Hyundai January Sales Up 24 Percent, Kia Up 27 Units

by Edward Niedermeyer

February 3rd, 2010 7:37 AM

hyundai january sales up 24 percent kia up 27 units

Hyundai sales kept on climbing in January, though Kia slowed to just 27 units over its January 2009 sales numbers. Combined, Automotive News [sub] reckons they grew 13 percent to 52,626 units. Hit the jump for numbers.

Full Kia release available here. Problem spots? Kia’s Forte isn’t selling at Spectra levels, and the Rio sold the Soul. Also, Sportage, Sedona and Rondo needed replacing yesterday. Otherwise, the new Sorento looks to be doing well in the fast-growing compact CUV segment.

Hyundai presser available here. Sonata was the only nameplate down significantly last month, and with a new version about to hit the streets, that won’t last long.

#Hyundai #Kia #NewCars #Sales

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Juniper on Feb 03, 2010

Hyundai obviously is doing well, don't know about Kia. They both have 10 active models spread over about 25k sales a month. Can this be maintained at low prices?

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Ohsnapback on Feb 03, 2010

I can understand Veracruz sales taking a major dump, but what's up with the 40% drop in Sonata sales?

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- YotaCarFan on Feb 03, 2010
  
  The redesigned 2011 Sonata is coming out.
  
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- Ohsnapback on Feb 03, 2010
  
  I thought the new 2011 Sonata won't be in dealer showrooms until the end of 2010? If so, I wouldn't think that this would undermine 2010 Sonata sales so dramatically. edit - Nevermind, it looks like the 2011 Sonata will be on sale in spring of this year. Hyundai might have to really steeply discount remaining 2010s to move them.
  
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- Disaster on Feb 03, 2010
  
  The Sonata is due early this year...not at the end. In fact, they announced they were going to actually be able to push up production by a few weeks. On a side note, the 2010 Sonata isn't a bad car and I bet you could get some really sweet deals on it.
  
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