Ssangyong Torres inside Top 10, Hyundai Ioniq 6 lands, registrations up 0.5% – Best Selling Cars Blog

The Torres is the best performing Ssangyong in 3.5 years.

The South Korea new light vehicle market edges up 0.5% in August to 128,941. This is only due to strong imports up 7.8% to 23,850 while local manufacturers are down -1.1% to 105,091. The year-to-date total now stands at 1,072,393 (-9%) including 896,111 domestic carmakers (-8.9%) and 176,282 foreigners (-9.3%). Kia (+1%) is the most popular brand at home for the 5th time this year, confirming  its newfound YTD lead. Hyundai (-7.3%) is down significantly at #2 with 30.7% share vs. 32.9% so far this year. Genesis (+15.8%) scores a strong year-on-year result but falls below the 10,000 monthly unit mark for the first time since September 2021. BMW (+40.1%) and Ssangyong (+42.4%) round out the Top 5 in spectacular fashion but Mercedes (-11.8%), Renault Korea (-14.2%) and GM Korea (-24.3%) struggle. Audi (+72.3%) scores the largest year-on-year gain in the Top 10 at #9. Note Polestar (#16) already outselling Volvo (-54.4%).

The Hyundai Ioniq 6 has landed in the South Korean charts.

Over in the models ranking, the Hyundai Porter (+5%) confirms it is the favourite of South Korean crowds and cements its YTD lead. It is followed by three models in outstanding shape: the Kia Sorento (+42.8%), Bongo (+49.3%) and Hyundai Grandeur (+25%). The Kia K8 (+34.3%) and Seltos (+32.5%) also impress in the remainder of the Top 10 but the big news is the Ssangyong Torres up 12 spots on July to break into its home Top 10 for the first time at #9. It is the first Ssangyong to rank inside the Top 10 since the Rexton Sports in January 2019 (#9). Reversely the Kia Sportage (-41.1%), Carnival (-19.2%) and Hyundai Sonata (-7.6%) suffer. Below, the new Hyundai Casper slips outside the Top 10 at #11 while the Kia Ray (+56.3%), Genesis G90 (+1093.1%), Kia Niro (+22%), Genesis GV80 (+21.3%) and Kia Morning (+20.8%) stand out. Notice the arrival of the Hyundai Ioniq 6 at #54.

In the foreign models aisle, the Tesla Model Y (+37.4%) takes the lead after selling no units in July and climbs up to #9 year-to-date vs. #6 over the Full Year 2021. The YTD leader, the Mercedes E Class (-39.1%) follows with a harsh year-on-year fall, distancing the BMW 5 Series (+62.8%), Mercedes S-Class (+86.1%), Audi A6 (+286.2%) and Tesla Model 3 (+16.3%) all vastly outpacing the market. Below, the BMW 6 Series (+207.7%), Mercedes GLC (+150.9%) and to a lesser extent the BMW X5 (+11.1%) also make waves. The best-selling newcomer is the Polestar 2 at #11 just above the BMW i4 at #12.

Previous month: South Korea July 2022: Kia now #1 year-to-date, strong start for Ssangyong Torres

One year ago: South Korea August 2021: Kia Sportage up to #2, Kia EV6 lands in market down -2.7%

Full August 2022 Top 30 all brands, Top 60 all local models and Top 50 foreigners below.

South Korea August 2022 – brands:

Note: Tesla doesn’t report sales to KAIDA, with 3,153 units in August it would rank #9.

