Hyundai Floors It In The U.s.

摘要

U. S. car sales plunged to a 27-year low in January, dragging down Detroit'srnShrunken Three and even mighty Toyota Motor. But one automaker has bucked the trend: Hyundai Motor. The Korean company, whose name was once synonymous with cheap, logged a 14% sales gain in what was a dismal month for almost every other carmaker.rnIt's too soon to say whether that marks the start of a trend that couldrnsee Hyundai emerge from the shadow of its larger Japanese rivals, Toyota and Honda Motor. For one thing, the jump owes much to Hyundai's 22% drop in sales in January 2008. And the company has piled on the discounts.