Hyundai Motor Co. introduced on Dec. 1 that it bought a complete of 349,507 items in world markets in November. This represents a 2.4% lower in comparison with the identical interval final 12 months. Cumulative gross sales by means of November reached 3,156,663 items, down 0.4% from final 12 months.
The corporate bought 61,008 items within the home market in November, a 3.4% lower in comparison with the identical month final 12 months.
Sedan gross sales totaled 18,099 items, together with 6,499 items of Grandeur, 5,897 items of Sonata, and 5,459 items of Avante.
Leisure automobile (RV) gross sales reached 22,643 items, together with 5,124 items of Palisade, 3,947 items of Santa Fe, 5,384 items of Tucson, 2,743 items of Kona, and a couple of,292 items of Casper.
Business automobile gross sales included 4,109 items of Porter and a couple of,500 items of Staria, whereas medium and enormous buses and vehicles recorded gross sales of two,113 items.
The posh model Genesis bought 11,465 items, together with 3,721 items of G80, 3,203 items of GV80, and three,770 items of GV70.
In abroad markets, the corporate bought 288,499 items, a 2.2% lower in comparison with the identical month final 12 months.
A Hyundai Motor official acknowledged, “We’ll strengthen our gross sales and manufacturing techniques to match native demand and insurance policies,” including, “We plan to keep up gross sales quantity of hybrid automobiles whereas increasing market share by means of the launch of aggressive new fashions.”
Kia bought a complete of 262,065 automobiles in the identical month, together with 47,925 items domestically and 214,140 items abroad. Home gross sales decreased 0.6% and abroad gross sales dropped 0.9% in comparison with final 12 months, leading to a 0.8% decline in whole gross sales. Nonetheless, cumulative gross sales by means of November reached 2,898,755 items, up 1.8% from final 12 months.
By mannequin, Sportage was the best-selling automobile with 49,351 items bought in home and abroad markets. Sorento adopted with 25,282 items, and Seltos with 22,293 items.
Within the home market, passenger automotive gross sales totaled 12,600 items, with Ray (4,216 items), K5 (3,827 items), and K8 (2,569 items) main gross sales.
RV gross sales totaled 30,760 items, together with Sorento (10,047 items), Sportage (6,868 items), Carnival (5,305 items), Seltos (4,640 items), and Niro (1,379 items).
Business automobile gross sales totaled 3,896 items, together with Bongo III (2,814 items). Particular automobiles bought 920 items whole, with 669 items domestically and 251 items abroad.
The highest-selling mannequin abroad was Sportage (42,483 items), adopted by Sonet (19,320 items) and Seltos (17,653 items).
A Kia official mentioned, “We’ll enhance gross sales by specializing in main sport utility automobile (SUV) hybrid fashions and eco-friendly automotive fashions akin to EV5 and PV5.”