Hyundai Considers Pickup And Additional Crossover Production At US Plant

Hyundai Motor Co. is considering building the Tucson and Kona crossovers and a planned pickup at its sole U.S. factory to help reverse a sales slump, the Seoul Economic Daily reported Friday.

Hyundai aims to produce the Tucson and the pickup at its U.S. plant in Alabama in 2021, the report said, citing anonymous industry officials. The plant currently builds the Sonata and Elantra sedans and the Santa Fe crossover.

Hyundai told Reuters it had made no decision about future production in the United States.

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MDarringer - 11/10/2017 11:49:28 AM

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With sedans going soft for sales, this is a no-brainer. The plant isn't Hyundai's "sole US factory". Hyundai and Kia are one company. The Sonata can be made anywhere where the mechanically identical Optima is built (Georgia).

mpls - 11/10/2017 2:05:27 PM

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A little Infiniti-eque..

MDarringer - 11/10/2017 2:49:41 PM

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Hyundai-Kia really ought to buy Jeep-Ram.