Chevrolet Korea Sales Tanked 43 Percent In April 2025

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   So GM exports about 33k Chevrolets/Buicks from S Korea to the US every month and S Korea buys 1300 Chevrolets per month. All of the Chevrolets bought were made by them, save 10.

   I think this is why the tariffs are in place….just a guess.

   I wonder how much less carbon would be burned getting the cars to dealers if those cars were made in Lordstown instead of being made in S Korea and shipped 6400 miles to the West Coast via diesel ships, with most of them then being shipped to the Midwest and East Coast? Could Mary calculate that since she’s in favor of going EV-only?
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      This is what people don’t seem to understand. And like I said before, GM had ZERO trouble building the Cavalier, Cobalt, and Cruze along with their Pontiac siblings in the US. And the Chevy Sonic was also built in the US. All these cars were still sold at competitive prices. And these sub-compact CUVs, are plenty popular in the US to justify the scale.

      But they still downvote you because Trump issued tariffs. When Biden was doing it nobody cared.
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   Sales in Korea will continue to be difficult.
   GM sells Chevrolet, Cadillac, and GMC brands in Korea, but Chevrolet has three models (Trax, Trailblazer, Colorado), Cadillac has three models (CT-5 V, Escalade, Lyriq), and GMC has Sierra. Only Trax and Trailblazer are produced in Korea (Bupyeong Plant 1)

   For reference, the mainstream vehicles that sell well in Korea are vehicles that are about the size of Hyundai Elantra, Tucson, Palisade, Sonata, Kia Sorento, and Sportage.
   And hybrid vehicles are popular.

   GM also sold competing vehicles (Malibu, Captiva, Cruze, etc.) in the past, but they were discontinued when the plants were closed (Gunsan & Bupyeong Plant 2).
   Equinox and Traverse, Tahoe were imported and sold, but they were sluggish due to poor convenience features and high prices.

   Recently, GM Korea announced the withdrawal of its direct AS centers and the sale of its corporate assets. For reference, all brands that produce cars in Korea (Hyundai, Kia, Renault Korea, and KGM=Ssangyong) are operating direct AS centers.

   This has led Koreans to suspect that GM will withdraw from the Korean market.
   -> Of course, GM Korea still announced that it will remain in Korea.
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      Sell people the cars they want: what a concept! It’s not like cars that size aren’t being sold in Latin America. I’m sure they could be built in Korea.
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