SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s bestselling domestic car over the last 10 years was Hyundai Motor Co.’s Grandeur sedan and the country’s bestselling imported car was the Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan, industry data showed Thursday. CarIsYou Data Research Center reported that there were 1,010,681 units of Hyundai Grandeur registered between Jan. 2012 and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — After reaching a sales record of 100,000 vehicles three years after its introduction, the 10th Generation Mercedes-Benz E-Class is perceived by many as a vehicle for high-income, dual-breadwinner couples, according to a recent survey. Mercedes-Benz Korea (MBK) conducted an analysis of some 21 billion sources of data related to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Used car dealer SK Encar released a report on August 23 that showed that the Kia Ray and Mercedes Benz E-Class were the fastest-selling cars in their respective categories. The company combed through its website data from the past two months to compare the amount time from when a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — On August 7, Mercedes-Benz Korea announced that it had sold 37,723 vehicles in the first half of this year, a 54 percent increase compared to last year. Accordingly, the South Korean market jumped three spots as it now ranks fifth among countries with the most purchases of Mercedes-Benz vehicles from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz is speeding ahead in terms of sales in South Korea, while its main rival BMW is struggling to keep pace, industry data showed Sunday. According to sales figures released by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association (KAIDA) and other market trackers, Mercedes-Benz midsize E-Class [...]
SEJONG, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Mercedes-Benz Korea, the local unit of the German luxury car brand, will recall 1,135 units of E-class sedans for problems with their powertrain control system, the transportation ministry here said Thursday. An error in the model’s powertrain software may fail to transmit engine power to the automatic transmission, causing a [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Display Co. plans to supply advanced organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays to Mercedes-Benz, industry sources said Wednesday, marking the first time for a carmaker to adopt the advanced screen. The South Korean display maker said it will supply the 12.3-inch P-OLED display to the New E-Class produced by the German carmaker. [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Company has begun taking preorders for its new strategic concept sedan “Aslan” which will hit the road starting end of October. Aslan, which means a lion in Turkish, straddles Hyundai’s flagship premium sedans of Grandeur and Genesis targeting potential consumers in their 40s and 50s — for them the latter [...]