Hyundai Motor Group reported an 18% fall in US vehicle sales to 104,786 units in May from 128,296 units a year earlier, as the COVID-19 coronavirus continued to impact demand in the world's second-largest automotive market.
This followed a 39% year on year drop to 65,718 units in April, at the peak of the pandemic alert when parts of the US economy were under lockdown.
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Month on month, group sales rebounded by over 59%.
Hyundai Motor reported a 13% year on year fall in sales to 57,619 units in May from 66,121 units a year earlier although volume rebounded by 70% compared with the previous month thanks to strong demand for the Tucson SUV.
Sales of the upmarket Genesis brand plunged by 42% to 1,350 units in May from 2,313 units a year earlier, however.
Hyundai's cumulative five month sales were down by over 17% at 222,462 units from 269,126 units previously.
Hyundai Motor America's vice president responsible for national sales Randy Parker said "we were able to achieve a remarkable sales rebound thanks to our dealer partners, implementation of digital retail tools and providing customers with the right offers".
Kia Motors' US sales fell by almost 24% in May to 45,817 units from 60,062 units a year earlier, but were up by 44% on the previous month's 31,750 units which were down 38.2% year on year.
The brand's cumulative sales in this market were just over 13% lower at 215,467 units from 248,043 units in the same period of last year, reflecting a positive first quarter thanks to strong sales of the Sportage SUV.
