SEOUL, March 6 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's imported car sale grew in double digits last month due to strong demand for German luxury models, industry data showed Thursday.
The number of imported vehicles jumped 24.4 percent from a year earlier to 20,199 in February, according to the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association.
For the first two months of this year, 35,428 foreign vehicles were sold domestically, up 20.8 percent compared with the same period last year.
German automaker BMW ranked the first in terms of automotive sales here among foreign companies by selling 6,274 units last month.
Another German carmaker Mercedes-Benz came next with the sale of 4,663 units, followed by U.S. automaker Tesla with 2,222 units and Japanese carmaker Lexus with 1,137 units.
The number of European models sold here came to 15,017 last month, accounting for 74.3 percent of the total. ■
