Seoul [Tue. 1st Aug. 2006]
Slowdowns and work stoppages in July at Hyundai Motor Co.'s Korean plants drove down sales to their lowest this year. However, with 1,451,352 units sold worldwide in the first seven months of this year, the company is 2.5 percent ahead of last year's comparable period.

Total July sales amounted to just 128,489 units with 28,097 units delivered to Korean customers as supplies of new vehicles