Hyundai Worldwide SUV/MPV Sales By Model : 1994-2013

Hyundai is more the car making brand within the group compared to Kia. Yet a couple of models sell well within the SUV range. The MPV side has withered though, probably not a bad thing as Kia do a few of those anyway. The percentage of SUV/MPVs is shown to the right of the chart below. Now a breakdown of the models.

The Tucson (ix35) a top seller

ix35: Better known to many as the Tucson, it is a compact SUV that sells very well indeed. It is currently made in Korea, China and the Czech Republic.

Santa Fe: This mid-sized SUV came out in the year 2000 and was soon a hit in the USA in particular. It is made in Korea, China, the US and a few in India.

ix20: Manufactured exclusively in the Czech Rep, it replaced the Matrix (Lavita) in Europe. I guess its sales are OK, but I wonder if Kia expected more. At least it shares much with the very similar Kia Venga, keeping costs down.

ix55: Also named the Veracruz, this mid-sized SUV is very similar to the Kia Sorento. It was never a big seller and has now been discontinued.

Lavita: This traditionally styled MPV and is known as the Matrix in some countries. It was designed by Pininfarina, when they were having an off day.

Entourage: This was a rebadged Kia Carnival/Sedona MPV but never had the success with it that Kia had. It seemed to be a replacement for the more successful Trajet but it was soon dropped.

Trajet: The MPV with French name meaning 'journey' was quite successful for Hyundai.

Galloper: This SUV was a rebadged Mitsubishi Pajero and you can see it sold strongly for the company.

Santamo: Another rebadged Mitsubishi, this time the Chariot MPV. It was replaced by the Lavita.

Other: Hyundai statistics, which I am sticking closely to, threw up these other SUV sales. I cannot for the life of me work out what they could be but I included them.

The last column shows the percentage of sales for SUV/MPVs out of all sales.

Yr	ix35	S Fe	ix20	ix55	Lav	Ent	Traj	Galp	Sant	Other	Tot	%
94	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	39.4	-	-	39.4	4
95	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	41.1	-	-	41.1	4
96	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35.0	25.2	-	60.2	5
97	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	53.8	17.5	-	71.3	7
98	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	57.1	17.9	-	75.0	11
99	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.9	61.3	28.1	-	102.3	16
00	-	50.5	-	-	-	-	56.3	61.3	34.3	-	202.4	19
01	-	166.6	-	-	-	-	49.7	25.7	12.7	86.9	341.6	28
02	-	223.5	-	-	-	-	44.3	13.2	12.2	117.7	410.9	28
03	-	246.7	-	40.4	54.8	-	47.4	7.6	-	-	396.9	25
04	111.3	262.6	-	40.9	52.6	-	45.8	-	-	-	513.2	28
05	267.9	171.0	-	28.9	58.9	-	29.8	-	-	-	556.5	27
06	269.3	217.3	-	18.9	49.0	30.9	19.0	-	-	-	604.4	27
07	282.4	283.7	-	55.3	31.5	12.3	6.8	-	-	-	672.0	29
08	257.4	219.2	-	34.3	31.0	4.1	-	-	-	-	546.0	22
09	216.6	203.4	-	28.5	11.8	-	-	-	-	-	460.3	16
10	396.9	230.0	19.7	38.3	5.0	0.1	-	-	-	-	690.0	20
11	476.3	240.5	46.3	30.3	0.1	-	-	-	-	-	793.5	21
12	512.6	273.8	45.4	19.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	851.0	21
13	513.3	395.3	32.3	5.7	-	-	-	-	-	-	946.6	22

Data source: Thanks to Hyundai (and my tireless work).
Modified 2.09.14

SUV/MPV sales got to just over a quarter for some years but fallen back a little of late.

The Santa Fe is much more stylish these days

For others in the series, please click on the years: 2001-05,
2006-09, 2010-13,  and 1994-2013 Car.