Shanghai (Gasgoo)- Sales of the Elantra Yuedong amounted to 18,525 units, up 26.05% year on year, the first on May, 2012 sales ranking of Models from Korea's brands, according to the May sales data of the China Passenger Car Association. Sales of the Verna NB amounted to 16,054 units, up 47.98% year on year, ranking second on the list while its YTD sales totaled 82,336 units. May sales of the Kia K2 NB reached 9,724 units, and ranking third on the list while its YTD sales were 46,625 units. (Note: Data here refers to sales of cars, SUVs and MPVs made and sold in China.)
| Ranking |
OEMs（Factory） |
Brand |
Model |
Monthly sales |
YTD sales |
YTD sales |
MoM change |
去年同期 |
YoY change |
| 1 |
|
|
Elantra Yuedong
|
18,525 |
80,791 |
17,523 |
5.72% |
14,697 |
26.05% |
| 2 |
|
|
Verna NB
|
16,054 |
82,336 |
18,478 |
-13.12% |
10,849 |
47.98% |
| 3 |
|
|
Kia K2 NB
|
9,724 |
46,625 |
9,941 |
-2.18% |
0 |
0% |
| 4 |
|
|
Sonata
|
8,522 |
43,466 |
9,160 |
-6.97% |
6,317 |
34.91% |
| 5 |
|
|
Hyundai ix35
|
7,849 |
34,181 |
6,293 |
24.73% |
9,680 |
-18.92% |
| 6 |
|
|
Forte
|
7,059 |
40,344 |
6,852 |
3.02% |
10,177 |
-30.64% |
| 7 |
|
|
Elantra
|
6,938 |
40,774 |
7,510 |
-7.62% |
8,189 |
-15.28% |
| 8 |
|
|
Sportage-R
|
6,189 |
26,892 |
5,844 |
5.90% |
5,401 |
14.59% |
| 9 |
|
|
Kia K5
|
4,532 |
20,146 |
4,506 |
0.58% |
3,233 |
40.18% |
| 10 |
|
|
Sportage
|
3,436 |
15,794 |
3,468 |
-0.92% |
4,498 |
-23.61% |
| 11 |
|
|
Tucson
|
3,119 |
19,003 |
4,971 |
-37.26% |
4,803 |
-35.06% |
| 12 |
|
|
Cerato
|
3,100 |
15,447 |
3,278 |
-5.43% |
4,342 |
-28.60% |
| 13 |
|
|
Kia K2 HB
|
1,812 |
7,750 |
1,798 |
0.78% |
0 |
0% |
| 14 |
|
|
Soul
|
946 |
5,234 |
1,038 |
-8.86% |
939 |
0.75% |
| 15 |
|
|
Rio
|
914 |
5,427 |
1,052 |
-13.12% |
2,361 |
-61.29% |
| 16 |
|
|
Moinca
|
792 |
9,017 |
1,934 |
-59.05% |
2,773 |
-71.44% |
| 17 |
|
|
Accent
|
320 |
2,596 |
578 |
-44.64% |
2,373 |
-86.51% |
| 18 |
|
|
Optima
|
306 |
1,884 |
231 |
32.47% |
209 |
46.41% |
| 19 |
|
|
Hyundai i30
|
213 |
1,434 |
247 |
-13.77% |
1,095 |
-80.55% |
| 20 |
|
|
Verna HB
|
53 |
1,046 |
308 |
-82.79% |
572 |
-90.73% |
（ Changes here refer to those of monthly sales ）
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