Chevrolet Korea sales decreased 40 percent to 1,388 units in May 2025 compared to May 2024 results.
Individual model sales performance was as follows:
- Chevrolet Colorado sales totaled 4 units
- Chevrolet Tahoe sales decreased 100 percent to 0 units
- Chevrolet Trailblazer sales decreased 30.16 percent to 257 units
- Chevrolet Traverse sales decreased 100 percent to 0 units
- Chevrolet Trax sales decreased 39.05 percent to 1,122 units
During the first five months of the 2025 calendar year, Chevrolet Korea sales decreased 41 percent to 6,732 units.
Sales Results - May 2025 - South Korea - Chevrolet
MODEL | MAY 2025 / MAY 2024 | MAY 2025 | MAY 2024 | YTD 2025 / YTD 2024 | YTD 2025 | YTD 2024 |
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COLORADO | * | 4 | 0 | -28.17% | 51 | 71 |
TAHOE | -100.00% | 0 | 13 | -28.89% | 32 | 45 |
TRAILBLAZER | -30.16% | 257 | 368 | -40.80% | 1,226 | 2,071 |
TRAVERSE | -100.00% | 0 | 94 | -90.63% | 43 | 459 |
TRAX | -39.05% | 1,122 | 1,841 | -38.66% | 5,371 | 8,756 |
CHEVROLET TOTAL | -40.09% | 1,388 | 2,317 | -41.08% | 6,732 | 11,426 |
The GM Authority Take
Chevrolet Korea sales suffered another double-digit decline in May, which further deepened the brand’s negative performance in the Asian country – losing both volume and market share. This lackluster performance represents Chevrolet’s 17th consecutive monthly decline in the South Korean market, and is the result of an increasingly small and outdated product portfolio compared to local customer demand.
Almost the entire Chevrolet Korea product portfolio was in the red during May. The decrease was led once again by the domestically-produced Chevy Trax and Chevy Trailblazer, both of which saw sales drop over 30 percent or a cumulative 830 units. The Trax suffered the most during both the month and calendar year to date.
The only positive was that the results represented a marginal improvement from the April 2025, when Chevy sold a combined 1,300 vehicles in South Korea.
Aside from the discontinued Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Traverse, the Chevy Colorado was once again the only Chevy model that managed to improve deliveries on a year-over-year basis. However, the midsize truck’s sales volume – just four units vs. zero deliveries last year- was so low, that it was almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.
We’re not sure what GM’s plan is for South Korea, but we sure hope that there is one.
About The Numbers
- All percent change figures compared to Chevrolet Korea sales in May 2024, unless noted otherwise
- South Korea sales figures reflect actual vehicle registrations rather than wholesales
Further Reading & Sales Reporting
- GM news
- Running GM sales results
- Running Chevrolet sales results
- GM Q2 2025 sales reports:
- GM Q2 2025 sales U.S.A.
- Chevrolet sales Q2 2025 U.S.A.
- Cadillac sales Q2 2025 U.S.A.
- Buick sales Q2 2025Â U.S.A.
- GMC sales Q2 2025Â U.S.A.
- GM Canada sales Q2 2025
- GM China sales Q2 2025
- GM Mexico sales Q2 2025
- GM Mexico sales April 2025
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- GM Mexico sales June 2025
- GM Brazil sales Q2 2025
- Chevrolet Brazil April 2025 sales
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- GM Argentina sales Q2 2025
- Chevrolet Argentina April 2025 sales
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- GM Colombia sales Q2 2025
- GM Colombia sales April 2025
- GM Colombia sales May 2025
- GM Colombia sales June 2025
- GM Korea sales Q2 2025
- Chevrolet South Korea sales April 2025
- Chevrolet South Korea sales May 2025 (this page)
- Chevrolet South Korea sales June 2025
- GM Q2 2025 sales U.S.A.
Comments
Time to close it down and do the manufacturing in N.A.
Time to close it down and manufacture them in the United States.
I’m glad that Mary has become more patriotic now that the tariffs are in place! It’s hard to tell her dad worked for GM…in the United States, given Lordstown, etc.
But forced patriotism is better than none….
Hence, the pullout plan.
They can make the CUVs in an underuse GM plant here or Can/Mex (depending on tariffs)..
Doesn’t surprise me the way Chevrolet takes care of it’s existing customers!
Taking into account that only 2 vehicles are sold in Korea (TrailBlazer and Trax), how can you possibly have good sales?
GM Korea makes around 2,000 vehicles per day (Trax, Envista, TrailBlazer and Encore GX) which is almost 460,000 / year. Given the sales volume it is only 3% of the total production what stays in Korea.
I assume that GM is making money (perhaps not tons of it, but making some) on this platform, which will make sense to keep it there.
Cadillac on the other hand, in Korea, is a pipe dream (for GM). For our fellow Koreans, the aspirational vehicles (high end) is #1 BMW and #2 Mercedes Benz. Therefore the sales will continue tanking.
92% of the new vehicles sold in Korea are Kia’s, Hyundai’s and SangYong motors, including new trucks and passenger buses.
My take is that Koreans are fully aware of how impressive their own brands are in comparison to Chevrolet’s lineup.