August 2016: Hyundai Motor America

[William Maley]

Hyundai Motor America Reports August Sales

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Riding the wave of hot CUV sales, Hyundai Motor America delivered its best August ever with sales up fractionally over one year ago while the company's luxury division kicked off sales of its new Genesis G80 mid-luxury sedan.

Hyundai Division posts sales of 70,518 units

"Strong performances by our family of CUVs led us to our best August ever," said Derrick Hatami, vice president of national sales for Hyundai Motor America.  "It's a similar story to the past couple of months we see continuing as the summer draws to a close."

Santa Fe (up 69 percent), Santa Fe Sport (up 21 percent), and Tucson (up 15 percent) led the way.

Genesis Division posts sales of 1,497 units

For the first time, the company is reporting sales of the new Genesis luxury brand. As such, sales of the G80 mid-luxury sedan and, shortly, the all-new G90 luxury sedan, will be reported individually. "It's exciting to see our first G80s being delivered to customers and we're very happy with the reception it's receiving," said Erwin Raphael, general manager of Genesis in the U.S. market. "And I expect we'll see the first G90s getting to our dealers later this month, another milestone moment for our nascent brand."

SALES BY BRAND

	AUG/2016	AUG/2015	CY/2016	CY/2015
HYUNDAI	70,518	72,012	519,581	514,175
GENESIS	1,497	0	1,497	0
TOTAL	72,015	72,012	521,078	514,175

MODELS

CARLINE	AUG/2016	AUG/2015	CY/2016	CY/2015
ACCENT	8,329	4,733	54,705	44,985
SONATA	14,888	21,818	139,932	141,556
ELANTRA	20,733	22,405	137,668	173,238
SANTA FE	15,176	11,255	86,948	77,648
AZERA	398	291	3,356	4,358
TUCSON	7,608	6,609	58,000	33,151
VELOSTER	1,986	2,276	16,917	15,537
GENESIS	1,317	2,440	20,818	22,184
EQUUS	83	185	1,237	1,518
G80	1,497	0	1,497	0