Hyundai Motor Co. said that it will have to ship the new generation Elantra small car from Korea in anticipation of the 10% U.S. sales increase to 590,000 units predicted for this year. Sales started last December for the redesigned 2011 Elantra, the first American-made version of the popular compact. Hyundai’s assembly plant in Montgomery, Ala., produces the new Elantra alongside the Sonata sedan. Hyundai CFO Lee Won-hee said that its forecast of 590,000 units sold in the U.S. in 2011 is up from 538,228 vehicles in 2010.
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