Automakers locally began seeing some form of a bounce back in May sales from the prior month’s topple.
OC’s largest automaker, Fountain Valley-based Hyundai Motor America Inc., saw May sales off 13% to 54,719 vehicles. That beat original market forecasts of a 33% decline in May sales.
Irvine-based Mazda North American Operations recorded a 1% decline in sales during the month to 24,933 vehicles.
Kia Motors America Inc. of Irvine sales were off 23.7% to 45,817.
Genesis Motor America Inc. saw sales down 41.6% to 1,350 vehicles in May. The Fountain Valley-based automaker’s President and CEO Mark Del Rosso thinks Genesis will stage a bounceback in the back half of this year pointing to climbing sales between April and May and reservations for the new GV80 SUV and refreshed G80.
“We are the ones to watch,” Del Rosso said in a statement. “It’s going to be a great close for Genesis.”
