Hyundai-Kia is now world's 4th largest auto manufacturer

[tone76]

http://www.worldcarfans.com/109081921139/hyundai-kia-passes-ford-as-worlds-4th-largest-automaker

I was toying with the idea of putting this in one of the C4C threads. Why do I get the feeling that Angela Merkel, Gordon Brown and Barack Obama will be getting Christmas cards from Hyundai-Kia this year ...?

 

[Aston Martin]

76% of scrappage sales in the UK were for the Kia Picanto.

 

[NecroJoe]

Poor Ford.

 

[Spectre]

The only reason why GM's even still up there is because GM's being propped up by the government.

 

[argatoga]

Poor Ford.

Ford is more concerned with profitability than being number #1 (or #4 in this case). It was trying to be number one which has devastated Toyota (over expanded) and arguably is why GM got into the mess they are in today.