Korean Automobile Industry

By maker, except for Hyundai, all the makers were on the increase in 2010. Hyundaisolely decreased 6.1% from a year ago, because of tough competition between majormodels. Riding on the new model release effect from K5 and Sportage R along withsteady sales-increase of New Morning, K7 and Sorento R, Kia jumped 17.4%.Renault Samsung also leapt 16.5% on the ground of new model debut of New SM5and constant sales-upbeat of New SM3. Under the new model release effect ofAlpheon combined with steady-demand on Matiz Creative and Lacetti Premiere, GMKorea rose 9.5% from a year earlier. Recovering pace in sales after linenormalizationand favourable results on Rexton and Actyon Sports enabledSsangyong to see a 46.3% hike.Domestic Sales by Type(Units, %)Category 2009 2010 % chg.shareshareTotal 1,394,000 100.0 1,465,426 100.0 5.1Passenger Cars 1,174,743 84.3 1,217,764 83.1 3.7Mini 135,753 9.7 160,579 11.0 18.3Small 328,512 23.6 309,772 21.1 -5.7Medium 455,858 32.7 526,473 35.9 15.5Large 254,620 18.3 220,940 15.1 -13.2Commercial Vehicles 219,257 15.7 247,662 16.9 13.0Bus 65,501 4.7 70,261 4.8 7.3Truck 142,570 10.2 165,291 11.3 15.9SPV 11,186 0.8 12,110 0.8 8.3Note : SPV is Special Purpose Vehicles10Korean Automobile Industry 2011