Hyundai Motor America Breaks All-Time November Sales Record

-- Hyundai Elantra, Azera and All-New Santa Fe, receive ALG's award for the highest residual value in their class; all post solid sales gains

-- Elantra sees sales gain of 28 percent

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Dec 03, 2012, 07:00 ET

COSTA MESA, Calif., Dec. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- HyundaiMotor America today announced record sales of 53,487 vehicles in November, an eight percent total sales increase compared with the same record-setting period a year ago. Sales are also up eight percent for the first eleven months of the year.

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"The Black Friday sales period once again provided a strong boost for Hyundai in the back half of the month and helped break our all-time November sales record," said Dave Zuchowski, executive vice president of sales. "We were also very encouraged by the strong sales recovery experienced in those northeastern regions that were ravaged by Super Storm Sandy and expect continued momentum there for the balance of the year."

The recent recipients of ALG's award for the highest residual value -- Azera, Elantra and Santa Fe -- all experienced solid sales gains over last November, with Elantra up 28 percent. Sonata sales continue to be strong registering a 13 percent uptick for the month. Additionally, the new three-row, seven-passenger Santa Fe made its world debut at last week's 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show, joining the two-row, five-passenger Santa Fe Sport, and will be on sale early 2013.

"We're encouraged that the 10 percent month-over-month lift firms like Compete have seen in our shopper counts has translated to our best-ever November retail sales and total sales," said John Krafcik, president and CEO, Hyundai Motor America. "With increased Elantra availability, thanks to the recently added third shift in our Alabama plant, and demand high for everything in our lineup from Accent to Equus, we're looking forward to breaking our all-time annual sales record early in December."

CARLINE	NOV/2012	NOV/2011	CY/2012	CY/2011
ACCENT	3,260	4,682	58,071	50,285
SONATA	17,660	15,668	209,779	208,621
ELANTRA	15,923	12,414	183,010	173,336
SANTA FE	6,754	6,129	63,737	69,309
AZERA	751	58	7,584	1,506
TUCSON	3,838	4,101	45,133	42,774
VERACRUZ	491	1,018	8,174	8,603
VELOSTER	2,084	2,538	32,886	7,096
GENESIS	2,385	2,702	31,576	30,528
EQUUS	341	300	3,622	2,868
TOTAL	53,487	49,610	643,572	594,926

SALES WEIGHTED FUEL ECONOMY

	October Window Label Combined MPG	November Window Label Combined MPG	2012 CYTD Window Label Combined MPG
Car	27.9	27.7	28.0
Truck	22.6	22.6	22.1
Hyundai Brand	27.7	27.5	27.6

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