Korea - Flash report, Sales volume, 2018

Flash report, December 2018

4 Jan. 2019

*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 (Dec. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Dec. 2018	Dec. 2017	Y-o-Y	Dec. 2018	Dec. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share *1	Dec.	Share *1
Hyundai	64,835	46.7%	53,361	40.3%	21.5%	345,491	355,276	-2.8%	410,326	408,637	0.4%
Kia	42,200	30.4%	46,502	35.1%	-9.3%	198,999	180,373	10.3%	241,199	226,875	6.3%
Renault Samsung *3	10,805	7.8%	9,953	7.5%	8.6%	7,657	16,562	-53.8%	18,462	26,515	-30.4%
Ssangyong	10,656	7.7%	10,647	8.0%	0.1%	3,809	3,561	7.0%	14,465	14,208	1.8%
GM Korea *2	10,428	7.5%	11,852	9.0%	-12.0%	31,996	33,614	-4.8%	42,424	45,466	-6.7%
Total	138,924	100.0%	132,315	100.0%	5.0%	587,952	589,386	-0.2%	726,876	721,701	0.7%

South Korea - Sales of domestic make (2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018 Total	2017 Total	Y-o-Y	2018 Total	2017 Total	Y-o-Y
	Total	Share *1	Total	Share *1
Hyundai	721,078	46.7%	688,939	44.4%	4.7%	3,865,697	3,817,336	1.3%	4,586,775	4,506,275	1.8%
Kia	531,700	34.4%	521,550	33.6%	1.9%	2,280,500	2,224,671	2.5%	2,812,200	2,746,221	2.4%
Ssangyong	109,140	7.1%	106,677	6.9%	2.3%	34,169	37,008	-7.7%	143,309	143,685	-0.3%
GM Korea *2	93,317	6.0%	132,377	8.5%	-29.5%	369,554	392,170	-5.8%	462,871	524,547	-11.8%
Renault Samsung *3	90,369	5.8%	100,537	6.5%	-10.1%	137,208	176,271	-22.2%	227,577	276,808	-17.8%
Total	1,545,604	100.0%	1,550,080	100.0%	-0.3%	6,687,128	6,647,456	0.6%	8,232,732	8,197,536	0.4%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Dec.	Share	Dec.	Share		Jan.-Dec.	Share	Jan.-Dec.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,473	31.7%	3,959	19.4%	63.5%	70,798	27.2%	68,861	29.5%	2.8%
BMW	2,955	14.4%	6,807	33.3%	-56.6%	50,524	19.4%	59,624	25.6%	-15.3%
Toyota	1,578	7.7%	1,038	5.1%	52.0%	16,774	6.4%	11,698	5.0%	43.4%
Volkswagen	1,108	5.4%	0	0.0%	-%	15,390	5.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Lexus	1,525	7.5%	1,309	6.4%	16.5%	13,340	5.1%	12,603	5.4%	5.8%
Audi	557	2.7%	10	0.0%	5470.0%	12,450	4.8%	962	0.4%	1194.2%
Land Rover	772	3.8%	1,453	7.1%	-46.9%	11,772	4.5%	10,740	4.6%	9.6%
Ford/Lincoln	852	4.2%	887	4.3%	-3.9%	11,586	4.4%	10,727	4.6%	8.0%
MINI	613	3.0%	1,186	5.8%	-48.3%	9,191	3.5%	9,562	4.1%	-3.9%
Volvo	599	2.9%	187	0.9%	220.3%	8,524	3.3%	6,604	2.8%	29.1%
Honda	829	4.1%	566	2.8%	46.5%	7,956	3.1%	10,299	4.4%	-22.7%
Chrysler/Jeep	833	4.1%	760	3.7%	9.6%	7,590	2.9%	7,284	3.1%	4.2%
Nissan	436	2.1%	458	2.2%	-4.8%	5,053	1.9%	6,285	2.7%	-19.6%
Peugeot	294	1.4%	406	2.0%	-27.6%	4,478	1.7%	3,697	1.6%	21.1%
Porsche	219	1.1%	349	1.7%	-37.2%	4,285	1.6%	2,789	1.2%	53.6%
Jaguar	228	1.1%	404	2.0%	-43.6%	3,701	1.4%	4,125	1.8%	-10.3%
Infiniti	222	1.1%	243	1.2%	-8.6%	2,130	0.8%	2,697	1.2%	-21.0%
Cadillac	219	1.1%	281	1.4%	-22.1%	2,101	0.8%	2,008	0.9%	4.6%
Maserati	122	0.6%	0	0.0%	-%	1,660	0.6%	0	0.0%	-%
Citroen	0	0.0%	72	0.4%	-100.0%	1,053	0.4%	1,174	0.5%	-10.3%
Bentley	0	0.0%	44	0.2%	-100.0%	215	0.1%	259	0.1%	-17.0%
Rolls-Royce	15	0.1%	7	0.0%	114.3%	123	0.0%	86	0.0%	43.0%
Lamborghini	1	0.0%	2	0.0%	-50.0%	11	0.0%	24	0.0%	-54.2%
Fiat	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%	0	0.0%	980	0.4%	-100.0%
Total	20,450	100.0%	20,428	100.0%	0.1%	260,705	100.0%	233,088	100.0%	11.8%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, November 2018

