31.7%
Land Rover	309	1.1%	616	3.2%	-49.8%
Cadillac	141	0.5%	158	0.8%	-10.8%
Honda	130	0.5%	801	4.1%	-83.8%
Citroen	114	0.4%	96	0.5%	18.8%
Infiniti	102	0.4%	175	0.9%	-41.7%
Maserati	63	0.2%	78	0.4%	-19.2%
Bentley	61	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Jaguar	43	0.2%	216	1.1%	-80.1%
Lamborghini	21	0.1%	6	0.0%	250.0%
Rolls-Royce	18	0.1%	11	0.1%	63.6%
Total	27,350	100.0%	19,386	100.0%	41.1%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, May 2020

2 Jun. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 9.3% in May
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in May. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 9.3% compared to the same month in the previous year to 146,130 units.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 70,810 units (48.5% market share), an increase of 4.5% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 19.0% y/y increase to 51,181 units (35.0% share). Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) came in third place with a 72.4% y/y increase to 10,571 units (7.2% share). Ssangyong Motor decreased sales by 25.0% y/y to 7,575 units (5.2% share), and fifth place experienced GM Korea a decrease in sales of 10.9% y/y, to 5,993 units (4.1% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, fell for all five Korean OEMs in May: by 49.6% y/y at Hyundai, 44.0% y/y at Kia, 45.3% y/y at GM Korea, 83.2% y/y at RSM and 68.1% y/y at Ssangyong. In total, overseas sales fell by 47.8% y/y to 277,286 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in May were all diminished, with Hyundai's global sales down 39.3% y/y to 217,510 units, Kia's sales at 160,913 units decreased 32.7% y/y, GM Korea’s sales fell 39.7% y/y to 24,778 units, RSM sales decreased by 16.2% y/y to 11,929 units, and Ssangyong saw a sales decline of 32.8% y/y to 8,286 units. The overall overseas sales total of the five companies was 423,416 units, a decrease of 36.3% y/y.
For the period January through May 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 26.3% y/y to 1,288,629 units, Kia decreased by 14.9% y/y to 949,860 units, GM Korea decreased by 28.1% y/y to 140,053 units, RSM decreased 20.5% y/y to 53,406 units, and Ssangyong decreased 34.5% y/y to 39,238 units.
In terms of sales by model in May, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 13,416 units sold, followed by Hyundai's compact sedan Avante in second place with 9,382 units sold. Kia’s midsize SUV Sorento was third in sales with 9,297 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (May 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	May 2020	May 2019	Y-o-Y	May 2020	May 2019	Y-o-Y
	May	Share *1	May	Share *1
Hyundai	70,810	48.5%	67,756	50.7%	4.5%	146,700	290,811	-49.6%	217,510	358,567	-39.3%
Kia	51,181	35.0%	43,000	32.2%	19.0%	109,732	195,943	-44.0%	160,913	238,943	-32.7%
Renault Samsung *3	10,571	7.2%	6,130	4.6%	72.4%	1,358	8,098	-83.2%	11,929	14,228	-16.2%
Ssangyong	7,575	5.2%	10,106	7.6%	-25.0%	711	2,232	-68.1%	8,286	12,338	-32.8%
GM Korea *2	5,993	4.1%	6,727	5.0%	-10.9%	18,785	34,333	-45.3%	24,778	41,060	-39.7%
Total	146,130	100.0%	133,719	100.0%	9.3%	277,286	531,417	-47.8%	423,416	665,136	-36.3%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	May	Share	May	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,551	28.1%	6,092	31.2%	7.5%
BMW	4,907	21.1%	3,383	17.3%	45.0%
Audi	2,178	9.4%	0	0.0%	-%
Volkswagen	1,217	5.2%	673	3.4%	80.8%
Chevrolet	1,145	4.9%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	1,096	4.7%	932	4.8%	17.6%
Porsche	1,037	4.5%	210	1.1%	393.8%
MINI	1,004	4.3%	1,008	5.2%	-0.4%
Ford/Lincoln	800	3.4%	898	4.6%	-10.9%
Chrysler/Jeep	796	3.4%	770	3.9%	3.4%
Lexus	727	3.1%	1,431	7.3%	-49.2%
Toyota	485	2.1%	1,269	6.5%	-61.8%
Land Rover	287	1.2%	443	2.3%	-35.2%
Nissan	228	1.0%	299	1.5%	-23.7%
Peugeot	204	0.9%	267	1.4%	-23.6%
Honda	169	0.7%	1,210	6.2%	-86.0%
Cadillac	106	0.5%	134	0.7%	-20.9%
Citroen	75	0.3%	50	0.3%	50.0%
Jaguar	73	0.3%	156	0.8%	-53.2%
Infiniti	63	0.3%	206	1.1%	-69.4%
Maserati	61	0.3%	93	0.5%	-34.4%
Lamborghini	31	0.1%	5	0.0%	520.0%
Rolls-Royce	17	0.1%	12	0.1%	41.7%
Bentley	15	0.1%	7	0.0%	114.3%
Total	23,272	100.0%	19,548	100.0%	19.1%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, April 2020

