Hyundai Motor May sales fall 7.7% on parts supply disruptions

Hyundai Motor Co sold 325,473 vehicles worldwide in May, down 7.7 percent from the same month a year earlier, the automaker said Sunday.

Domestic sales fell 23.1 percent year-on-year to 45,364 units in May.

Sedan sales totaled 14,876 units, led by the flagship Grandeur at 5,183 units, the compact Avante at 4,526 units and the mid-size Sonata at 4,118 units.

Recreational vehicle sales came to 15,799 units, with the mid-size SUV Santa Fe accounting for 2,862 units, the all-electric Ioniq 5 for 2,575 units and the compact SUV Tucson for 2,183 units.

Sales of light commercial vehicles reached 6,312 units, including 4,270 units of the Porter and 1,912 units of the Staria. Medium and large buses and trucks combined for 2,216 units.

Genesis, Hyundai Motor's luxury brand, sold 6,161 units in total — led by the full-size G80 sedan at 2,220 units, the mid-size GV70 SUV at 1,798 units and the large GV80 SUV at 1,547 units.

Overseas sales declined 4.6 percent from a year earlier to 280,109 units.

A Hyundai Motor official said parts supply disruptions at partner companies continued to weigh on production in May, limiting the supply of key models. The official added that sales are expected to gradually recover as deliveries of The New Grandeur begin in earnest this month.