"Our January sales results were encouraging, continuing the momentum of our best year ever, amidst signals that the economy is stabilizing on a trajectory of steady, sustained growth," said Dave Zuchowski, Hyundai Motor America's executive vice president, national sales.
Demand for the US-built Elantra and Sonata was up 26 percent and 150 percent, respectively. What’s more, the Genesis continued its impressive roll, with the 19th consecutive month of year-over-year sales increase. Meanwhile, the Korean carmaker’s brand new flagship, the Equus, continued to outsell many of its competitors.
A total of 4,792 cars that offered EPA fuel economy highway ratings of 40 mpg US or higher were sold, namely 2011 Elantra sedan and 2011 Sonata Hybrid models.
“It makes sense for all of us to be more transparent with sales data on high fuel-efficiency vehicles. At Hyundai, 40-mpg isn't a marketing charade. High-volume, high-value cars like our 2011 Elantra sedan, which gets 40-mpg across the board without extra cost fuel economy packages, demonstrate our commitment to leading the industry in fuel efficiency. We'd love to see other automakers report sales of their 40-mpg models," said John Krafcik, Hyundai Motor America's president and CEO.
Starting this month, Hyundai Motor America will also begin reporting monthly sales-weighted Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) results for the Hyundai brand. For January 2011, Hyundai's CAFE result was 34.7 miles per gallon, so the carmaker looks to be on track to achieve its target level of at least 35 mpg by 2015.
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