Hyundai Motor’s U.S. sales reached 62,032 units last month, compared with 60,341 units sold in the same month last year. The growth was driven by a 194 per cent surge in sales of the Santa Fe hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) Kia Corp., Hyundai’s sister company and South Korea’s second-largest carmaker, also set a US sales record for the month, with sales rising 7.2 percent on-year to 63,303 units. Hyundai Motor’s total monthly sales for January dropped 2.3 per cent from a year earlier due to a reduced number of business days. The automaker sold 310,399 vehicles last month,. down from 317,823 units the same week last year, reports Yonhap news agency. At home, the bestselling model was the Grandeur sedan, selling 5,711 units. The Sante Fe was the most popular sport utility vehicle (SUV) domestically, selling 4,819 units.