4 Dec. 2018

*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 (Nov. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Nov. 2018	Nov. 2017	Y-o-Y	Nov. 2018	Nov. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share *1	Nov.	Share *1
Hyundai	64,131	45.9%	63,895	45.5%	0.4%	339,250	357,215	-5.0%	403,381	421,110	-4.2%
Kia	48,700	34.8%	49,027	34.9%	-0.7%	198,415	207,973	-4.6%	247,115	257,000	-3.8%
Ssangyong	10,330	7.4%	8,769	6.2%	17.8%	2,844	3,313	-14.2%	13,174	12,082	9.0%
Renault Samsung *3	8,407	6.0%	8,302	5.9%	1.3%	10,194	17,457	-41.6%	18,601	25,759	-27.8%
GM Korea *2	8,294	5.9%	10,349	7.4%	-19.9%	30,327	32,194	-5.8%	38,621	42,543	-9.2%
Total	139,862	100.0%	140,342	100.0%	-0.3%	581,030	618,152	-6.0%	720,892	758,494	-5.0%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Nov.	Share	Nov.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	7,208	32.2%	6,296	28.3%	14.5%
BMW	2,476	11.1%	6,827	30.7%	-63.7%
Volkswagen	1,988	8.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Lexus	1,945	8.7%	1,113	5.0%	74.8%
Toyota	1,928	8.6%	1,345	6.0%	43.3%
Honda	961	4.3%	854	3.8%	12.5%
Ford/Lincoln	854	3.8%	795	3.6%	7.4%
Volvo	731	3.3%	679	3.0%	7.7%
Chrysler/Jeep	714	3.2%	713	3.2%	0.1%
Land Rover	644	2.9%	1,052	4.7%	-38.8%
Audi	632	2.8%	33	0.1%	1815.2%
MINI	592	2.6%	819	3.7%	-27.7%
Nissan	406	1.8%	460	2.1%	-11.7%
Porsche	384	1.7%	170	0.8%	125.9%
Cadillac	203	0.9%	215	1.0%	-5.6%
Jaguar	168	0.8%	279	1.3%	-39.8%
Infiniti	162	0.7%	219	1.0%	-26.0%
Citroen	147	0.7%	49	0.2%	200.0%
Maserati	132	0.6%	-	-%	-%
Peugeot	99	0.4%	312	1.4%	-68.3%
Rolls-Royce	11	0.0%	7	0.0%	57.1%
Lamborghini	2	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Bentley	-	-%	29	0.1%	-%
Total	22,387	100.0%	22,266	100.0%	0.5%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, October 2018