7 May 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

New vehicle sales by 5 major OEMs in South Korea increase 6.5% in April
Five Korean automakers announced domestic new vehicle sales in April. New vehicle sales in South Korea increased by 6.5% compared to the same month in the previous year to 145,141 units.
By company, Hyundai Motor was the leader with sales of 71,042 units (48.9% market share), a decrease of 0.5% year-over-year (y/y), followed by Kia Motors with a 19.9% y/y increase to 50,361 units (34.7% share). Renault Samsung Motors (RSM) came in third place with an 78.4% y/y increase to 11,015 units (7.6% share). GM Korea increased sales by 4.2% y/y to 6,706 units (4.6% share), and fifth place Ssangyong Motor experienced a decrease in sales of 41.4% y/y, to 6,017 units (4.1% share).
Overseas sales, including exports, fell for all five Korean OEMs in April: by 70.4% y/y at Hyundai, 54.9% y/y at Kia, 32.8% y/y at GM Korea, 72.5% y/y at RSM and 67.4% y/y at Ssangyong. In total, overseas sales fell by 62.6% y/y to 196,803 units.
Global sales for the five automakers in April were all diminished, with Hyundai's global sales down 56.9% y/y to 159,079 units, Kia's sales at 134,216 units decreased 41.1% y/y, GM Korea’s sales fell 26.7% y/y to 28,749 units, RSM sales decreased by 4.6% y/y to 13,087 units, and Ssangyong saw a sales decline of 46.4% y/y to 6,813 units. The overall overseas sales total of the five companies was 341,944 units, a decrease of 48.4% y/y.
For the period January through April 2020, Hyundai global sales volume decreased by 23.6% y/y to 1,062,505 units, Kia decreased by 10.8% y/y to 782,901 units, GM Korea decreased by 25.0% y/y to 115,277 units, RSM decreased 21.6% y/y to 41,477 units, and Ssangyong decreased 34.9% y/y to 30,952 units.
In terms of sales by model in April, the Hyundai premium sedan Grandeur is ranked first with 15,000 units sold, followed by Kia’s midsize SUV Sorento in second place with 9,270 units sold. Hyundai's compact sedan Avante was third in sales with 8,249 units sold.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Apr. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2019	Y-o-Y	Apr. 2020	Apr. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share *1	Apr.	Share *1
Hyundai	71,042	48.9%	71,413	52.4%	-0.5%	88,037	297,540	-70.4%	159,079	368,953	-56.9%
Kia	50,361	34.7%	42,000	30.8%	19.9%	83,855	185,943	-54.9%	134,216	227,943	-41.1%
Renault Samsung *3	11,015	7.6%	6,175	4.5%	78.4%	2,072	7,545	-72.5%	13,087	13,720	-4.6%
GM Korea *2	6,706	4.6%	6,433	4.7%	4.2%	22,043	32,809	-32.8%	28,749	39,242	-26.7%
Ssangyong	6,017	4.1%	10,275	7.5%	-41.4%	796	2,438	-67.4%	6,813	12,713	-46.4%
Total	145,141	100.0%	136,296	100.0%	6.5%	196,803	526,275	-62.6%	341,944	662,571	-48.4%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,745	29.4%	6,543	35.9%	3.1%
BMW	5,123	22.3%	3,226	17.7%	58.8%
Audi	2,043	8.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Volkswagen	1,345	5.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Chevrolet	1,133	4.9%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	1,128	4.9%	916	5.0%	23.1%
Porsche	1,018	4.4%	336	1.8%	203.0%
MINI	908	4.0%	725	4.0%	25.2%
Ford/Lincoln	838	3.7%	833	4.6%	0.6%
Chrysler/Jeep	560	2.4%	915	5.0%	-38.8%
Lexus	461	2.0%	1,452	8.0%	-68.3%
Toyota	309	1.3%	831	4.6%	-62.8%
Land Rover	281	1.2%	517	2.8%	-45.6%
Honda	231	1.0%	735	4.0%	-68.6%
Nissan	202	0.9%	307	1.7%	-34.2%
Peugeot	182	0.8%	254	1.4%	-28.3%
Cadillac	138	0.6%	123	0.7%	12.2%
Maserati	79	0.3%	101	0.6%	-21.8%
Citroen	63	0.3%	45	0.2%	40.0%
Infiniti	56	0.2%	211	1.2%	-73.5%
Jaguar	49	0.2%	107	0.6%	-54.2%
Lamborghini	26	0.1%	5	0.0%	420.0%
Bentley	17	0.1%	15	0.1%	13.3%
Rolls-Royce	10	0.0%	22	0.1%	-54.5%
Total	22,945	100.0%	18,219	100.0%	25.9%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, March 2020

