Hyundai Motor Sales More Cars in Germany in August

Hyundai Motor Co. sold more cars in Germany in August than the combined sales of five German carmakers in South Korea, data showed Sunday. 
Hyundai sold 9,240 cars in Germany last month, up 5.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, Yonhap news agency reported. 
In comparison, the combined sales of Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen and Porsche came to 8,735 in South Korea last month, according to the German Association of the Automotive Industry. 
Hyundai also outperformed its German competitors in sales in July. The South Korean carmaker sold 9,209 units in Germany, while the five German carmakers sold 9,059 units in South Korea. 
Hyundai's outperformance came as South Korea revoked the sales licenses of 80 vehicle models sold by Audi Volkswagen Korea, the local importer of the German cars, for fabricating their emissions and fuel efficiency test results. 
In August, Audi sold 476 cars in South Korea, down 83 percent from 2,796 in August 2015. Volkswagen suffered a 97.6 percent on-year plunge with only 76 cars sold in South Korea last month, the data showed. 
The sharp drop in sales of Audi and Volkswagen cars lowered the combined market share of German vehicles to 54.8 percent in August from 74.6 percent a year earlier, according to the data.

Sourc:  QNA