Hyundai Motor America Reports March Sales

-- Hyundai CUV segment up double digits

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Apr 01, 2014, 12:03 ET

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., April 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America announced March sales of 67,005, up 37 percent over February, down 1.9 percent from a year ago.

"While we were hoping weather across the country would finally break, much of the nation continued to experience winter conditions, resulting in slower sales early in the month," said Bob Pradzinski, vice president of national sales, Hyundai Motor America. "During the second half of March, we saw very nice gains in our retail pace that we expect to continue throughout the month of April."

Entering the spring selling season, we are looking forward to the launch of the all-new 2015 Genesis sedan set to arrive at dealerships later this month. Just as the first Genesis, launched in 2009, was a turning point for the Hyundai brand, we expect the all-new sedan will draw a new group of premium customers to our dealerships.

The Santa Fe family saw sales gains of 36.7 percent, followed by the Tucson at 13.6 percent. The flagship Hyundai Equus was up 13.8 percent for the month, followed by the Sonata and Veloster up 6.8 percent and 3.3 percent respectively.

CARLINE	MAR 2014	MAR 2013	CY 2014	CY 2013
ACCENT	5,843	5,669	16,008	13,914
SONATA	19,248	18,013	40,253	47,285
ELANTRA	21,518	26,153	53,237	54,546
SANTA FE	9,726	7,116	23,440	19,446
AZERA	760	1,117	2,118	2,709
TUCSON	4,627	4,073	12,116	11,010
VERACRUZ	0	39	1	136
VELOSTER	2,782	2,693	6,686	6,357
GENESIS	2,170	3,124	5,236	8,113
EQUUS	331	291	918	814
TOTAL	67,005	68,306	160,013	164,330

HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA

Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Fountain Valley, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 820 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are covered by the Hyundai Assurance program, which includes the 5-year/60,000-mile fully transferable new vehicle limited warranty, Hyundai's 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain limited warranty, and five years of complimentary Roadside Assistance. Hyundai Assurance includes Assurance Connected Care that provides owners of Hyundai models equipped with the Hyundai Blue Link telematics system with proactive safety and car care services, complimentary for three years. These services include Automatic Collision Notification, Enhanced Roadside Assistance, Vehicle Diagnostic Alert, Monthly Vehicle Health Report and in-vehicle service scheduling.

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