2 Apr. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Mar. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Mar. 2020	Mar. 2019	Y-o-Y	Mar. 2020	Mar. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share *1	Mar.	Share *1
Hyundai	72,180	47.8%	70,111	50.7%	3.0%	236,323	320,066	-26.2%	308,503	390,177	-20.9%
Kia	51,008	33.8%	44,233	32.0%	15.3%	175,952	198,137	-11.2%	226,960	242,370	-6.4%
Renault Samsung *3	12,012	8.0%	6,540	4.7%	83.7%	3,088	7,256	-57.4%	15,100	13,796	9.5%
GM Korea *2	8,965	5.9%	6,420	4.6%	39.6%	28,953	36,576	-20.8%	37,918	42,996	-11.8%
Ssangyong	6,860	4.5%	10,984	7.9%	-37.5%	2,485	2,606	-4.6%	9,345	13,590	-31.2%
Total	151,025	100.0%	138,288	100.0%	9.2%	446,801	564,641	-20.9%	597,826	702,929	-15.0%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	5,093	25.1%	4,442	24.6%	14.7%
BMW	4,811	23.7%	2,999	16.6%	60.4%
Chevrolet	1,363	6.7%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	1,162	5.7%	890	4.9%	30.6%
Audi	1,151	5.7%	142	0.8%	710.6%
Volkswagen	1,072	5.3%	8	0.0%	13300.0%
MINI	972	4.8%	868	4.8%	12.0%
Porsche	831	4.1%	720	4.0%	15.4%
Ford/Lincoln	723	3.6%	785	4.3%	-7.9%
Chrysler/Jeep	561	2.8%	700	3.9%	-19.9%
Land Rover	493	2.4%	1,253	6.9%	-60.7%
Toyota	413	2.0%	913	5.1%	-54.8%
Lexus	411	2.0%	1,371	7.6%	-70.0%
Nissan	285	1.4%	382	2.1%	-25.4%
Peugeot	239	1.2%	318	1.8%	-24.8%
Honda	232	1.1%	1,457	8.1%	-84.1%
Cadillac	158	0.8%	152	0.8%	3.9%
Citroen	97	0.5%	44	0.2%	120.5%
Jaguar	73	0.4%	260	1.4%	-71.9%
Infiniti	65	0.3%	237	1.3%	-72.6%
Maserati	52	0.3%	100	0.6%	-48.0%
Lamborghini	22	0.1%	4	0.0%	450.0%
Bentley	17	0.1%	21	0.1%	-19.0%
Rolls-Royce	8	0.0%	12	0.1%	-33.3%
Total	20,304	100.0%	18,078	100.0%	12.3%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, February 2020

