After shifting production of Hyundai’s Santa Fe crossover to Kia’s plant in Georgia, it raised its monthly output of 2011 Sonata sedan by 80% from July to August. Robert Burns, a Hyundai Motor Manufacturing spokesman, said that Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama produced 24,111 Sonata sedans for sale in the US in August while in July, it built only 13,395 units.
The Automotive News Data Center revealed that Hyundai made 16,994 in the first 28 days of August 2009. To coincide with the boost in the production of Sonatas, sales of the mid-sized sedan also had a significant climb.
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