According to the October sales figures released by the SMMT today, the Hyundai i10 was the eighth best selling vehicle ahead of the Mini (9th) and Fiat 500 (10th).
Hyundai seems to be a big winner from "scrappage."
According to the SMMT (smmt.co.uk) the firm sold 7,179 vehicles in the UK during October 2009 compared with a mere 1,856 in October 2008.
It has almost doubled its UK sales so far during 2009 (47,757 vehicles sold) compared to the same period in 2008 (25,904 vehicles sold).
No wonder it's struggling to meet demand !
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I wonder what the sales figures are for Kia.
Around my way they are selling very well (lots of new picanto's and ceed's on the road).
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Hyundai seems to be a big winner from "scrappage."
I'm not in the least bit surprised. The i10 is a good value for money small car, and our experience of the dealership was excellent; no nonsense, everything clear and straightforward and best of all no pressure. Went in, told 'em what we wanted, they came up with the goods on time and with no hidden problems.
The only two things I found fault with were the rather sharp clutch, but both wife and I are now used to it and it does seem to bed in after a while; and the lack of an intermittent wiper facility which seems a bit daft given that the car has electric front windows, a good radio and basic aircon. That apart it's a good all-rounder which even handles longer motorway trips quite well, not something all super-minis are capable of.
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I'm not in the least bit surprised. The i10 is a good value for money small car and our experience of the dealership was excellent; no nonsense everything clear and straightforward and best of all no pressure. Went in told 'em what we wanted they came up with the goods on time and with no hidden problems.
This was my experience exactly - no nonense, no hard sell, no trying to flog you stuff you dont want or need. My experience so far of the hyundai dealers is excellent, I couldn't rate them highly enough. Compared to the Audi main dealer I used in the past, hyundai offer a much better service. We found thathyundai were the only dealers you could walk into off the street and get a test drive there and then.
I heard they will be taking orders for the i10 again in Jan 2010. Apparently you can order one now if you want but will have to be prepared to wait.
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On the strength of the two I've had so far, they're also gaining an enviable reputation for making good cars.
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"I wonder what he sales figures are like for Kia ?"
All the info you need is on smmt.co.uk
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"At UK prices, at current Sterling rates, Hyundai makes hardly anything on the i10 but in does increase market share ... "
Selling more vehicles will grow the dealership network. Also I am sure Hyundai will make a lot of money from spare part in future years.
But does the Sterling exchange rate really disadvantage Hyundai ? Let's face it these particular vehicles are made in India and I would imagine the Rupee isn't as strong as, say, the Euro or the S Korean Won.
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