Orange County-based automakers reported mixed June auto sales on Friday.
Fountain Valley-based Hyundai Motor America said its June auto sales rose 4.1% to 43,051. The company, a unit of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., sold 41,336 cars and trucks a year ago.
Irvine-based Kia Motors America posted a slight decrease in June auto sales to 27,095 autos, down from 27,636 a year earlier.
Kia, part of Kia Motors Corp. in South Korea, said its Sedona minivan had its second-best month with sales of 7,624, up 16% from a year ago. Hyundai Motor and other Hyundai units own a majority of Kia, which is run independently.
Irvine’s Mazda North American Operations, a unit of Japan’s Mazda Motor Corp., sold 22,063 autos in June, down 18.2% from a year earlier.
Mazda’s truck sales fell 20.4% to 5,829 in June, with car sales off 17.3% to 16,234 from a year earlier..
Brea-based American Suzuki Motor Corp., the U.S. arm of Japan’s Suzuki Motor Corp., said its June sales were down 4% to 7,449 autos in the month.
