SEOUL, Jul. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s environment ministry has launched a probe into some imported Mercedes-Benz vehicles, an official said Friday, amid reports about an emissions fraud scandal involving German luxury automaker Daimler. “We have found that there are some 40 kinds of imported Mercedes-Benz vehicles suspected of carrying the emissions manipulation device,” [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans preferred to buy expensive or low-priced imported vehicles in the January-April period, industry data showed Wednesday. In the four-month period, sales of imported vehicles priced at less than 30 million won (US$27,000) jumped 81 percent to 2,960 units from a year earlier, numbers released by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — German carmakers BMW and Mercedes-Benz sold more vehicles in South Korea in the January-April period compared to Japan, an industry association said Sunday. Vehicle sales by BMW and Mercedes-Benz jumped 48 percent and 32 percent year-on-year, respectively, to 18,115 and 24,877 units in the Korean market during the first [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – BMW was the most popular foreign car maker in South Korea during the month of April, knocking Mercedes-Benz from its perch as sales leader for the first time. According to figures released by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA) yesterday, BMW sold 6,334 vehicles in April, amounting to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Mercedes-Benz Korea, the local importer and distributor of the German vehicle, will recall some 280 cars sold here for an airbag issue that has affected millions of cars of various brands throughout the world, the transportation ministry said Friday. The latest recall is part of the Takata airbag recall [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A generation shift in the country’s imported auto market continued last year with customers in their 30s being the largest buyer group with a portion of nearly 40 percent, industry data showed Wednesday. According to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (KAIDA), a total [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Mercedes-Benz will launch six new vehicle models in South Korea this year while expanding local dealerships and service centers as part of efforts to further increase its market presence here, head of the company’s local unit said Monday. Dimitris Psillakis, CEO of Mercedes-Benz Korea, said the company planned to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – It’s not the best of times for overseas automakers in Korea. With the government banning the sale of 80 Audi-Volkswagen vehicle models following the company’s emissions scandal, and a special consumption tax policy (lowered tax on vehicle purchases) finally coming to an end, sales of imported vehicles saw a [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of imported ‘company vehicles’ in Korea rapidly declined in H1 2016 compared to the same period in 2015, thanks to a recent revision to tax laws that took away some of the benefits of purchasing vehicles under a company name starting in 2016. Prior to the amendment, there [...]