Hyundai India’s domestic sales down 13.5 percent

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's second largest car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Thursday said domestic sales grew 24.6 percent to 27,803 units in September from 22,311 units it sold in the corresponding month last year. The festive season has been encouraging as customers have returned to the showroom.

September 1st, 2009 CHENNAI - Two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Tuesday reported an 11 percent growth in August, totting up sales of 126,842 units as against 114,321 units sold in the corresponding month last year. "The company has thus achieved a cumulative sales growth of 5 percent for the period April to August 2009 with cumulative growth of 10 percent in domestic sales, TVS said in a statement.

September 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hyundai Motor India, the countrys second largest car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter, Tuesday reported a growth of 10.7 percent in sales in August. The company sold 49,521 vehicle last month as against 44,710 units sold in August last year, it said in a statement.

August 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Passenger car major Hyundai Motor India Monday said its domestic sales jumped 54 percent to 23,193 units last month as against 15,066 units in July 2008. The company reported 6 percent rise in exports in July to 22,350 units from 21,086 vehicles in the year-ago period.

July 25th, 2009 CHENNAI - The country's second largest car maker Hyundai Motor India will shift the production of its i20 model for exports from here to Europe some time next year, a top official said Saturday. The company has been rolling out this model, for both domestic and overseas markets, from its Irungattukottai plant near here.

July 23rd, 2009 Hyundai Motor Q2 net profit rises 48 percentSEOUL, South Korea — Hyundai Motor Co. said second-quarter net profit rose 48 percent to a record high as robust sales in China and India helped it ride out the global auto slump.

July 23rd, 2009 Hyundai Motor 2Q net profit rises 48 percentSEOUL, South Korea — Hyundai Motor Co. said second-quarter net profit rose 48 percent to a record high as robust sales in China and India helped it ride out the global auto slump.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Passenger car manufacturer Hyundai Motor Wednesday said its sales (including exports) rose 17.6 percent to 47,267 units in June as against 40,182 units in the same month last year. The company's exports grew at a faster pace, logging 32.5 percent rise at 24,251 units, compared to 18,301 units exported in June 2008.

June 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Continuing the erratic growth cycle registered in the past five months, India's passenger car sales fell by almost 0.8 percent in May to about 140,500 units, compared to the near 142,000 units sold in the corresponding month last year. While passenger car sales were up about 4.2 percent in April and almost 15 percent in February, the industry had contracted by about 1.15 percent in March and 3.2 percent in January, data released Monday by Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) said.

June 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hyundai Motors, the country's second largest passenger car maker, Monday registered a 4.1 percent decline in domestic sales in May even as its exports jumped 27.8 percent during the month. Hyundai sold 23,503 units last month in the domestic market as against 24,510 vehicles in May last year.

May 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hyundai Motor India, the second largest car manufacturer in the country, recorded a 3.4 percent growth in its domestic sales for April 2009 at 22,247 units against 21,510 sold the same month last year. 'As compared to last year we saw a modest growth in April.

April 24th, 2009 Kia Motors records 1Q profit on weaker wonSEOUL, South Korea — Kia Motors Corp. said Friday it posted a net profit in the first quarter, helped by a sharply weaker South Korean won and an increase in domestic sales.

March 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hyundai Motor India's domestic sales soared by over 45 percent in February compared to its sales the same month last fiscal, the company said Monday, but added that times were still challenging and nothing should be read into increased sales. Cumulative sales increased by about 32 percent and exports by over 18 percent, a company statement said.

February 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Auto major Hyundai Motor India Monday said its domestic sales in January were down 13.5 percent to 21,016 units from 24,301 units for the corresponding month last year. However, total sales including exports saw only a marginal dip of 1.3 percent to 37,216 units in the period under review from 37,700 units in the year-ago period.

January 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Hyundai Motors registered an overall growth of 55.7 percent in December in terms of units sold, including both domestic and export volumes, the company said in a statement Friday. The company sold 38,402 units last month as against 24,464 units in December 2007.