Hyundai has surpassed the 5 million sales milestone for the second time with the Avante/Elantra today. The automaker achieved the milestone for the first time with the Accent/Verna in 2001. The Elantra exceeded the 4 million mark in March 2006.
Introduced in 1990 as the Elantra, the first-generation model scored 948,348 units cumulatively. The second-generation was introduced in 1995 as the Avante/Elantra and 1.2 million units of it were sold. Introduced in 2000, the third-generation Avante XD/Elantra exceeded 2.2 million units throughout its sales course. Lastly, Hyundai has sold 593,915 units to date of the fourth-generation Avante/Elantra, introduced in 2006. To date, 3 million units sold were exports overseas.
[Source: Chosun]
