New Hyundai Tucson and Sonata drive Hyundai’s April 2010 sales to record high…

Hyundai Motor America announced today it has sold 44.023 new vehicles in the US market during the month of April 2010. Last month’s sales were up 30 percent compared to the same month a year earlier and were lead by strong performance of Hyundai’s new-comers, the all-new Tucson crossover and Sonata mid-size sedan.

According to Hyundai, April 2010 also marks the 16th consecutive month of year-over-year retail market share gains for the brand, which is a significant achievement for the company.

As we reported on Thursday, the all-new Sonata sedan hit the magic 18.000 units sales for the second straight month. The 2011 Sonata was also the third best-selling mid-size sedan in the US improving its sales from previous year by more than 55 percent.

Speaking of sales performance by model, Hyundai’s Tucson sales increased 271 percent from a year ago to 3,871 units, while sales of its big brother, the Santa Fe SUV soared 59 percent to 5,917 units. On a year-over-year basis, Hyundai Genesis sales were up nine percent to 2,265 units.

Total Hyundai sales in the first four months of the fiscal year also hit an all-time record! The automaker sold 44,023 units in the USA so far.

Dave Zuchowski, vice present of national sales @ Hyundai Motor America told that despite an overall industry increase in the level of sales to fleet accounts, Hyundai remains extremely focused on reducing the fleet mix, improving the quality of the automaker’s market share, and driving more retail volume through Hyundai dealerships.

“Widespread acceptance of our new products and growing recognition of Hyundai’s inherent value has allowed us to significantly reduce incentive spending at a time when some of our top competitors were taking a different approach,” added Dave Zuchowski.

Hyundai sales by model table:

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