Canada: Hyundai reports February 2010 sales
Hyundai posts a record breaking February 2010 sales in Canada…
Hyundai has been gaining sales in the wake of Toyota’s recall problems in the US recently, where the automakers saw its sales increase 11.5 percent in February. But the company has also been successful in Canada where it has sold 8.502 new vehicles.
February also marked the fourteenth straight month of double-digit sales increases for the South Korean largest car company.
Hyundai saw its sales rise 23 percent compared to a year ago, with several models achieving record-high sales increases in February. Sales of the 2010 Tucson crossover went up by 118 percent to 1.145 units, while new Sonata sales soared by 58 percent compared to a year ago. The 2011 Sonata made its official Canadian debut at the Canadian International Auto Show earlier in February.
The restyled Santa Fe SUV also performed well. With 1.980 units sold, the Santa Fe was third best selling Hyundai vehicle in February. It was followed by Elantra and Sonata with 1.412 and 745 units sold, respectively.
Hyundai Accent sales numbers were down slightly compared to previous year. Still, the Accent continues to sell pretty well despite its age. Remember, the current car will soon be replaced by a completely revamped Accent. Rumors suggest that Hyundai dealers will start selling new Accent in the first quarter of 2011.
Hyundai Canada sales:
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:51 pm
I sure wish they’d break down Genesis and Gen Coupe in the U.S.
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:54 pm
ATTENTION ALL DEALERS:
Many of you likely have Toyota owners and potential customers coming into your store because of Toyota’s Unintended Acceleration recalls. Many may worry there’s something more than floor mats and “sticky” pedals. And you probably would like to be able to show them proof that Hyundai vehicles indeed have better designed Electronic Throttle Controls than Toyota. Well, here’s how, just in time for Toyota‘s big new sales blitz.
First, print Dr. Gilbert’s testimony to Congress from here:
energycommerce house gov/Press_111/20100223/Gilbert.Testimony.pdf
Note I took out the hyper text protocol indicator and replaced the dots with spaces, so add those back.
Next, print out the Toyota recall procedure from here:
images thetruthaboutcars com/2010/02/Tech-Instructions-Preliminary-Posting-BIL.pdf
Don’t forget to add the http and periods back.
You’ll want to highlight in Dr. Gilbert’s statement where he said he shorted the sensor leads together without any trouble code being set, and where he said he then connected those two leads to 5V reference voltage and produced WOT acceleration with no DTC/MIL. On the recall procedure, you’ll see the system acceptable voltages on pages 8 and 9. You’ll want to point out two things: At WOT, the two sensor voltages can in fact overlap. And that full system reference voltage is a valid input and wouldn’t set a DTC. Just like Dr. Gilbert’s tests found! It looks like 5V on side 1 might set a code, but the tests indicated that’s not the case, not surprising since there’s only a 10% difference anyway.
Next, you’ll want to print the system description and specs from the Shop Manual for your car. CAUTION: not every car in the line-up has ETC.
I found it under Fuel System>Engine Control System>Accelerator Position System. The system description and specs clearly show that this system uses resistors to do two things: Choke the maximum voltage on side 1 to 4.35V, so the system can detect a short to reference. And on side two, voltage is choked to 50% of side one. So if a foreign voltage was introduced or somehow induced in the sensor leads, the ECU would know that since it’s ALWAYS looking for side one to be twice the value of side two or a code will be set!
Remember, this isn’t taking advantage of Toyota’s misfortune. This is a key safety feature that Toyota lacks, just like Active Head Restraints on some of their cars. Remember too that Toyota has avoided warranty claims for repairs on cars that have had UA and likely has avoided costs on cars that might have otherwise experienced MIL for transitory electrical events. Plus they’ve likely avoided negative survey responses on “Check Engine Light”/MIL. Whether or not this design is the root cause of Toyota’s UA claims, it’s still obvious Hyundai took extra caution and designed extra safety features in that Toyota didn’t. This also proves that the “non-Toyota” vehicle Lentz said they could also do the same thing in as Gilbert had done in an Avalon wasn’t a Hyundai and should comfort those concerned about ETC’s in general. Good luck selling.
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:59 pm
I’m going to try to post the links for your convenience but usually I can’t post links, but here goes:
http://energycommerce.house.gov/Press_111/20100223/Gilbert.Testimony.pdf
http://images.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/02/Tech-Instructions-Preliminary-Posting-BIL.pdf
March 4th, 2010 at 12:31 am
8500?
Is it good sales number?
Market of Canada is super fvcking small.
In Korea, Even 1 single model Sonata outselling whole hyundai canada sale volume.
March 4th, 2010 at 2:40 am
Well they beat Honda (again) for 5th place, so I’d say it’s not bad. Toyota did 11,791. No. 1 Ford did 17,910, for perspective.
March 5th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Accent and Elantra sales drop in Canada compare to feb 2009!
time for new accent and Elantra!
March 5th, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Canada population is approx 10% of U.S. so they are doing proportionately better than U.S. who would have had to sold 85,000 for the month of Feb to match!! Instead they sold 34,000 which was an 11% increase compared to Canada’s 23% increase.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
But Hyundai sell in Canada since 1984.
that the reverse for Kia only in Canada since 1998.
Kia dont have the same share as Hyundai in Canada.
March 6th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
it is more in the minds of buyers in Canada to buy a Hyundai than in the States!
March 7th, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Comparing your population to ours. If we sold as many Hyundais in the States as Canada did in Fec we would have sold 85,020 vehicles. US had 10 times the population of Canada, so thats where I got that number from.
We really have got to do something about this US market.
March 7th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Some countries in Europe are even worse. They have an infintesimal rate of sales compared to North American sales. UK for Example has 70 Million people, or 20% of the US population, and they sell about 39K units a year.
If we in America sold Hyundais at this rate, we would sell 165K units a year, which is less than half of what we currently sell here.
March 7th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Sorry guys, revision. That would be 195K units.
March 9th, 2010 at 12:42 am
Derrick G,
Dr. Gilbert’s and ABC’s methodology was questionable at best, bordering on fraudulent. Similar faults using similar manipulation resulted in unintended acceleration of BMWs, Fords and Subarus to name a few.
Feel free to make your point, but I would refrain from using Dr. Gilbert’s name and methodology as it only discredits what you are trying to say.
March 9th, 2010 at 1:16 am
Ron,
First, according to what he said, Toyota’s test are only similar, not the same. Secondly, Toyota’s own service literature would seem to indicate that both sides could reasonably read the same thing and it not be detected. Nevertheless, the company today said that this is not the case and until someone tests it and find otherwise, we’ll assume they’re truthful about that. Though I will say that not using a set ratio or opposing slopes like most do is a very curious design. They need to explain why they chose that design. But not even Toyota denies that on at least some models a direct short would be a valid reading on at least one side, something no one else does that I can find. And until Dr. Gilbert can fully explain what he did vs. what Toyota’s hired firm did, I’m not going to accuse anyone of fraud and it’s premature for you or anyone else to.
Also, I’ve since discovered another very questionable practice of Toyota’s: their sensors are exposed inside the pedal assembly rather than sealed in a sub-assembly like Hyundai and even most other makers do. I think it’s a valid point to make with customers that Toyota’s system is quite unlike most everyone elses’ and some design choices seem to have been made on a cost basis and others, such as the floor mats, weren’t give much thought.
As for ABC, they definitely should have made it clear that a B-roll shot was used. Or better yet, refilmed it or just used the original video.
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