1 Nov. 2018

*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 (Oct. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Oct. 2018	Oct. 2017	Y-o-Y	Oct. 2018	Oct. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share *1	Oct.	Share *1
Hyundai	66,288	47.5%	53,012	47.0%	25.0%	341,872	351,309	-2.7%	408,160	404,321	0.9%
Kia	46,100	33.0%	37,521	33.3%	22.9%	204,194	202,604	0.8%	250,294	240,125	4.2%
Ssangyong	10,082	7.2%	7,414	6.6%	36.0%	3,342	3,330	0.4%	13,424	10,744	24.9%
Renault Samsung *3	8,814	6.3%	7,110	6.3%	24.0%	9,816	12,584	-22.0%	18,630	19,694	-5.4%
GM Korea *2	8,273	5.9%	7,672	6.8%	7.8%	32,204	26,863	19.9%	40,477	34,535	17.2%
Total	139,557	100.0%	112,729	100.0%	23.8%	591,428	596,690	-0.9%	730,985	709,419	3.0%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Oct.	Share	Oct.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,371	30.6%	4,539	27.0%	40.4%
BMW	2,131	10.2%	4,400	26.1%	-51.6%
Lexus	1,980	9.5%	906	5.4%	118.5%
Toyota	1,341	6.4%	1,110	6.6%	20.8%
Volkswagen	1,302	6.3%	0	0.0%	-%
MINI	1,183	5.7%	660	3.9%	79.2%
Ford/Lincoln	1,016	4.9%	756	4.5%	34.4%
Honda	880	4.2%	930	5.5%	-5.4%
Chrysler/Jeep	690	3.3%	513	3.0%	34.5%
Volvo	687	3.3%	534	3.2%	28.7%
Porsche	645	3.1%	147	0.9%	338.8%
Land Rover	636	3.1%	940	5.6%	-32.3%
Nissan	405	1.9%	467	2.8%	-13.3%
Peugeot	360	1.7%	249	1.5%	44.6%
Audi	349	1.7%	0	0.0%	-%
Cadillac	259	1.2%	139	0.8%	86.3%
Jaguar	176	0.8%	213	1.3%	-17.4%
Infiniti	150	0.7%	223	1.3%	-32.7%
Maserati	121	0.6%	-	-%	-%
Citroen	118	0.6%	72	0.4%	63.9%
Bentley	7	0.0%	30	0.2%	-76.7%
Rolls-Royce	5	0.0%	5	0.0%	0.0%
Lamborghini	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Total	20,813	100.0%	16,833	100.0%	23.6%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, September 2018

2 Oct. 2018

*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 (Sep. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Sep. 2018	Sep. 2017	Y-o-Y	Sep. 2018	Sep. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share *1	Sep.	Share *1
Hyundai	52,494	47.7%	59,714	44.7%	-12.1%	332,339	352,436	-5.7%	384,833	412,150	-6.6%
Kia	35,800	32.5%	48,019	36.0%	-25.4%	197,908	201,703	-1.9%	233,708	249,722	-6.4%
Ssangyong	7,689	7.0%	9,465	7.1%	-18.8%	3,110	3,703	-16.0%	10,799	13,168	-18.0%
GM Korea *2	7,434	6.8%	8,991	6.7%	-17.3%	27,382	31,273	-12.4%	34,816	40,264	-13.5%
Renault Samsung *3	6,713	6.1%	7,362	5.5%	-8.8%	7,869	18,820	-58.2%	14,582	26,182	-44.3%
Total	110,130	100.0%	133,551	100.0%	-17.5%	568,608	607,935	-6.5%	678,738	741,486	-8.5%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Sep.	Share	Sep.	Share
Audi	2,376	13.8%	0	0.0%	-%
Volkswagen	2,277	13.2%	0	0.0%	-%
BMW	2,052	11.9%	5,299	26.2%	-61.3%
Mercedes-Benz	1,943	11.3%	5,606	27.7%	-65.3%
Chrysler/Jeep	1,113	6.5%	767	3.8%	45.1%
Land Rover	1,063	6.2%	1,323	6.5%	-19.7%
Toyota	981	5.7%	755	3.7%	29.9%
Honda	934	5.4%	1,022	5.1%	-8.6%
Ford/Lincoln	884	5.1%	832	4.1%	6.3%
MINI	789	4.6%	933	4.6%	-15.4%
Volvo	598	3.5%	466	2.3%	28.3%
Peugeot	464	2.7%	306	1.5%	51.6%
Nissan	360	2.1%	541	2.7%	-33.5%
Lexus	313	1.8%	1,128	5.6%	-72.3%
Jaguar	269	1.6%	414	2.0%	-35.0%
Cadillac	189	1.1%	214	1.1%	-11.7%
Maserati	157	0.9%	-	-%	-%
Infiniti	156	0.9%	250	1.2%	-37.6%
Citroen	141	0.8%	94	0.5%	50.0%
Porsche	137	0.8%	269	1.3%	-49.1%
Bentley	14	0.1%	7	0.0%	100.0%
Rolls-Royce	11	0.1%	8	0.0%	37.5%
Lamborghini	1	0.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Total	17,222	100.0%	20,234	100.0%	-14.9%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, August 2018

