The Hyundai Elantra has hit a target no other Hyundai vehicle has before, reaching 10 million units in global sales.
To put this number in perspective, this means that the company has sold an average of 1,100 Elantras every day or over 45 units per hour since it went on sale over 24 years ago.
The Elantra has been a staple of the Hyundai lineup since its introduction in 1990. It has since been offered in a range of body styles, including a sedan, hatchback and coupe. The coupe, however, has since been discontinued.
The Elantra that is sold on the Canadian market is built at Hyundai’s assembly plant in Montgomery, Alabama, called the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. This plant was founded in 2002, while official production began in May 2005.
The Hyundai Elantra is now amongst a very exclusive class of vehicles that have also met, or exceeded, this sales milestone. Some of the achievers include the Toyota Corolla at about 34 million, Ford’s F-Series pickup truck and the Honda Civic. Volkswagen is the builder of two vehicles to reach this target: the Beetle and Golf.
The Hyundai Elantra is currently in its fifth generation, which launched in 2011. The redesign brought with it increased sales figures as well as the title of North American Car of the Year, which it received at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show.
The Elantra has exceeded 40,000 units sold in Canada so far for 2014 – a number that is down from the point last year, when sales were closer to 45,000 units. The Elantra still, however, remains the fourth best-selling car in Canada, behind only the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla and Mazda 3.