3 Mar. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Feb. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Feb. 2020	Feb. 2019	Y-o-Y	Feb. 2020	Feb. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share *1	Feb.	Share *1
Hyundai	39,290	48.1%	53,406	51.2%	-26.4%	235,754	262,414	-10.2%	275,044	315,820	-12.9%
Kia	28,681	35.1%	33,222	31.9%	-13.7%	159,163	164,434	-3.2%	187,844	197,656	-5.0%
Ssangyong	5,100	6.2%	7,579	7.3%	-32.7%	2,041	2,262	-9.8%	7,141	9,841	-27.4%
GM Korea *2	4,978	6.1%	5,177	5.0%	-3.8%	23,148	27,541	-16.0%	28,126	32,718	-14.0%
Renault Samsung *3	3,673	4.5%	4,923	4.7%	-25.4%	3,384	6,798	-50.2%	7,057	11,721	-39.8%
Total	81,722	100.0%	104,307	100.0%	-21.7%	423,490	463,449	-8.6%	505,212	567,756	-11.0%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	4,815	28.8%	3,611	22.7%	33.3%
BMW	3,812	22.8%	2,340	14.7%	62.9%
Chevrolet	973	5.8%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	928	5.5%	760	4.8%	22.1%
MINI	768	4.6%	631	4.0%	21.7%
Volkswagen	710	4.2%	62	0.4%	1045.2%
Ford/Lincoln	615	3.7%	522	3.3%	17.8%
Audi	535	3.2%	1,717	10.8%	-68.8%
Toyota	512	3.1%	875	5.5%	-41.5%
Lexus	475	2.8%	1,283	8.1%	-63.0%
Land Rover	459	2.7%	825	5.2%	-44.4%
Chrysler/Jeep	458	2.7%	632	4.0%	-27.5%
Porsche	448	2.7%	631	4.0%	-29.0%
Honda	360	2.2%	812	5.1%	-55.7%
Nissan	267	1.6%	354	2.2%	-24.6%
Peugeot	154	0.9%	247	1.6%	-37.7%
Citroen	130	0.8%	60	0.4%	116.7%
Maserati	79	0.5%	80	0.5%	-1.3%
Jaguar	74	0.4%	128	0.8%	-42.2%
Cadillac	72	0.4%	144	0.9%	-50.0%
Infiniti	37	0.2%	149	0.9%	-75.2%
Lamborghini	18	0.1%	7	0.0%	157.1%
Bentley	17	0.1%	7	0.0%	142.9%
Rolls-Royce	9	0.1%	8	0.1%	12.5%
Total	16,725	100.0%	15,885	100.0%	5.3%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, January 2020

4 Feb. 2020

*There are cases where recently released data and detailed information in the database do not match up for reasons including different information sources, and discrepancies between preliminary reports and confirmed data.

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (Jan. 2020)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2020		2019		Y-o-Y	Jan. 2020	Jan. 2019	Y-o-Y	Jan. 2020	Jan. 2019	Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share *1	Jan.	Share *1
Hyundai	47,591	47.8%	60,440	51.5%	-21.3%	256,485	254,954	0.6%	304,076	315,394	-3.6%
Kia	37,050	37.2%	38,010	32.4%	-2.5%	178,062	171,860	3.6%	215,112	209,870	2.5%
Ssangyong	5,557	5.6%	8,787	7.5%	-36.8%	2,096	2,633	-20.4%	7,653	11,420	-33.0%
GM Korea *2	5,101	5.1%	5,053	4.3%	0.9%	15,383	33,652	-54.3%	20,484	38,705	-47.1%
Renault Samsung *3	4,303	4.3%	5,174	4.4%	-16.8%	1,930	8,519	-77.3%	6,233	13,693	-54.5%
Total	99,602	100.0%	117,464	100.0%	-15.2%	453,956	471,618	-3.7%	553,558	589,082	-6.0%

Source: Releases by each companies
*1: Share is based on MarkLines' own calculation. (calculated from total sales of five Korean makers)
*2: Exclude sales volume of Cadillac
*3: Includes Nissan Rogue

Registrations of new imported passenger cars

Maker/Brand	2020		2019		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	5,492	31.1%	5,796	31.8%	-5.2%
BMW	2,708	15.4%	2,726	15.0%	-0.7%
Volkswagen	1,753	9.9%	404	2.2%	333.9%
Chevrolet	1,474	8.4%	-	-%	-%
Volvo	1,100	6.2%	860	4.7%	27.9%
Ford/Lincoln	960	5.4%	861	4.7%	11.5%
Audi	763	4.3%	700	3.8%	9.0%
Land Rover	542	3.1%	549	3.0%	-1.3%
MINI	525	3.0%	572	3.1%	-8.2%
Lexus	509	2.9%	1,533	8.4%	-66.8%
Chrysler/Jeep	450	2.6%	812	4.5%	-44.6%
Toyota	420	2.4%	1,047	5.8%	-59.9%
Honda	331	1.9%	669	3.7%	-50.5%
Peugeot	125	0.7%	298	1.6%	-58.1%
Porsche	99	0.6%	450	2.5%	-78.0%
Citroen	93	0.5%	42	0.2%	121.4%
Jaguar	78	0.4%	102	0.6%	-23.5%
Maserati	65	0.4%	90	0.5%	-27.8%
Nissan	59	0.3%	341	1.9%	-82.7%
Cadillac	48	0.3%	137	0.8%	-65.0%
Lamborghini	18	0.1%	7	0.0%	157.1%
Rolls-Royce	15	0.1%	17	0.1%	-11.8%
Bentley	12	0.1%	23	0.1%	-47.8%
Infiniti	1	0.0%	162	0.9%	-99.4%
Total	17,640	100.0%	18,198	100.0%	-3.1%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)