Littleton, CO -- (SBWIRE) -- 03/15/2011 -- McDonald Hyundai, one of the prominent dealers for Denver Hyundai shoppers, is happy to announce that sales of the Hyundai Sonata hit 200,000. This lofty number is the highest amount of Sonatas sold in one calendar year and helped cap off a record setting year for Hyundai sales in general. Hyundai will sell more than 530,000 vehicles in the United States and more than 110,000 in Canada for the first time ever.

“Sonata has delivered some pretty incredible results for us this year,” says John Krafcik, Hyundai Motor America president and CEO.

“Sonata is the Hyundai brand and it’s appropriate that it has led our best year ever. Sonata’s innovation has reset the most hotly contested, largest segment in the U.S. car market, with Sonata delivering more year-over-year retail sales growth – about 90,000 units – than any other car in the entire industry.”

“The Sonata has been an integral part of Hyundai’s transformation in Canada,” says Steve Kelleher, President and CEO of Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. “The effort our designers put into craft a dynamic looking car is paying off as Canadians have begun to claim that design is one of their top purchase reasons for Sonata. 2010 has been a record year for us and Sonata has carried us to this point.”

So why is the Hyundai Sonata, available at this Denver area Hyundai, so popular with consumers not only in the United States but in North America? Let’s take a look at some of the features and reasons as to why the Hyundai Sonata is a popular car with consumers.

Hyundai Sonata in Denver

The 2011 Hyundai Sonata, available for Denver Hyundai shoppers, offers fuel efficiency ratings that now set the pace in the segment, with the first ever35-mpg highway rating for a non-hybrid, a remarkable 33-mpg highway rating for 2.0T (which packs 274 horsepower, more than any V6 in the segment), a best-ever 40-mpg highway rating for the breakthrough Sonata Hybrid featuring industry-first lithium-polymer battery technology. In the all-new 2011 Sonata, the engine delivers a best-in-class fuel economy of 35 miles per gallon (6.7 L/100 km) in highway driving while offering 198 horsepower (single exhaust GLS and Limited) and 200-horsepower (dual exhaust SE).

The 2011 Sonata, available at McDonald Hyundai, scored well in all phases of NHTSA safety testing including five-star side-impact, five-star rollover and four-star frontal crash test, resulting in an overall five-star performance. The Hyundai Sonata, available at this Jacksonville Hyundai, was built from the ground up with safety in mind, with a hot stamped ultra-high-strength steel body structure, advanced airbag technology and Electronic Stability Control (ESC), delivering on Hyundai’s commitment to both active and passive safety technology leadership.

According to market research firm Compete, Sonata was the most-shopped car in the market for six of the past seven months, helping Hyundai to a record 4.7 percent share of the U.S. market through November 2010.

“This car has meant so much to the success of our brand and our dealers,” says Krafcik. “While cars like Camry and Accord spend more than 50 days on a dealer lot, Sonata leads the segment in ‘days-to-turn’ through the first three quarters. The average Sonata is sold in 16 days.”

For more information on the 2011 Hyundai Sonata or any other vehicle at McDonald Hyundai, please call 720-279-8202 or visit http://www.mcdonaldhyundaidenver.com.

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McDonald Hyundai
6500 South Broadway Boulevard
Littleton, CO 80121
720-279-8202