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Chevy Colorado Tops 10,000 Deliveries In South Korea

Exactly two months after the launch of the 2022 Chevy Colorado in South Korea, General Motors has just reported that Chevrolet‘s midsize pickup has surpassed 10,000 cumulative deliveries in the Asian country. The Chevy Colorado thus writes a new page of success in its history as the first traditional American truck to be sold in the South Korean market.

GM Korea announced that it sold 347 units of the 2022 Chevy Colorado in January, bringing the model’s cumulative record total in South Korea to 10,168 deliveries since its local launch in August 2019. As such, the Chevy Colorado becomes the first imported pickup to break the 10,000 cumulative registration mark and reinforces its position as the most popular truck in the South Korean market today.

The good acceptance of the refreshed Chevy Colorado among South Korean customers is evidenced by its rising position among the best-selling imported vehicles in the country. Over the past year, the midsize pickup has ranked among the top ten best-selling imported vehicles in South Korea and was the best-selling foreign vehicle for the first time last September with a total of 758 units sold.

Notably, the outstanding business performance of the Chevy Colorado in the difficult 2021 calendar year marks a new milestone in the imported vehicle market in South Korea and the South Korean market in general. Until now, the first ten spots among imported vehicles in the Asian country were reserved for European luxury models, led by sedans that still maintain notable local popularity.

Furthermore, this historic achievement of the Chevy Colorado in the South Korean market is all the more remarkable considering the significant limitation of available units caused by the global shortage of semiconductors. This drawback severely limited Colorado sales in Korea, which dropped 26 percent to 3,754 units last year.

GM’s South Korean affiliate hopes to maintain the midsize pickup’s strong momentum with the 2022 Chevy Colorado lineup launched late last year, which introduced a new Sand Dune exterior color, a redesigned gear selector and new owner perk called Chevrolet Premium Care Service. The 2022 Colorado arrives in South Korea in Crew Cab configuration and a total of four distinctive trim levels.

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  1. Who cares when the 3rd gen coming gm taking forever about lose my business to ford at least they showed us what the new ranger will look like more or less gm to busy showing off ev truck that not coming out to 23 at end of the year that cost way to much and it not even a real truck in the first place truck

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    1. Doesn’t make sense. Our 2021 Colorado has been underwhelming at best and has a poor transmission design… We only have less than 15k miles on it now and it has always downshifted in a weird way. You’d think South Koreans would know to buy Toyota trucks.

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      1. Colorado is only underwhelming in comparison to the Silverado. Compared to even it’s current set of competition, aka the ancient taco, a 2010 ranger from Europe and an all new nissan that really isn’t any better in performance or style, it’s still super competitive.

        With my 2 years working in Europe, I noticed a massive increase in ranger sales just while I was there. Middle class people world wide are mimicking the American lifestyle and pickups are becoming over there what they are over here. The updated rangers and Colorados will just increase American dominance in the auto industry ( before anyone sites Toyota sales, do Ford + GM vs say all Japanese brands, and FYI, Nissan is owned by Renault)

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      2. At least a transmission you can rebuild. You can’t fix a truck who’s frame is rusted through from the factory.

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  2. Them haters

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  3. Isn’t gm an American company, why sell these there when we don’t have any here on our lots. I believe you should service your home country that bailed u out.

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  4. GM needs to outside of the Americas & China transition into a truck and large SUV company while filling mustly white spaces with other offerings. Chevrolet is a tarnished global brand so GMC and Buick make nice blank slate brands.

    GM in S Korea, the rest of Asia, even Europe, should resemble a GMC-Buick dealer stocked with Colorado, Tahoe, Hummer, Silverado EV & use Buick China as an export hub to stock smaller family options like Blazer, Envision (rebadged), Trailblazer.

    Most First World markets simply don’t want Spark & the margins are too small.

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  5. I am with that guy Ken GM is an American company u wod think they would supply the US citizens !! I tried to get a 2022 Colorado and can’t they said I missed the paint schedule !! How ridiculous is that !!!

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    1. I totally agree with Lee and Ken. An American company should take care of Americans first. Chevrolet is actually proud of the fact that so many Colorado’s were sent to South Korea. We were told by local dealerships that we can’t even order one now.
      I guess with American backlash, Chevrolet will now blame the lack of trucks in America on Covid-19.

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