Hurricane Sandy and tight supplies of small cars in October caused Hyundai to post its first monthly sales decrease in more than two years. Hyundai sales fell 4 percent to 50,271 vehicles, down 4 percent from October 2011. It was Hyundai's first year-over-year monthly decline since August 2010.
Year-to-date sales were 590,085 units, up 8 percent from the first 10 months of last year.
In a post on Twitter, Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik attributed the declines to Hurricane Sandy and tight supplies of the Accent subcompact and Veloster sporty coupe.
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