Pos	Brand	Aug-22	%	/21	Jul	2022	%	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Kia	41,404	32.1%	1.0%	1	355,291	33.1%	-3.3%	1	2
2	Hyundai	39,607	30.7%	-7.3%	2	352,637	32.9%	-12.7%	2	1
3	Genesis	9,617	7.5%	15.8%	3	87,288	8.1%	-6.1%	3	3
4	BMW	7,303	5.7%	40.1%	5	50,345	4.7%	6.0%	5	5
5	Ssangyong	6,923	5.4%	42.4%	4	41,200	3.8%	10.9%	6	7
6	Mercedes	5,940	4.6%	-11.8%	6	50,593	4.7%	-9.6%	4	4
7	Renault Korea	3,950	3.1%	-14.2%	7	34,437	3.2%	-10.3%	7	6
8	GM Korea	3,590	2.8%	-24.3%	8	25,258	2.4%	-41.0%	8	8
9	Audi	2,310	1.8%	72.3%	9	12,645	1.2%	-14.4%	9	9
10	Chevrolet	1,067	0.8%	12.8%	12	4,725	0.4%	-27.6%	14	15
11	Volkswagen	1,043	0.8%	-20.1%	10	8,586	0.8%	-21.9%	10	11
12	Mini	947	0.7%	-2.3%	13	7,668	0.7%	-4.3%	12	12
13	Toyota	713	0.6%	52.7%	15	4,188	0.4%	-4.3%	16	18
14	Porsche	677	0.5%	3.0%	16	5,945	0.6%	-11.5%	13	16
15	Ford	642	0.5%	96.9%	14	3,559	0.3%	-15.5%	18	17
16	Polestar	553	0.4%	new	19	1,900	0.2%	new	21	–
17	Volvo	525	0.4%	-54.4%	11	8,556	0.8%	-13.9%	11	10
18	Jeep	496	0.4%	15.9%	18	4,202	0.4%	-42.9%	15	13
19	Lexus	411	0.3%	-55.9%	17	4,062	0.4%	-40.5%	17	14
20	Honda	327	0.3%	-36.9%	20	2,277	0.2%	-10.1%	19	19
21	Land Rover	309	0.2%	8.8%	21	1,773	0.2%	-8.7%	22	21
22	Lincoln	183	0.1%	-26.5%	22	1,928	0.2%	-24.0%	20	20
23	Peugeot	91	0.1%	-55.2%	23	1,181	0.1%	-18.6%	23	22
24	Bentley	91	0.1%	71.7%	25	529	0.0%	71.8%	25	26
25	Cadillac	84	0.1%	-36.4%	24	546	0.1%	-23.3%	24	23
26	Lamborghini	45	0.0%	25.0%	27	223	0.0%	-10.8%	27	27
27	Maserati	41	0.0%	-48.8%	26	441	0.0%	-19.4%	26	24
28	Rolls-Royce	29	0.0%	70.6%	28	172	0.0%	6.8%	28	29
29	Jaguar	19	0.0%	0.0%	29	139	0.0%	-47.7%	29	28
30	DS	4	0.0%	new	30	60	0.0%	new	30	–
31	Citroen	0	0.0%	-100.0%	–	39	0.0%	-88.4%	31	25
–	Total local manufacturers	105,091	81.5%	-1.1%	–	896,111	83.6%	-8.9%	–	–
–	Total foreign manufacturers	23,850	18.5%	7.8%	–	176,282	16.4%	-9.3%	–	–
–	Total market	128,941	100.0%	0.5%	–	1,072,393	100.0%	-9.0%	–	–

South Korea August 2022 – local models:

