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THE INVESTOR
March 29, 2024

Industrials

Hyundai, Kia sales in US slip in Dec.

  • PUBLISHED :January 05, 2017 - 10:12
  • UPDATED :January 05, 2017 - 10:12
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[THE INVESTOR] Hyundai Motor and its affiliate, Kia Motors, saw their combined sales in the US decrease slightly in December, according to industry data on Jan. 5.

The two South Korean auto giants sold a combined 116,658 units in the US last month, 1 percent down from 117,749 units last year, due to a 1.9 percent fall in Hyundai’s sales to 62,305 units, compared with last year’s 63,508, the data showed.

Kia’s December sales rose slightly to 54,353 units from last year’s 54,241.

For all of 2016, however, both Hyundai and Kia said they had the best-ever annual sales in the US

Hyundai sold a total of 775,005 units in 2016, up 1.75 percent from last year, in the seventh consecutive year of record U.S. sales, while Kia sold 647,598 units, a 3.5 percent rise from last year, the data showed.

(theinvestor@heraldcorp.com)

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