The charts below speak for themselves. Rather than go into detail explaining the data found therein, I’ll just briefly explain what you’re looking at.
In the first Graph, the red line shows the year-over-year monthly percentage increases and decreases in sales for Hyundai’s U.S. operations. The blue line – in contrast to Hyundai USA – shows the overall market’s percentage increases or decreases. Remember, for both charts, spikes in August of 2009 and declines in August of 2010 are directly related to the market inflation imposed by Cash For Clunkers and the correction of that same thing one year later.
