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iX35, the One Millionth Hyundai in Australia

Hyundai, the 5th largest vehicle brand in Australia has completed a milestone by delivering their One Millionth new car. The ix35, which is more popularly known as Tuscon in North America became the 1-millionth unit to move out of the same dealership that sold the first new Hyundai around 26 years ago in Australia.

Published On Jul 28, 2012 03:02 PM By Ritesh
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Hyundai, the 5th largest vehicle brand in Australia has completed a milestone by delivering their One Millionth new car. The ix35, which is more popularly known as Tuscon in North America became the 1-millionth unit to move out of the same dealership that sold the first new Hyundai around 26 years ago in Australia.

Hyundai recorded a sale of 87,008 units last year which is nearly the 8.6% of the market share. i30 is the best selling model in Australia and the i30 compact sold nearly 28,869 units last year.

Commenting on the occasion of accomplishing the milestone, Oliver Mann, Hyundai’s MD said that while Hyundai took 18 years to reach the 500,000 unit sales mark whereas the next half million were sold within 8 years. This achievement has a lot to do with the products and the establishment. The company is delighted at the achievement.

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Having worked as an Auto Journalist for the past 5 years, Ritesh is keenly passionate about digging more on automobiles and things related. His journey as a journalist so far consists of different profiles that helped him groom on various platforms within the automobiles industry. He kept rolling on technical experience during his career as a Road Test Editor, which finally took him to a level where he turned to be an Editor-in-Chief of CarDekho.com, India's no. #1 automotive giant. 

Another side of his creative life is easily visible the photography that he carries out in order to serve the CarDekho news readers with the latest and natural pictures of newly launched cars. Additionally, he is the one who foresees all auto news articles that are to be published making it sure that CarDekho readers get the latest and the best automotive news first. "Life is a highway, keep driving", Says Ritesh.

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