Hyundai-Kia Automotive moves into Global car manufacturers’ top five
Hyundai-kia scaling worldwide car manufacturers' sales chart
Author: Chris Barker
Published: 02 July 2008
Making massive inroads into previously unchartered automotive territories, the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has edged into the top five of the world’s largest car manufacturers for the first time in its history.
Recording global sales totaling some 3,961,629, Hyundai-Kia as a motoring force to be reckoned with has shot up six places in just eight years, according to the figures calculated by Automotive News' 2008 Global Data Book, which was published this week.
As of 1999, Hyundai-Kia found itself just outside the then-top ten of the world’s biggest automotive players at number 11, yet statistics just released for 2007 shows it sitting in 5th place overall, and in the process, outselling those manufacturers whose production origins can be traced back many decades further, the likes of Honda, Nissan, Fiat and Chrysler for example.
With manufacturing bases found as far and wide apart as the United States, China, India, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia and Brazil, Hyundai-Kia's continued growth looks set to accelerate at a rate of knots as it pushes on with more new models in 2008/9.
2007 Global Sales Rankings
1. Toyota - 9,366,000 cars sold
2. General Motors - 8,902,252
3. Volkswagen - 6,191,618
4. Ford - 5,964,000
5. Hyundai-Kia - 3,961,629
6. Honda - 3,831,000
7. Nissan - 3,675,574
8. PSA/Peugeot - 3,428,400
9. Chrysler - 2,676,268
10. Fiat - 2,620,864
The Hyundai i800 has won The Caravan Club Towcar of the Year for the £16,000 to £20,000 category.
Hyundai rolling up to Paris Motor Show brimming with new models and concepts. Like the world debut-making Hyundai i20 supermini, and all-new Santa Fe petrol-electric hybrid SUV crossover and ix55 SUV.
The gargantuan Hyundai i800 large MPV has huge luggage space plus three rows of seats but is simply too vast to be practical as an everyday family car.
The new Hyundai i30 hatch has received a maximum five stars for adult occupant protection after the Korean manufacturer modified the design of the i30 to protect the legs of drivers.
New 2009 Kia Sorento to up SUV Crossover bar by going all Volvo XC60, Ford Kuga and Nissan Qashqai, and less orthodox 4X4. Remember though, premium Kia products, equals premium Kia prices.
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