21,495 imported cars registered in April..No. 1 BMW, No. 3 Tesla
May 09, 2025
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The number of registered cars by brand in April was 6,710 BMW, 4,908 Mercedes-Benz, 1,447 Tesla, 1,353 Lexus, 1,077 Porsche, 1,068 Volvo, 817 Toyota, 661 Mini, 574 Ford, 543 BYD, Landro, There were 97 Peugeot, 67 Cadillac, 27 Rolls-Royce, 26 Ferrari, 21 GMC, 14 Lamborghini, 10 Chevrolet, and 10 Maserati.
The number of registered vehicles by displacement was 9,858 units (45.9%) with less than 2,000 cc, 6,987 units (32.5%) with less than 2,000 cc to 3,000 cc, 552 units (2.6%) with less than 3,000 cc, more than 4,000 cc to 386 units (1.8%), and other (electric vehicles) 3,712 units (17.3%). By country, there were 16,170 units in Europe (75.2 percent), 2,395 units in Japan (11.1 percent), 2,387 units in the United States (11.1 percent), and 543 units in China (2.5 percent), followed by 13,691 units in hybrid (63.7 percent), 3,712 units in electricity (17.3 percent), 3,680 units in gasoline (17.1 percent), and 412 units in diesel (1.9 percent).
By purchase type, out of 21,495 units, individual purchases were 13,133 units, 61.1%, and corporate purchases were 8,362 units, 38.9%. Registration of individual purchases by region was 4,163 units in Gyeonggi Province (31.7%), 2,657 units in Seoul (20.2%), and 810 units in Incheon (6.2%), while registration of corporate purchases by region was 2,829 units in Busan (33.8%), 2,007 units in Incheon (24.0%), and 1,358 units in Gyeongnam (16.2%).
The best-selling models for April were BMW 520 (1,168), Mercedes-Benz E 200 (1,051), and Mercedes-Benz E 300 4MATIC (810).
Jeong Yoon-young, vice chairman of the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA), explained, "New registration of imported cars in April decreased compared to the previous month due to the base effect and lack of supplies due to price hikes of some brands."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
