Hyundai Motor America Reports June And Mid-Year Sales

Beats all-time sales record for the first half of the year, - Best June ever, Equus has best month ever,

By Hyundai Motor America

Hyundai Motor America

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Published: Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 11:11 am

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COSTA MESA, Calif., July 3, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America, the most fuel-efficient automaker in the U.S., today announced an all-time June sales record of 63,813 units, up eight percent over last year's all-time June record. Retail-only sales were up nine percent. For the first half of the year, sales are up 10 percent to a record 356,669 units, with retail sales up 13 percent.

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"Despite a slight softening in May and June from the surprisingly strong industry retail sales pace for the first four months of the year, the Hyundai brand continues to build retail sales momentum and consistently achieve all-time monthly volume records," said Dave Zuchowski, executive vice president of sales. "We expect continued sales growth during the robust summer selling season, with help from three recent and extremely exciting new additions to our line-up of industry-leading fuel-efficient vehicles:  our all-new Veloster Turbo, the Elantra GT and Elantra Coupe."

The all-new Azera, recently named an IIHS' Top Safety Pick, continued its strong sales pace resulting in a 350 percent gain over last June.  Accent and Sonata saw sales gains of 57 percent and 12 percent respectively, over the same period a year ago.  Elantra sales declined 12 percent purely as a function of very low inventory levels, with just 8,160 Elantra sedans in dealer stock nationally at month-end. Hyundai's family of premium products, Genesis and Equus, continue to deliver outstanding sales results finishing the month up 11 percent. Contrary to industry trends this month, Hyundai fleet sales and mix were once again down from last year, to an 11 percent mix for the month and a nine percent mix year-to-date, among the lowest in the industry.

CARLINE               JUNE/2012          JUNE/2011          CY/2012               CY/2011

ACCENT                5,660                     3,612                     36,470                   24,018

SONATA               20,931                   18,644                   117,412                 115,014

ELANTRA             17,655                   19,992                   97,769                   103,301

SANTA FE            6,703                     7,987                     34,440                   34,821

AZERA                   1,001                     222                         3,166                     1,095

TUCSON               4,231                     4,406                     23,833                   23,537

VERACRUZ          671                         976                         3,783                     4,165

VELOSTER            3,232                     n/a                         18,829                   n/a

GENESIS               3,374                     3,149                     18,982                   15,454

EQUUS                 355                         221                         1,985                     1,392

TOTAL                   63,813                   59,209                   356,669                 322,797

SALES-WEIGHTED FUEL ECONOMY

JUNE CAFE                (mpg)	2012 CYTD            CAFE	JUNE Window Label Combined MPG	2012 CYTD Window         Label Combined MPG
Car            37.8                                     38                                           28.5                                        28.6
Truck        28.8                                     28.9                                        22                                           22
Hyundai Brand        37                                     37.2                                          28                                           28

JUNE 2012 CYTD

40-MPG Sales 24,140 137,922

Mix of Total Sales 38 percent 39 percent

In keeping with its industry-leading fuel efficiency status, Hyundai achieved a corporate average fuel economy level of 37.0 MPG (28.5 MPG label value) in June, while selling 24,140 vehicles (38 percent of total sales) with 40 MPG window label highway fuel economy ratings. 

"June was another month for us to salute the dedicated Hyundai manufacturing teams for their efforts to keep up with consumer demand, and our hard-working dealers for their efforts matching consumers with light on-ground and inbound inventory," said John Krafcik president and CEO of Hyundai Motor America.  "With retail inventories of just 28 days, we're doing our best to meet demand and appreciate the patience of Hyundai shoppers looking to put a new Hyundai in their driveway."

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