Pos	Model	Aug-22	/21	Jul	2022	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Hyundai Porter	7,792	5.0%	1	58,626	-14.2%	1	1
2	Kia Sorento	5,674	42.8%	2	44,391	-11.7%	3	5
3	Kia Bongo	5,389	49.3%	4	43,597	2.0%	4	7
4	Hyundai Grandeur	4,606	25.0%	3	45,055	-27.1%	2	2
5	Kia Carnival	4,535	-19.2%	5	36,938	-35.5%	5	3
6	Hyundai Sonata	4,332	-7.6%	9	32,145	-21.1%	10	6
7	Kia K8	4,257	34.3%	6	29,108	-5.9%	12	12
8	Kia Sportage	3,873	-41.1%	12	34,045	111.0%	7	16
9	Ssangyong Torres	3,637	new	21	6,422	new	35	–
10	Kia Seltos	3,610	32.5%	11	28,490	2.4%	14	15
11	Hyundai Casper	3,302	new	8	30,980	new	11	34
12	Hyundai Palisade	3,269	-18.5%	14	33,416	-12.6%	8	10
13	Genesis G80	3,080	-17.2%	18	32,152	-18.2%	9	9
14	Hyundai Staria	2,957	-17.0%	17	20,670	35.3%	18	21
15	Kia Ray	2,836	56.3%	10	28,936	22.3%	13	18
16	Hyundai Santa Fe	2,534	-23.7%	30	16,981	-42.4%	24	13
17	Genesis G90	2,422	1093.1%	24	14,658	264.9%	26	41
18	Hyundai Avante	2,406	-45.9%	7	34,739	-30.6%	6	4
19	Kia Niro	2,321	22.2%	19	21,729	79.7%	16	25
20	Samsung QM6	2,196	-28.4%	22	18,612	-21.4%	22	17
21	Kia K5	2,155	-50.7%	20	21,154	-54.5%	17	8
22	Kia Morning	2,153	20.8%	13	19,686	-14.3%	20	19
23	SsangYong Rexton Sports	2,121	-8.3%	25	19,038	19.0%	21	22
24	Genesis GV70	2,004	-22.2%	26	18,327	-37.0%	23	14
25	Hyundai Ioniq 5	1,998	-40.1%	15	20,203	61.8%	19	24
26	Hyundai Tucson	1,962	-48.7%	29	23,314	-35.6%	15	11
27	Kia EV6	1,672	-12.5%	16	16,879	783.7%	25	32
28	Genesis GV80	1,493	21.3%	27	14,174	-5.1%	28	23
29	Samsung XM3	1,303	17.0%	31	12,168	16.1%	29	28
30	Chevrolet Spark	1,198	-21.1%	33	7,943	-42.2%	33	27
31	Kia Mohave	1,114	67.5%	32	8,247	0.5%	32	33
32	Hyundai Nexo	980	76.3%	36	6,438	17.9%	34	35
33	Chevrolet Trailblazer	958	-54.1%	28	10,300	-30.0%	30	26
34	Kia K3	800	-56.3%	23	14,340	-21.2%	27	20
35	Hyundai Kona	743	-15.8%	34	5,842	-36.1%	36	31
36	SsangYong Tivoli	624	-57.0%	39	8,966	-19.9%	31	29
37	Kia K9	602	-10.4%	37	4,730	9.5%	38	39
38	Samsung SM6	433	157.7%	41	2,667	51.9%	42	44
39	Hyundai Venue	376	-61.0%	38	5,599	-37.6%	37	30
40	Genesis G70	358	-38.3%	35	3,780	-32.9%	41	37
41	Chevrolet Traverse	332	34.4%	42	1,130	-50.2%	47	43
42	SsangYong Rexton	326	-10.9%	43	2,439	-40.4%	43	40
43	Genesis GV60	260	new	40	4,197	new	40	52
44	SsangYong Korando	215	-70.6%	44	4,227	-27.8%	39	36
45	Chevrolet Equinox	213	7000.0%	47	657	19.9%	49	55
46	Chevrolet Bolt EUV	199	new	46	430	new	51	–
47	Chevrolet Trax	195	1525.0%	49	1,073	-49.7%	48	47
48	Chevrolet Colorado	194	-71.8%	45	2,073	-21.7%	44	42
49	Kia Stinger	157	-22.7%	50	1,442	-38.2%	45	45
50	Chevrolet Malibu	148	-14.9%	48	1,135	-47.8%	46	46
51	Chevrolet Bolt	124	2380.0%	52	158	-84.4%	55	53
52	Chevrolet Tahoe	29	new	51	284	new	53	–
53	Renault Samsung Master	18	-41.9%	53	474	-7.2%	50	50
54	Hyundai Ioniq 6	8	new	–	8	new	59	–
55	Hyundai Veloster	4	-81.8%	54	183	-53.9%	54	56
56	Renault Samsung Zoe	0	-100.0%	–	404	-36.5%	52	54
57	Renault Samsung Twizy	0	-100.0%	–	112	-57.1%	56	58
58	Ssangyong Rexton Emotion	0	new	–	108	new	57	–
59	Chevrolet Corvette/Camaro	0	-100.0%	55	74	19.4%	58	60

South Korea August 2022 – foreign models:

