Hyundai's US sales jump 15% on-year in January

Hyundai Motor, South Korea's top automaker, saw its sales in the United States climb 15 percent from a year ago in January, marking its biggest sales for the month to date, the company said Sunday.

Hyundai Motor's U.S. sales reached 54,503 units last month, compared with 47,543 units sold in the same month last year, according to the automaker.

The on-year growth was driven by a 74 percent surge in sales of hybrid models and a 15 percent increase in sales of electric vehicles (EVs), with the Santa Fe hybrid EV (HEV), Tucson HEV, Ioniq 5 and 6 EVs all posting record sales for January.

Kia, Hyundai's sister company and South Korea's second-largest carmaker, also saw U.S. sales rise 12 percent on-year to 57,007 units in January, according to the company. It marked Kia's record U.S. sales for January.

The company attributed the increase in sales to its lineup of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) and solid sales of the new K4 sedan. (Yonhap)