To find out from which factories/countries the cars came from for both Hyundai and Kia, I've put together two charts. It's worth a mention that Hyundai made 3.4 million cars but also 200,000 for Genesis in Korean plants which are not included below.
Hyundai: Just over a third of Hyundai branded cars were made at home. India grew an impressive 22% and got close to one in five of all cars made globally. China was clearly the fly in the ointment. Some say since Korea set up a missile defence system a few years back, sales have been harder to come by. In Korea too import brands can fall out of favour so to speak, so nothing new there.
Overall a 3% increase so a good result. Semiconductor chips don't seem to be too big a problem either but I have no idea about how they are allocated in a period of shortage as we have now.
Data source: Hyundai.
Kia: 2.5 million cars produced in seven countries, three less than Hyundai. Only China and Russia had reversals, elsewhere good news for the company. A 6% gain in units produced and sent out is not to be sniffed at. Korea still accounts for just over half of Kia's volume with a huge gap down to Slovakia.
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