쏘카 - Vehicle rental service

What's new

• We've improved our rental location page to make it easier for you to find the car you've reserved! 

• You can actually see where the car is, and with the emergency lights and horn button, you can quickly find your car on the spot.

Special benefits for SoCar members!

[Lodging]

• Guaranteed lowest price accommodations

• Uniform rate starting at 69,000 KRW per night

• Free car rental for 24 hours when lodging is reserved

[SoCar]

• First reservation at 9,900 KRW for one day

• Unlimited membership with 50% discount + 5% credit accumulation 'Passport'

• Up to 5% credit accumulation with 'SoCar Card'

• SoCar-KTX package discount + 10% credit accumulation

From lodging reservations to car sharing!

Join SoCar anytime, anywhere.

Now make lodging reservations easily with SoCar

• 100% credit compensation of the price difference if not the lowest

• Immediate nationwide accommodation discount of up to 40,000 KRW

• Rent a car in Jeju for 30 hours per night, up to 270 hours for 9 nights for free

• Weekly special discounted lodging and exclusive SoCar benefits open

1st place car-sharing service recognized by 9 million members, SoCar

• Sign up→Reserve→Use in just 3 minutes

• Reserve from a minimum of 30 minutes in increments of 10 minutes as desired

• Reservations possible up to 28 days once every 3 months in advance

• Smart features from controlling the car door to extending return through the app

• From New Avante CN7 to Pulsar, Carnival, SoCar holds over 70 popular car models

• Regularly disinfect and sanitize all cars for enhanced safety

• One-way service allowing return to a different location where rented

Make your travel more convenient with SoCar's varied services!

• [SoCar Plan] Like having your own car for over a month

• [Electric Bicycles] For distances that are too far to walk, opt for SoCar E-Lekro

• [SoCar-KTX] Reserve both train and car together and enjoy bundled discounts

Exceeded 9 million in 8 months... Socar members travel a total of 200 million hours and 2 billion kilometers

Over the past 10 years, SoCar has grown into a mobility platform with a cumulative subscriber base of 7.5 million and operating 18,000 vehicle services. SoCar, which started in Jeju Island, which has the largest number of vehicles per household, expanded its services to more than 50 cities nationwide in 2015, and is currently providing services in 110 cities. The number of members also increased 400% from 1.5 million to 7.5 million during the same period, growing to about 1 in 4 people with a domestic driver's license.

As the size of the service grew, the number of users who rode Socar for a long time and frequently also increased. There were approximately 27,000 members who drove SoCar vehicles more than 100 times, and the member who drove the vehicle the most used the car a cumulative 3,616 times. 

The longest-running member moved to Socar for 3 years... Members with experience in 67 types of vehicles

There were 15,000 members who drove more than 10,000 km on Socar, and 20,000 members who used Socar for more than 1,000 hours. The member who traveled the longest distance traveled 126,685 km with SoCar. The round trip distance between Seoul and Busan (approximately 800km) is a long distance traveled approximately 158 times. The member who used Socar the longest was calculated to have been with Socar for 23,194 hours, or nearly 1,000 days. I moved to Socar for the entire period of about 3 years.

The member who experienced the most diverse car models at Socar was found to have used a total of 67 car models. Considering that the average desired replacement cycle is about 5 years, it is difficult to experience more than 10 different car models in one's lifetime, but with Socar, you can enjoy nearly 7 times more diverse experiences.

Socar plans to integrate 'Everyone's Parking Lot', which provides nationwide parking lot information and payment services, and 'Ilecle', which provides short-distance travel services with electric bicycles, into one super app in the second half of this year.

A Socar official said, “Socar has grown along with the users who cherish Socar’s services and has set a new record of 10 million app downloads.” “Socar has emerged as a mobility super app this year and has launched ‘streaming mobility’ where everyone can move freely and happily. “We will make efforts to accelerate its realization.”

Comments on 쏘카

It's a good car rental app. All prices are upfront minus the mileage as that's calculated after usage, but the mileage rate is posted on the chosen vehicle. You can lock and unlock the vehicle through the app. Cars are push to start. I personally have the car delivered to my home as that's easier than going to a location that's far away. The whole app is in Korean, but I've managed to do everything I need with Google Translate on screenshots.

Useless.. unless you have an ARC.. Even the global version of the app is useless, can't sign upbecause it's always broken.. You are better off renting a car from real company. I have no problems with their services using my international license. Also, I looked through many of the reviews dating back to 2015 asking to allow overseas customers to use and getting an English version. 7 years and no advancement for visitors like me who stay for months here.

After saying it was possible to use an IDP, a legally recognised document, to help register a foreign + korean driving licence, I provided the document then they said it wasn't possible after all. It took my time, effort, and money to get the documents they said were needed just for them to deny them. I would not recommend this service to other foreigners.

I've driven for ten years but got my korean drivers licence this year. Not english friendly! Update : Socar allows foreigners to use the app even if your korean license is less than a year old if you show them your home country license. The app is intuitive and looks good in Korean. I heard there is no English version though. AS was fast and effective. However when I drove the car was dirty, and the infotainment screen did not work. We called the AS and they told me they could not fix it.