4 Sep. 2018

*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 (Aug. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Aug. 2018	Aug. 2017	Y-o-Y	Aug. 2018	Aug. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share *1	Aug.	Share *1
Hyundai	58,582	46.4%	54,560	45.1%	7.4%	325,861	297,518	9.5%	384,443	352,078	9.2%
Kia	44,200	35.0%	41,027	33.9%	7.7%	179,448	183,181	-2.0%	223,648	224,208	-0.2%
Ssangyong	9,055	7.2%	8,255	6.8%	9.7%	2,366	3,470	-31.8%	11,421	11,725	-2.6%
GM Korea *2	7,391	5.9%	10,004	8.3%	-26.1%	15,710	31,307	-49.8%	23,101	41,311	-44.1%
Renault Samsung *3	7,108	5.6%	7,001	5.8%	1.5%	5,625	12,468	-54.9%	12,733	19,469	-34.6%
Total	126,336	100.0%	120,847	100.0%	4.5%	529,010	527,944	0.2%	655,346	648,791	1.0%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Aug.	Share	Aug.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	3,019	15.7%	5,267	30.0%	-42.7%
BMW	2,383	12.4%	4,105	23.4%	-41.9%
Audi	2,098	10.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Volkswagen	1,820	9.5%	0	0.0%	-%
Toyota	1,326	6.9%	1,210	6.9%	9.6%
Land Rover	1,311	6.8%	743	4.2%	76.4%
Ford/Lincoln	1,049	5.5%	792	4.5%	32.4%
Volvo	906	4.7%	602	3.4%	50.5%
MINI	804	4.2%	826	4.7%	-2.7%
Honda	724	3.8%	541	3.1%	33.8%
Chrysler/Jeep	702	3.7%	630	3.6%	11.4%
Lexus	560	2.9%	1,201	6.8%	-53.4%
Peugeot	512	2.7%	358	2.0%	43.0%
Nissan	459	2.4%	498	2.8%	-7.8%
Porsche	416	2.2%	68	0.4%	511.8%
Jaguar	372	1.9%	175	1.0%	112.6%
Cadillac	242	1.3%	152	0.9%	59.2%
Infiniti	178	0.9%	258	1.5%	-31.0%
Maserati	171	0.9%	-	-%	-%
Citroen	126	0.7%	95	0.5%	32.6%
Bentley	16	0.1%	16	0.1%	0.0%
Rolls-Royce	12	0.1%	7	0.0%	71.4%
Fiat	-	-%	3	0.0%	-%
Lamborghini	-	-%	0	0.0%	-%
Total	19,206	100.0%	17,547	100.0%	9.5%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, July 2018

1 Aug. 2018

*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 (Jul. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Jul. 2018	Jul. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jul. 2018	Jul. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share *1	Jul.	Share *1
Hyundai	60,367	45.1%	59,614	45.6%	1.3%	279,327	303,513	-8.0%	339,694	363,127	-6.5%
Kia	47,000	35.1%	43,611	33.4%	7.8%	183,878	176,088	4.4%	230,878	219,699	5.1%
Ssangyong	9,823	7.3%	8,658	6.6%	13.5%	3,093	2,755	12.3%	12,916	11,413	13.2%
GM Korea *2	9,000	6.7%	10,801	8.3%	-16.7%	28,046	30,605	-8.4%	37,046	41,406	-10.5%
Renault Samsung *3	7,602	5.7%	7,927	6.1%	-4.1%	10,963	15,368	-28.7%	18,565	23,295	-20.3%
Total	133,792	100.0%	130,611	100.0%	2.4%	505,307	528,329	-4.4%	639,099	658,940	-3.0%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Jul.	Share	Jul.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	4,715	23.0%	5,471	31.0%	-13.8%
BMW	3,959	19.3%	3,188	18.1%	24.2%
Volkswagen	1,627	7.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Audi	1,427	7.0%	0	0.0%	-%
Toyota	1,270	6.2%	1,047	5.9%	21.3%
Ford/Lincoln	1,033	5.0%	1,033	5.9%	0.0%
Land Rover	1,007	4.9%	786	4.5%	28.1%
MINI	851	4.1%	794	4.5%	7.2%
Volvo	814	4.0%	624	3.5%	30.4%
Lexus	741	3.6%	1,091	6.2%	-32.1%
Honda	704	3.4%	1,001	5.7%	-29.7%
Chrysler/Jeep	507	2.5%	537	3.0%	-5.6%
Peugeot	371	1.8%	383	2.2%	-3.1%
Nissan	351	1.7%	593	3.4%	-40.8%
Porsche	321	1.6%	198	1.1%	62.1%
Jaguar	225	1.1%	334	1.9%	-32.6%
Infiniti	163	0.8%	227	1.3%	-28.2%
Maserati	151	0.7%	-	-%	-%
Cadillac	147	0.7%	184	1.0%	-20.1%
Citroen	102	0.5%	98	0.6%	4.1%
Bentley	21	0.1%	27	0.2%	-22.2%
Rolls-Royce	11	0.1%	7	0.0%	57.1%
Fiat	-	-%	4	0.0%	-%
Lamborghini	-	-%	1	0.0%	-%
Total	20,518	100.0%	17,628	100.0%	16.4%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, June 2018

