Hyundai Motor America Reports May 2020 Sales

- May Retail Sales Increase 5% Year-Over-Year

- Retail Sales Up 80%, Total Sales Up 70% Compared with April 2020

- All-Time Monthly Retail Sales Record for Tucson and Palisade

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Jun 02, 2020, 09:00 ET

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Hyundai Motor America reported total May sales of 57,619 units, a 13% decrease compared with May 2019. Retail sales grew 5% despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Fleet sales were down 79% and represented 5% of total volume. Hyundai's monthly sales results were significantly better than industry predictions that forecasted a 33% decline in May.

Hyundai sold 54,719 retail units in May, a substantial increase of 80% compared with the prior month, April 2020. Hyundai's SUVs represented 71% of the total retail mix, an all-time high. Tucson set an all-time monthly retail sales record, selling nearly 15,000 units for an increase of 23%. Santa Fe retail sales were up 1% and Palisade established a new overall and retail monthly sales record.

May Sales Summary

	May-20	May-19	2020 YTD	2019 YTD
Hyundai	57,619	66,121	222,462	269,126

"We were able to achieve a remarkable retail sales rebound thanks to our dealer partners, implementation of digital retail tools and providing customers with the right offers," said Randy Parker, vice president, National Sales, Hyundai Motor America. "We've also equipped our dealers with resources to ensure we are taking the necessary precautions to keep vehicles and facilities clean. Our inventory pipeline is in a good place as Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama has been up and running since May 4. We're optimistic for the months ahead."

May Product and Corporate Activities

Clean Assurance: Hyundai provided its dealer body with Clean Assurance guidelines to help safeguard the health of its customers and employees
Healing Through Music: Musicians On Call and Hyundai Hope On Wheels partnered to have national recording artists deliver the healing power of music to patients and caregivers with surprise, once-in-a-lifetime virtual performances
Best Non-Luxury CPO Program: For the third year in a row, Hyundai was identified as having the Best Non-Luxury Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) Program by Autotrader
Best Car for Graduates: Autotrader also selected the Kona as one of the 10 Best Cars for Recent College Graduates
Sonata Hybrid Pricing: Hyundai released pricing for its all-new Sonata Hybrid, starting at $27,750 for the Sonata Hybrid Blue and $35,300 for the Sonata Hybrid Limited
Marketing Initiatives: Hyundai collaborated with Tastemade to create the original programming series "Unadventurers," while Hyundai Motor Company announced a multi-picture promotional partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment

Model Sales

Vehicle	May-20	May-19	2020 YTD	2019 YTD
Accent	1,512	2,659	7,055	12,274
Elantra	7,608	15,733	40,889	68,431
Ioniq	626	1,471	4,570	5,992
Kona	6,536	7,197	24,824	30,748
Nexo	10	19	64	98
Palisade	7,866	0	28,286	0
Santa Fe	9,549	13,807	35,053	53,236
Sonata	5,852	8,599	24,882	38,753
Tucson	15,552	15,616	47,725	53,129
Veloster	858	1,020	3,481	6,465
Venue	1,650	0	5,633	0

Hyundai Motor America
At Hyundai Motor America, we believe everyone deserves better. From the way we design and build our cars to the way we treat the people who drive them, making things better is at the heart of everything we do. Hyundai's technology-rich product lineup of cars, SUVs and alternative-powered electric and fuel cell vehicles is backed by Hyundai Assurance—our promise to create a better experience for customers. Hyundai vehicles are sold and serviced through more than 820 dealerships nationwide and nearly half of those sold in the U.S. are built at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. Hyundai Motor America is headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, and is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Company of Korea.

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