Hyundai sells nearly 55,000 units in April; sales up 5.7%

Hyundai Motor India has reported a 5.7% increase in total sales at 54,420 units in April.

The company had sold 51,505 units in the same month last year, HMIL said in a statement.

In the domestic market, Hyundai sold 42,351 units last month, up 9.7%, compared with 38,601 units a year ago.

However, exports declined 6.5% to 12,069 units as against 12,904 units in the same period last year.

"In an industry seeing challenges on rural sales and diesel vehicle sales, Hyundai continued its growth momentum with volume growth of 9.7% over last year with the strong performance of... Creta, Elite i20, Grand." HMIL senior vice- president sales and marketing Rakesh Srivastava said.