2 Jul. 2018

*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 (Jun. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Jun. 2018	Jun. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jun. 2018	Jun. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share *1	Jun.	Share *1
Hyundai	59,494	45.1%	61,837	44.2%	-3.8%	354,728	297,185	19.4%	414,222	359,022	15.4%
Kia	46,000	34.9%	47,015	33.6%	-2.2%	205,216	190,303	7.8%	251,216	237,318	5.9%
Ssangyong	9,684	7.3%	10,535	7.5%	-8.1%	2,894	2,162	33.9%	12,578	12,697	-0.9%
GM Korea *2	9,529	7.2%	11,455	8.2%	-16.8%	37,017	32,237	14.8%	46,546	43,692	6.5%
Renault Samsung *3	7,120	5.4%	9,000	6.4%	-20.9%	14,801	17,815	-16.9%	21,921	26,815	-18.3%
Total	131,827	100.0%	139,842	100.0%	-5.7%	614,656	539,702	13.9%	746,483	679,544	9.9%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Jun.	Share	Jun.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,248	26.8%	7,783	32.8%	-19.7%
BMW	4,196	18.0%	5,510	23.2%	-23.8%
Volkswagen	1,839	7.9%	0	0.0%	-%
Land Rover	1,462	6.3%	962	4.0%	52.0%
Toyota	1,311	5.6%	892	3.8%	47.0%
Audi	1,282	5.5%	0	0.0%	-%
Ford/Lincoln	1,109	4.8%	1,173	4.9%	-5.5%
Lexus	949	4.1%	1,272	5.4%	-25.4%
MINI	848	3.6%	841	3.5%	0.8%
Volvo	726	3.1%	693	2.9%	4.8%
Chrysler/Jeep	674	2.9%	648	2.7%	4.0%
Honda	532	2.3%	1,750	7.4%	-69.6%
Nissan	422	1.8%	548	2.3%	-23.0%
Porsche	391	1.7%	279	1.2%	40.1%
Peugeot	391	1.7%	275	1.2%	42.2%
Jaguar	358	1.5%	494	2.1%	-27.5%
Maserati	160	0.7%	-	-%	-%
Infiniti	158	0.7%	271	1.1%	-41.7%
Cadillac	142	0.6%	203	0.9%	-30.0%
Citroen	79	0.3%	99	0.4%	-20.2%
Bentley	23	0.1%	29	0.1%	-20.7%
Rolls-Royce	11	0.0%	11	0.0%	0.0%
Fiat	-	-%	20	0.1%	-%
Lamborghini	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%
Total	23,311	100.0%	23,755	100.0%	-1.9%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, May 2018

