Tivoli hits highest Ssangyong ranking in 11 years

The South Korean new United Motors posts addition actual activating ages in November at +15% to 164.702 registrations, appropriation the year-to-date absolute to 1.624.059 units. Once afresh sales are additional by a almanac achievement from adopted manufacturers, up 39% year-on-year to 22.991 sales and 14% allotment vs. +12% and 141.711 units for bounded carmakers. Hyundai (+17%) calmly keeps the lead, even addition the gap with Kia (+12%). GM Korea (-7%) and Renault Samsung (-30%) attempt but Ssangyong shoots up 56%.
VW Jetta South Korea November 2015. Picture address yeoinwooVolkswagen is already authoritative up for a adverse October result. Picture Yeoinwoo
Volkswagen leaps 66% year-on-year, traveling from just 947 sales in October to a whopping 4.517 and #1 greenhorn this month, potentially communicable up on the aqueduct created by agent ambiguity a brace of months ago. BMW (+37%), Audi (+56%), Mercedes (+44%) and Land Rover (+65%) all column absurd results, as do Peugeot (+83%), Volvo (+68%), Infiniti (+134%), Jaguar (+131%) and Cadillac (+163%).
Hyundai Sonata South Korea 2014. Picture address of caranddriver.comThe Hyundai Sonata is aback in pole position in South Korea.
After three after months of Hyundai Avante reign, the Hyundai Sonata (+35%) all-overs aback into a pole position it holds year-to-date but that it hadn’t airtight aback June. The Hyundai Avante (+26%) follows, advanced of the a lot of accepted of the three afresh relaunched Hyundai Group SUVs: the Santa Fe (+47%). The Kia Sportage is up 88% to #7 and the Hyundai Tucson up 90% to #11.
SsangYong Rexton South Korea 2004The endure Ssangyong to rank that top was the Rexton in 2004.
But the hero SUV of the ages is the Ssangyong Tivoli: by accepting two spots on October it hits a almanac 12th place, artlessly the best baronial any Ssangyong archetypal anytime accomplished aback BSCB started afterward South Korea account in June 2010… In fact, we accept to go aback to 2004 to see Ssangyong models extensive agnate levels at home: the Rexton accomplished that year at #11 and the Musso SUT at #14.
The adopted models baronial reflects the awakening of Volkswagen: beneath the acceptable able sellers Mercedes E-Class and Audi A6, the VW Tiguan shoots up 21 spots on October to #3, overtaking both the BMW 5 Series and 3 Series, the VW Jetta is up 29 to #6, the Golf up 20 to #8, the Passat up 17 to #13 and the VW CC up 48 to #15.