Mobility
Imported green cars showed meager sales in South Korea
June 28, 2016
[THE INVESTOR] Despite the recent expansion of the imported car market in South Korea, sales did not grow so fast. A total of 1.01 million imported cars were sold from January 2010 to May 2016, according to the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association on June 26.But among them, only 41,466 units, or 4 percent, were eco-friendly vehicles. Out of the 26 carmakers selling imported cars, 15 did not sell eco-friendly cars at all.Only 0.4 percent of sales from BMW, the No.1 seller here,