4 Jun. 2018

*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 (May 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	May 2018	May 2017	Y-o-Y	May 2018	May 2017	Y-o-Y
	May	Share *1	May	Share *1
Hyundai	61,896	46.3%	60,607	44.7%	2.1%	325,121	305,649	6.4%	387,017	366,256	5.7%
Kia	47,046	35.2%	43,522	32.1%	8.1%	200,130	183,304	9.2%	247,176	226,826	9.0%
Ssangyong	9,709	7.3%	10,238	7.6%	-5.2%	3,229	2,111	53.0%	12,938	12,349	4.8%
GM Korea *2	7,670	5.7%	11,854	8.8%	-35.3%	33,209	31,231	6.3%	40,879	43,085	-5.1%
Renault Samsung *3	7,342	5.5%	9,222	6.8%	-20.4%	8,759	11,295	-22.5%	16,101	20,517	-21.5%
Total	133,663	100.0%	135,443	100.0%	-1.3%	570,448	533,590	6.9%	704,111	669,033	5.2%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	May	Share	May	Share
Mercedes-Benz	5,839	24.9%	5,063	26.1%	15.3%
BMW	5,222	22.2%	5,373	27.7%	-2.8%
Volkswagen	2,194	9.3%	0	0.0%	-%
Toyota	1,455	6.2%	852	4.4%	70.8%
Audi	1,210	5.2%	2	0.0%	60400.0%
Land Rover	1,066	4.5%	596	3.1%	78.9%
Lexus	1,022	4.4%	864	4.5%	18.3%
Ford/Lincoln	923	3.9%	1,023	5.3%	-9.8%
Volvo	780	3.3%	596	3.1%	30.9%
MINI	662	2.8%	1,013	5.2%	-34.6%
Honda	618	2.6%	1,169	6.0%	-47.1%
Chrysler/Jeep	602	2.6%	596	3.1%	1.0%
Nissan	418	1.8%	579	3.0%	-27.8%
Peugeot	388	1.7%	271	1.4%	43.2%
Porsche	297	1.3%	376	1.9%	-21.0%
Jaguar	213	0.9%	296	1.5%	-28.0%
Infiniti	172	0.7%	263	1.4%	-34.6%
Cadillac	147	0.6%	215	1.1%	-31.6%
Maserati	130	0.6%	-	-%	-%
Citroen	79	0.3%	131	0.7%	-39.7%
Bentley	21	0.1%	74	0.4%	-71.6%
Rolls-Royce	12	0.1%	6	0.0%	100.0%
Fiat	-	-%	20	0.1%	-%
Lamborghini	-	-%	2	0.0%	-%
Total	23,470	100.0%	19,380	100.0%	21.1%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, April 2018

2 May 2018

*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 (Apr. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Apr. 2018	Apr. 2017	Y-o-Y	Apr. 2018	Apr. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share *1	Apr.	Share *1
Hyundai	63,788	47.5%	60,361	45.5%	5.7%	327,409	291,858	12.2%	391,197	352,219	11.1%
Kia	50,004	37.3%	43,515	32.8%	14.9%	190,024	176,065	7.9%	240,028	219,580	9.3%
Ssangyong	8,124	6.1%	8,346	6.3%	-2.7%	2,806	2,725	3.0%	10,930	11,071	-1.3%
Renault Samsung *3	6,903	5.1%	8,702	6.6%	-20.7%	16,193	13,742	17.8%	23,096	22,444	2.9%
GM Korea *2	5,378	4.0%	11,751	8.9%	-54.2%	33,197	37,412	-11.3%	38,575	49,163	-21.5%
Total	134,197	100.0%	132,675	100.0%	1.1%	569,629	521,802	9.2%	703,826	654,477	7.5%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Apr.	Share	Apr.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	7,349	28.3%	5,758	28.7%	27.6%
BMW	6,573	25.4%	6,334	31.6%	3.8%
Audi	2,165	8.4%	0	0.0%	-%
Toyota	1,709	6.6%	888	4.4%	92.5%
Ford/Lincoln	1,054	4.1%	818	4.1%	28.9%
Land Rover	911	3.5%	463	2.3%	96.8%
Lexus	872	3.4%	1,030	5.1%	-15.3%
Volvo	863	3.3%	542	2.7%	59.2%
Volkswagen	809	3.1%	0	0.0%	-%
MINI	749	2.9%	743	3.7%	0.8%
Chrysler/Jeep	486	1.9%	526	2.6%	-7.6%
Nissan	449	1.7%	524	2.6%	-14.3%
Honda	426	1.6%	881	4.4%	-51.6%
Peugeot	385	1.5%	357	1.8%	7.8%
Porsche	275	1.1%	193	1.0%	42.5%
Jaguar	249	1.0%	234	1.2%	6.4%
Infiniti	208	0.8%	312	1.6%	-33.3%
Cadillac	142	0.5%	110	0.5%	29.1%
Maserati	125	0.5%	-	-%	-%
Citroen	80	0.3%	141	0.7%	-43.3%
Bentley	31	0.1%	2	0.0%	1450.0%
Rolls-Royce	13	0.1%	10	0.0%	30.0%
Fiat	-	-%	181	0.9%	-%
Lamborghini	-	-%	4	0.0%	-%
Total	25,923	100.0%	20,051	100.0%	29.3%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, March 2018

