Hyundai sales up 4.7% at 59,211 units in September

NEW DELHI: Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) today reported 4.72 per cent increase in total sales at 59,211 units in September.

The company had sold 56,539 units in the same month last year, HMIL said in a statement.

In the domestic market, Hyundai's sales saw a marginal increase at 42,605 units last month as compared to 42,505 units in September last year.

Exports grew 18.3 per cent to 16,606 units as against 14,034 units in the same month last year.

Commenting on the performance, HMIL Senior Vice-President (Sales and Marketing) Rakesh Srivastava said that in the domestic market, sales were mostly driven by products like Creta, Elite i20 and Grand.

"We hope that the festive season will see a benchmark growth in the industry with the evenly spread monsoon along with the 7th Pay commission building positive sentiments in the market," he added.