Hyundai Motor Group achieves 1.7 million U.S. sales last year... highest ever, up 3.4% from the previous year

It has been revealed that South Korea's Hyundai Motor Group sold a record number of cars in the U.S. market last year. The group announced on the 5th that Hyundai Motor (including Genesis) and Kia Motors sold two new cars in the U.S. market.
The automaker said it sold 1,708,293 vehicles in the U.S. in 2024, up 3.4% from the previous year. This figure surpasses the previous record of 1,652,822 vehicles sold in 2023.
This marks the first time that Hyundai and Kia's combined annual U.S. sales have exceeded 1.7 million units.
Hyundai increased 4.8% to 911,805 units, while Kia increased 1.8% to 796,488 units.
Sales of Genesis, Hyundai's luxury brand, rose 8.4% year-on-year to 75,003 units.
Hyundai and Kia's performance was boosted by strong sales of recreational vehicles (RVs) and eco-friendly cars.
Hyundai's Palisade sports utility vehicle (SUV) saw its highest sales ever, at 110,055 units (up 23%). The Ioniq 5 electric vehicle also saw sales of 44,400 units (
Kia had six models that broke their best-selling records for the year. The EV9 sold 22,017 units, a sales increase of 1,869%. This model
Deliveries in the U.S. began at the end of 2023. In addition, the Sportage sold 161,917 units (up 15%), the Carnival sold 49,726 units (up 14%), and the K3 and K4 sold 139,000 units (up 16%).
The EV sold 778 units (up 13%), the EV6 sold 21,715 units (up 6%), and the Telluride sold 115,504 units (up 4%), all of which were record sales.
Hyundai's "top three" models are the Tucson (206,126 units), Avante (136,698 units), and Santa Fe (110,900 units).
Kia was followed by the Sportage, K3, K4, and Telluride. The group ranked fourth in terms of vehicle sales in the U.S. market last year, following 2023.
Looking at the annual sales figures released by major automakers last year, GM maintained its top spot with 2,689,346 units, followed by Toyota with 2,332,623 units. In third place was Toyota, which sold 2,065,161 units.
Following the group was Ford. Honda was 1,423,857 units, and Nissan and Mitsubishi were 1,033,851 units, ranking fifth and sixth respectively. In the future, Honda, Nissan, and Mitsubishi will merge.
If this is the case, the ranking of automobile sales in the United States is also expected to change.