3 Apr. 2018

*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. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Y-o-Y	Mar. 2018	Mar. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share *1	Mar.	Share *1
Hyundai	67,577	48.5%	63,765	43.7%	6.0%	329,464	326,838	0.8%	397,041	390,603	1.6%
Kia	48,540	34.8%	47,621	32.6%	1.9%	193,734	186,769	3.7%	242,274	234,390	3.4%
Ssangyong	9,243	6.6%	9,229	6.3%	0.2%	2,126	3,763	-43.5%	11,369	12,992	-12.5%
Renault Samsung *3	7,800	5.6%	10,510	7.2%	-25.8%	19,259	14,771	30.4%	27,059	25,281	7.0%
GM Korea *2	6,272	4.5%	14,778	10.1%	-57.6%	34,988	36,072	-3.0%	41,260	50,850	-18.9%
Total	139,432	100.0%	145,903	100.0%	-4.4%	579,571	568,213	2.0%	719,003	714,116	0.7%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Mar.	Share	Mar.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	7,932	30.0%	6,737	30.5%	17.7%
BMW	7,052	26.7%	6,164	27.9%	14.4%
Toyota	1,712	6.5%	925	4.2%	85.1%
Land Rover	1,422	5.4%	1,062	4.8%	33.9%
Lexus	1,177	4.5%	1,069	4.8%	10.1%
Ford/Lincoln	1,060	4.0%	886	4.0%	19.6%
MINI	1,010	3.8%	624	2.8%	61.9%
Honda	645	2.4%	411	1.9%	56.9%
Nissan	642	2.4%	649	2.9%	-1.1%
Jaguar	608	2.3%	769	3.5%	-20.9%
Chrysler/Jeep	604	2.3%	614	2.8%	-1.6%
Volvo	515	2.0%	675	3.1%	-23.7%
Peugeot	456	1.7%	317	1.4%	43.8%
Volkswagen	426	1.6%	0	0.0%	-%
Porsche	394	1.5%	234	1.1%	68.4%
Infiniti	210	0.8%	173	0.8%	21.4%
Maserati	166	0.6%	-	-%	-%
Cadillac	129	0.5%	133	0.6%	-3.0%
Audi	122	0.5%	83	0.4%	47.0%
Citroen	82	0.3%	122	0.6%	-32.8%
Bentley	28	0.1%	0	0.0%	-%
Rolls-Royce	9	0.0%	12	0.1%	-25.0%
Lamborghini	1	0.0%	4	0.0%	-75.0%
Fiat	-	0.0%	417	1.9%	-100.0%
Total	26,402	100.0%	22,080	100.0%	19.6%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, February 2018

