Hyundai sales rise 2.6% in April

Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) reported a 2.6 per cent rise in total sales at 51,505 units in April.

The company had sold 50,222 units in the same month last year, HMIL said in a statement.

In the domestic market, Hyundai sold 38,601 units last month compared with 35,248 units in April 2014, up 9.5 per cent.

However, the company's exports fell 13.8 per cent to 12,904 units against 14,974 units last year.

HMIL senior vice-president (sales and marketing) Rakesh Srivastava said: "Hyundai with a volume of 38,601 units continued the growth momentum with 9.5 per cent increase over last year on the strength of strong and young product portfolio led by 12,425 units of Elite i20 and i20 Active in a challenging market conditions especially in the rural market."