Hyundai USA Market Share Growth 1999 – 2010

You already know Korea’s autombile manufacturing industry is stronger than ever. You heard that the 2011 Hyundai Sonata was one of America’s best-selling cars in 2010. You recently read about the Hyundai Genesis becoming America’s 17th most-popular luxury car. A simple windshield survey will tell you the 2011 Kia Sorento is a hit – and GoodCarBadCar.net confirms it. And as a prelude to 2011, December 2010 had the all-new and very handsome 2011 Hyundai Elantra as one of America’s ten top-selling cars.

Then yesterday GoodCarBadCar.net’s audience scanned a couple Graphs displaying Hyundai’s ability to grow their sales in the United States even when the market shrinks. And this market share pie chart from January 5th said plenty about Korea’s strong standing in the U.S. marketplace, right? Well, yeah, it was pretty clear. But the chart below, yes that’s the one, says more about Hyundai’s growth in America than any chart GoodCarBadCar.net has ever displayed.