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Hyundai of St Augustine today announced an all-time sales record for the month of April.  Similarly, Hyundai Motor America also released a statement announcing its best month ever for new car sales in response to the company’s all-new Sonata and Tucson models which shattered all expectations.

Hyundai of St Augustine reports a record setting April with 126 units sold (3 more than were sold in March). The dealer outpaced production of new Hyundai cars with an astounding 85 new cars sold, 38 of which were new Sonata sedans and 12 were Tuscon SUVs.

The new Hyundai Tucson and Sonata models have been a major game changer for Hyundai this past year.  On a year-over-year basis, Sonata and Tucson sales increased 57 and 271 percent, respectively. Santa Fe was up 59 percent, and Genesis was up nine percent, marking the 10^th consecutive month of year-over-year sales gain for Genesis. Hyundai also introduced the Sonata Hybrid, the company’s first U.S. hybrid, which gets up to 39 mpg on the highway, using breakthrough lithium-polymer battery technology.

Hyundai of St Augustine boasts one of the most comprehensive selections of new Hyundai cars in Florida, including the award winning Sonata and Tucson. 

Learn more about the 2010 Hyundai Tucson .

Hyundai of St. Augustine is pleased to announce that the all-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata and 2010 Hyundai Tucson are two of the most popular cars on Edmunds.com.

The all-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata has been the most considered vehicle on Edmunds.com for five weeks in a row – a first ever for Hyundai. And the all-new 2010 Tucson jumped all the way up to number two on the most recent list, in part because of extra marketing on the site. Sonata widened its lead over the Honda Accord and Civic, while the Tucson jumped from fourth to second, giving Hyundai ownership of the top two positions in the weekly analysis. Not surprisingly, the Sonata’s March 2010 sales were on par with both the Accord and Toyota Camry.

Earlier in the week, AutoTrader.com announced that the 2011 Sonata was their most-viewed vehicle in its class during the month of March. 

“Our two newest models, the 2011 Sonata and 2010 Tucson, are the heart of our lineup,” said Scott Margason, director, Product Planning, Hyundai Motor America. “We’re excited to see such positive consumer reception, not just in online consideration, but where it really counts — our showrooms.”

The Sonata, Tucson and, on occasion, the Hyundai Genesis, charged into the top 10 of most-shopped vehicles list on Edmunds.com a number of times in the first quarter. In fact, the first quarter of 2010 marked the first time ever that a Hyundai model captured the number one spot on the most shopped list since Edmunds.com began tracking shopping consideration data in 2007.

“Hyundai is doing a good job of marketing, which is driving shopping consideration, but also converting consideration to sales,” said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst and editor-at-large, who reported on this in great detail for Edmunds’ AutoObserver.com.  “In March, Hyundai sold 18,935 Sonata models, putting it in the same volume territory as the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, which are perennially the best-selling cars in America.”

Hyundai sold more than 3,000 Tucson models in March nationwide for a 129-percent increase over year-ago levels.  The new Sonata and Tucson have been two of the best selling models at Hyundai of St Augustine.  In April, the dealership announced an all-time sales record for the month of March, with the Sonata and Tucson leading the way in sales.

Hyundai Motor Cars also reported record sales for both the first quarter of the year and for the month of March.

St Augustine Hyundai shoppers who would like to learn more about the award winning 2011 Hyundai Sonata and 2010 Hyundai Tucson can visit Hyundai of St. Augustine online.

Hyundai as a brand has solidly taken hold in Florida where the Dealerrater.com Hyundai Dealer of the Year, Hyundai of St. Augustine, just announced record sales increases for February. 

The record setting month for Hyundai of St Augustine mirrored and even surpassed the national sales gains of Hyundai Motor Corp which closed out February with impressive sales increases.  Overall, Hyundai Motor Corp reported an 11% increase in February 2010 versus February 2009, while Hyundai of St Augustine reported a staggering 60% increase in new car sales over the same time last year. 

Despite statewide economic challenges and lagging auto sales in Florida, Hyundai models like the Sonata, Tucson and Santa Fe helped push Hyundai of St Augustine to a record setting sales achievement in February. According to Dave Zuchowski, Hyundai Motor America’s vice president of national sales, “Our sales gains in February were driven by strong consumer response to new products like the Tucson, which was up 102 percent, and the all-new U.S.-built Sonata, which was just launched this month and has already driven a 58 percent sales increase.”  In addition to success of Sonata and Tucson, the freshened Santa Fe with a 52 percent increase, Genesis with a 39 percent increase, and Accent with a 22 percent rise, all registered significant growth over the same period one year ago.

The 2011 Hyundai Sonata joins an elite group of motor vehicles as a “Top Safety Pick” of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This award is only given to those vehicles that do a superior job protecting people in front, side, rear and rollover crashes.  While past Hyundai models, such as the Genesis, have been named IIHS “Top Safety Picks,” the standards were higher than ever for 2010, with a roof strength test added to the qualifications. According to the new guidelines, roofs must be more than double the strength of current federal requirements in order to better maintain vehicle integrity in the event of a rollover accident.

Because this roof strength test is so demanding, many of the vehicles that had previously been named “Top Safety Picks” were dropped from the list in 2010.  From the 2011 Sonata’s inception, Hyundai engineers carefully considered the importance of roof strength and designed the newest edition to pass this high hurdle set by the IIHS.

The Sonata continues to draw in Florida consumers from as far as Jacksonville, Orange Park, and Palm Coast.  As one of the best selling models at Hyundai of St. Augustine, the dealership goes the extra mile to stock one of the largest most diverse selections of new and used Sonatas. 

Florida Hyundai shoppers who would like to learn more about the award winning 2011 Hyundai Sonata can visit Hyundai of St. Augustine online at http://www.hyundaiofstaugustine.com/index.htm