Total imported passenger cars 24,209 units…13.4% increase compared to last year,
BMW THE iX1 vehicle is being unveiled at the ‘2023 Seoul Mobility Show’ held at KINTEX in Goyang City, Gyeonggi-do on the 30th. 2023.3.30/News1 © News1 Reporter Lee Seung-bae,
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, ‘(Seoul=News1) Reporter Park Ju-pyeong = The Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) announced on the 5th that the number of newly registered imported passenger cars in May was recorded at 24,209 units. This is a 13.4% increase compared to the same month last year (21,339 units).’,
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, ‘BMW took the top spot in sales with 6,240 units last month, surpassing Mercedes-Benz, which had led the sales with 5,947 units. Tesla followed in third place with 4,165 units.’,
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, ‘Volvo (1,516 units), Lexus (1,319 units), Audi (831 units), Mini (722 units), and Toyota (710 units) followed behind. ‘,
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, ‘In terms of fuel types, hybrids were the most popular at 19,330 units (45.2%), followed by gasoline at 5,893 units (24.3%), electric at 5,876 units (24.3%), diesel at 877 units (3.6%), and plug-in hybrids at 630 units (2.6%).’,
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, ‘By purchasing type, out of the 24,209 units, 16,329 units were purchased by individuals (67.5%) and 7,880 units were purchased by corporations (32.5%).’,
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, ‘The best-selling models last month were Tesla Model 3 (3,542 units), Mercedes-Benz E 300 4MATIC (1,328 units), and BMW 520 (988 units).’