Hyundai Motor America Reports Record July Sales
COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Hyundai( )Motor America announced an all-time July sales record of 62,021 units, up four percent over last year’s all-time July record and up 9.5 percent, year-to-date.
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“July was another solid month for Hyundai with surging consumer demand dampened a bit by ongoing shortages of core products like Accent, Elantra, and Sonata. Our 27 day supply of vehicles is lowest of all brands and less than half of industry average inventory levels,” said Dave Zuchowski, executive vice president of sales. “This is a challenging situation in this hyper-competitive retail environment, so we are looking forward to August with great anticipation. Relief is definitely on the way with the first shipments of our all-new Santa Fe, built in West Point, Georgia, heading to dealers now and improved availability of recently launched and red hot Veloster Turbo, Elantra GT and Elantra Coupe.”
The all-new Azera continued its strong sales pace resulting in an incredible 578 percent gain over last July. The Elantra family and Tucson saw sales gains of 22 percent and 17 percent, respectively, over the same period a year ago. Hyundai fleet sales and mix remained relatively low at 12 percent mix for the month and a 9.7 percent mix year-to-date, among the lowest in the industry.
CARLINE JULY/2012 JULY/2011 CY/2012 CY/2011
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ACCENT 5,257 6,938 41,727 30,956
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SONATA 20,978 20,884 138,390 135,898
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ELANTRA 18,512 15,181 116,281 118,482
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SANTA FE 4,619 8,119 39,059 42,940
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AZERA 977 144 4,143 1,239
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TUCSON 4,062 3,479 27,895 27,016
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VERACRUZ 1,370 997 5,153 5,162
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VELOSTER 2,781 n/a 21,610 n/a
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GENESIS 3,103 3,517 22,085 18,971
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EQUUS 362 302 2,347 1,694
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TOTAL 62,021 59,561 418,690 382,358
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SALES-WEIGHTED FUEL ECONOMY
JULY 2012 CYTD JULY Window 2012 CYTD
CAFE CAFE Label Combined Window Label
(mpg) MPG Combined MPG
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Car 37.9 38 28.6 28.6
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Truck 28.5 28.8 21.7 22.0
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Hyundai Brand 37.1 37.2 28.0 28.0
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JULY 2012 CYTD
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40-MPG Sales 23,517 161,439
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Mix of Total Sales 38% 39%
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In keeping with its industry-leading fuel efficiency status, Hyundai achieved a corporate average fuel economy level of 37.1 (EPA estimated 28 MPG window label value) in July, while selling 23,517 vehicles (38 percent of total sales) with EPA estimated 40 MPG window label highway fuel economy ratings.
“With the imminent addition of the third shift at our plant in Alabama increasing Elantra and Sonata production, and the launch of the new Santa Fe in Georgia underway right now, we’ll be better able to meet demand for our core products in the coming months,” said John Krafcik president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America.
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Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 800 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are covered by the program, which includes the 5-year/60,000-mile fully transferable new vehicle warranty, Hyundai’s 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, and five years of complimentary Roadside Assistance.
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