Pos	Model	Aug-22	/21	Jul	2022	/21	Pos	FY21
1	Tesla Model Y	2,130	37.4%	–	4,162	-39.4%	9	6
2	Mercedes E Class	1,906	-39.1%	1	19,014	-6.9%	1	1
3	BMW 5 Series	1,670	62.8%	16	12,519	-8.1%	2	2
4	Mercedes S Class	1,574	86.1%	2	10,026	45.2%	3	4
5	Audi A6	1,035	286.2%	6	4,844	-31.7%	6	3
6	Tesla Model 3	1,023	16.3%	–	5,737	-20.0%	4	5
7	Mercedes GLC	700	150.9%	4	3,152	-25.9%	13	10
8	BMW 6 Series	600	207.7%	46	2,668	7.5%	17	26
9	BMW X5	572	11.1%	7	4,608	20.0%	7	11
10	VW Tiguan	565	-44.3%	29	2,508	-32.9%	18	15
11	Polestar 2	553	new	14	1,900	new	29	–
12	BMW i4	529	new	32	1,279	new	41	–
13	BMW X4	483	9.0%	10	2,860	25.2%	15	20
14	Ford Explorer	480	91.2%	3	2,252	-22.2%	22	17
15	BMW X3	458	-13.7%	5	4,193	25.9%	8	14
16	Mercedes A Class	442	17.6%	48	1,943	-50.1%	28	18
17	Mini Cooper Hatch	433	-22.8%	15	3,087	-18.4%	14	12
18	BMW 7 Series	432	476.0%	24	2,276	14.1%	20	33
19	BMW X7	426	14.5%	13	3,417	15.8%	11	19
20	BMW X6	421	38.0%	12	3,165	10.2%	12	21
21	Mercedes GLE	400	13.0%	22	3,980	-12.5%	10	8
22	BMW 3 Series	393	-41.5%	8	5,041	-14.5%	5	7
23	Porsche Cayenne	371	6.0%	25	2,180	-31.2%	23	24
24	Chevrolet Traverse	332	34.4%	11	1,130	-50.2%	44	23
25	VW Arteon	330	n/a	18	1,870	66.1%	30	n/a
26	Mini Clubman	294	38.7%	30	1,739	-14.0%	32	34
27	Toyota RAV4	288	59.1%	35	1,345	-2.8%	39	40
28	BMW X1	286	1200.0%	17	2,260	45.5%	21	45
29	BMW 2 Series	253	-19.7%	50	965	-27.6%	46	n/a
30	BMW 1 Series	250	-40.2%	26	1,423	-18.8%	37	38
31	Audi Q5	232	-9.4%	39	1,469	117.0%	36	n/a
32	Audi Q3	224	n/a	44	620	n/a	65	n/a
33	Lexus ES	219	-61.8%	27	2,705	-39.0%	16	9
34	Chevrolet Equinox	213	7000.0%	49	657	34.4%	63	n/a
35	Porsche Panamera	199	114.0%	n/a	938	40.6%	49	n/a
36	Chevrolet Bolt EUV	199	new	47	430	new	72	–
37	Chevrolet Colorado	194	-71.8%	34	2,073	-21.7%	25	22
38	Jeep Wrangler	192	2.7%	31	1,493	-33.4%	34	29
39	Mercedes G Class	181	331.0%	n/a	609	-56.7%	66	41
40	Mercedes CLS	177	-30.9%	19	2,298	-19.9%	19	25
41	Volvo XC60	175	-38.8%	21	1,988	-10.8%	27	27
42	Toyota Sienna	173	1341.7%	36	839	4.5%	54	n/a
43	Audi A3	153	n/a	23	430	42900.0%	71	n/a
44	Mercedes EQS	149	new	37	740	new	60	n/a
45	Volvo XC90	145	0.0%	n/a	1,263	23.3%	42	n/a
46	BMW 4 Series	143	41.6%	n/a	787	-30.1%	58	n/a
47	Honda Accord	136	-35.5%	43	963	-12.9%	47	39
48	Lincoln Aviator	131	6.5%	n/a	1,079	-9.0%	45	48
49	Audi Q7	130	-27.0%	n/a	781	-13.3%	59	n/a
50	Honda CR-V	126	-36.0%	n/a	872	-15.8%	51	n/a

Source: KAIDA