5 Mar. 2018

*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. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Feb. 2018	Feb. 2017	Y-o-Y	Feb. 2018	Feb. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share *1	Feb.	Share *1
Hyundai	50,200	47.6%	53,113	44.4%	-5.5%	259,948	284,431	-8.6%	310,148	337,544	-8.1%
Kia	37,005	35.1%	39,158	32.7%	-5.5%	158,957	176,422	-9.9%	195,962	215,580	-9.1%
Ssangyong	7,070	6.7%	8,106	6.8%	-12.8%	2,020	2,710	-25.5%	9,090	10,816	-16.0%
GM Korea *2	5,804	5.5%	11,227	9.4%	-48.3%	30,921	34,139	-9.4%	36,725	45,366	-19.0%
Renault Samsung *3	5,353	5.1%	8,008	6.7%	-33.2%	10,641	12,574	-15.4%	15,994	20,582	-22.3%
Total	105,432	100.0%	119,612	100.0%	-11.9%	462,487	510,276	-9.4%	567,919	629,888	-9.8%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Feb.	Share	Feb.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	6,192	31.1%	5,534	34.1%	11.9%
BMW	6,118	30.7%	3,202	19.8%	91.1%
Toyota	1,235	6.2%	741	4.6%	66.7%
Lexus	1,020	5.1%	896	5.5%	13.8%
Land Rover	752	3.8%	765	4.7%	-1.7%
Ford/Lincoln	745	3.7%	709	4.4%	5.1%
MINI	640	3.2%	582	3.6%	10.0%
Volvo	456	2.3%	570	3.5%	-20.0%
Jaguar	454	2.3%	279	1.7%	62.7%
Peugeot	404	2.0%	299	1.8%	35.1%
Nissan	394	2.0%	450	2.8%	-12.4%
Chrysler/Jeep	381	1.9%	479	3.0%	-20.5%
Honda	338	1.7%	490	3.0%	-31.0%
Porsche	271	1.4%	233	1.4%	16.3%
Infiniti	170	0.9%	127	0.8%	33.9%
Cadillac	146	0.7%	82	0.5%	78.0%
Maserati	105	0.5%	-	-%	-%
Citroen	47	0.2%	129	0.8%	-63.6%
Bentley	31	0.2%	0	0.0%	-%
Audi	18	0.1%	360	2.2%	-95.0%
Rolls-Royce	7	0.0%	3	0.0%	133.3%
Lamborghini	4	0.0%	4	0.0%	0.0%
Fiat	-	-%	278	1.7%	-%
Total	19,928	100.0%	16,212	100.0%	22.9%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)

Flash report, January 2018

2 Feb. 2018

*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. 2018)

Make	Domestic Sales					Overseas Sales			Global Sales Total
	2018		2017		Y-o-Y	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2017	Y-o-Y	Jan. 2018	Jan. 2017	Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share *1	Jan.	Share *1
Hyundai	51,426	45.7%	45,100	42.5%	14.0%	282,791	293,848	-3.8%	334,217	338,948	-1.4%
Kia	39,105	34.8%	35,012	33.0%	11.7%	166,021	159,886	3.8%	205,126	194,898	5.2%
GM Korea *2	7,844	7.0%	11,643	11.0%	-32.6%	34,557	35,199	-1.8%	42,401	46,842	-9.5%
Ssangyong	7,675	6.8%	7,015	6.6%	9.4%	2,530	3,405	-25.7%	10,205	10,420	-2.1%
Renault Samsung *3	6,402	5.7%	7,440	7.0%	-14.0%	15,445	12,816	20.5%	21,847	20,256	7.9%
Total	112,452	100.0%	106,210	100.0%	5.9%	501,344	505,154	-0.8%	613,796	611,364	0.4%

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	2018		2017		Y-o-Y
	Jan.	Share	Jan.	Share
Mercedes-Benz	7,509	35.6%	6,848	41.1%	9.7%
BMW	5,407	25.7%	2,415	14.5%	123.9%
Lexus	1,236	5.9%	724	4.3%	70.7%
Ford/Lincoln	1,007	4.8%	1,023	6.1%	-1.6%
Toyota	928	4.4%	895	5.4%	3.7%
Volvo	849	4.0%	436	2.6%	94.7%
Land Rover	726	3.4%	595	3.6%	22.0%
Porsche	535	2.5%	273	1.6%	96.0%
MINI	450	2.1%	541	3.2%	-16.8%
Jaguar	381	1.8%	234	1.4%	62.8%
Honda	365	1.7%	684	4.1%	-46.6%
Peugeot	354	1.7%	164	1.0%	115.9%
Nissan	311	1.5%	518	3.1%	-40.0%
Chrysler/Jeep	284	1.3%	501	3.0%	-43.3%
Audi	214	1.0%	474	2.8%	-54.9%
Infiniti	181	0.9%	131	0.8%	38.2%
Cadillac	136	0.6%	80	0.5%	70.0%
Maserati	120	0.6%	-	-%	-%
Citroen	52	0.2%	72	0.4%	-27.8%
Bentley	23	0.1%	1	0.0%	2200.0%
Rolls-Royce	6	0.0%	3	0.0%	100.0%
Lamborghini	1	0.0%	5	0.0%	-80.0%
Fiat	-	-%	57	0.3%	-%
Total	21,075	100.0%	16,674	100.0%	26.4%

Source: Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA)