6Feb/090
Hyundai Reports 1.3 percent Decline in Car Sales
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) has registered 1.3% decline in cumulative sales for the month of January 2009. However, the export grew up by 20.9% with a total of 16,200 units sold in January 2009 against 13,399 units sold out in the same month last year. The overall sales in January 2009 stood at 37,216 units with a drop of 1.3%.
Overall, Hyundai registered sales of 35,096 units in the A2 Segment that includes the Santro, i10, Getz and the i20; 2,057 units in A3 Segment comprising the Accent and the Verna; 62 units in the A5 Segment that includes the Sonata Transform; and only 1 unit in the SUV segment with the only Tucson in its portfolio.
On the account, Sr. Vice President (Marketing and Sales) of Hyundai, Mr. Arvind Saxena said, "2009 as we had predicted is going to be a very challenging year for the entire automotive industry. However, for HMIL the launch of the i20 has been very positive and in the first month itself we have bookings of over 2500 units for the domestic market. In the overseas market also the i20 has received very well inspite of the slowdown. We have shipped over 6500 units and we are hopeful to maintain our market position in the coming months riding on a strong product line up in the entire compact segment."
[Via: carazoo]