Hyundai Flies High in April

SYDNEY – May 5, 2011: Hyundai Motor Company Australia (HMCA) has continued its solid start to 2011, posting a market share of 9.2%, its best monthly market share since HMCA was founded in September 2003. Hyundai ranked in third position for the month with 6,857 sales.

The sales result saw an increase of +2% April 2011 v. April 2010. In passenger car sales, HMCA also ranked third for the month with 5,184 vehicles sold and a market share of 12.5% representing another best ever result for HMCA.

In the record month, i45 achieved 405 vehicle sales, its highest segment ranking of third and highest market share of 7.1% since launch; and Getz held onto the number one position in the light car segment with 1,717 units sold. Other vehicles which performed were i30 with 2,531 units sold and ix35 finishing the month with 973 units sold.

Meanwhile the multi-award winning Hyundai iLoad range continued to deliver strong sales results, cementing its first place in the van segment year-to-date, with 1,985 units sold and a segment share of 30.4% YTD.

Hyundai Motor America (HMA) April sales result were 61,754 units, up +40% compared with the same period last year. For the year, total Hyundai sales are up +31.4%, with retail volume up +40%. The strong sales result was driven by the all-new Elantra due to be released in Australia in the coming months and the all-new i45 (known as Sonata in the U.S.), both selling over 21,000 units respectively.

Hyundai Motor Company has seen an overall increase in global sales of +9.7% YTD rising from 310,396 in April 2010 to 340,647 in April 2011. Its domestic sales also increased by +8.6% on 2010.

“HMCA is really pleased with our consistent results and steady growth,” said Damien Meredith, Director of Sales Hyundai Motor Company Australia. “Globally, Hyundai is also seeing similar results, mainly driven by the all-new models such as Elantra, Accent and i45. With the imminent release of Veloster and i40 wagon globally, we expect similar growth for the rest of 2011.”

Hyundai’s Australian highlights include: