When the South Korean automaker launched the 7th generation Hyundai Sonata, the criticism from media and fans were very high. The organic lines of the Sonata YF captured a lot of customers around the world and specially in the U.S. They left aside what originally gave Hyundai’s first brand image, Fluidic Sculpture 1.0.
[ads id=”0″ style=”float:left;padding:9px;”]But after a slow start and first rumours that said Hyundai was preparing a facelift before than expected, the sales of the Sonata LF sedan in the United States were more than doubled from a year earlier to reach a new monthly high in July.
According to Hyundai Motor Co., 22,109 units of the midsize sedan were sold in the U.S. market last month, up 159 percent from the same month last year.
The July figure also marks a 66 percent spike from the previous month. The company attributed the rise to the recent launch of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Model year. Also the recent launch of the Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models (check our review by clicking here) could help the model continue growing.
Since its launch in the U.S. market in May 2014, the new Sonata LF (check our review of the Sonata 2.4 GDi Limited by clicking here) has sold an average 13,000 units per month.
With the large increase in sales, the car became the fifth most frequently purchased midsize sedan in the U.S. last month.
