(Seoul, Korea) Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea's largest automaker, sold 4.4 million vehicles in 2012, a 8.6 percent increase over 2011. December global sales were up 5.4 percent, at 391,152 vehicles.


December 2012 Results

Unit = one vehicle

Dec-12 Y-o-Y Dec-11 2012 FY Y-o-Y 2011 FY
Domestic Sales Passenger Cars 35,002 -1.1% 35,395 393,707 -6.6% 421,696
 SUVs 13,436 95.3% 6,878 112,007 45.8% 76,814
 CVs 14,668 -9.6% 16,226 162,063 -12.4% 185,060
 Total 63,106 7.9% 58,499 667,777 -2.3% 683,570
Overseas Sales Exports 109,556 -15.1% 128,971 1,235,071 3.5% 1,193,343
 Overseas Plants 218,490 18.9% 183,790 2,499,099 14.9% 2,174,803
 Total 328,046 4.9% 312,761 3,734,170 10.9% 3,368,146
Global Sales Total 391,152 5.4% 371,260 4,401,947 8.6% 4,051,716

1. Commercial Vehicles (CV) include buses & trucks.
2. Hyundai Motor currently has seven overseas plants in Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, India, Russia, Turkey and the U.S.