Korea best selling cars. The top 50 in the 2018

Korea best selling cars ranking in the 2018 confirms the leadership of the sixth generation of the mid size Hyundai Grandeur, while the new Hyundai Santa Fe jumped in second place and the new Hyundai Kona joined the top 10 club.

According to data released by KAMA and KAIDA, in the 2018 the South Korean Car Passenger’s market is stable. Indeed, the year ended with 1.806.609 units sold, improving 1.3% from last year. Thus, the market is back on track after the marginal fall registered in 2017.

As far as the best-selling vehicles in 2018, on top of the list again the previous year leader, the Hyundai Grandeur with 113.101 sales (-14.4%).

In second place the Hyundai Santa Fe with 107.202 sales, up 8 spots (+107.5%) followed by the 2016 leader, the Hyundai Porter, with 97.995 units (-3.4%).

In fourth place the Kia Carnival with 76.362 (+11.7%) followed by the Hyundai Avante with 75.831 (-9.6%), the Kia Sorento with 67.200 (-14.3%) and the Hyundai Sonata, the 2015 leader, with 65.846 sales (-20.4%).

In eight place the Kia Bongo with 59.254 (-4.7%) ahead of the Kia Morning with 59.042 sales (-16.2%) and in 10th place the Hyundai Kona with 50.468 (+114.6%).

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