2 February 2010

Hyundai sales boost

Hyundai Ireland says its retail car sales showed a 56 percent growth in the first month of 2010.

And its 'i' car range -- i10, 120, 130 -- improved by a whopping 130 percent.

Overall sales, excluding hire drive and demos, were 503 units.

The company says scrappage sales to date amount to 30 percent of all retail 'i' car sales, with the i20 representing 45 percent of these.

Hyundai was a leading brand in other scrappage schemes across Europe.