Hyundai Motor America today announced sales of 41,130 for the month of August, an 8.8 percentdecrease from the all-time August sales record set in 2007. 'Once again the fuel-efficient Accent, Sonata and Elantra, despite restricted availability, ontinued their upward sales trend with increases of 73 percent, 17 percent and 13 percent, respectively, over the same month last year,' said Dave Zuchowski, Hyundai Motor America's vice president ofnational sales. 'As illustrated by our August sales, the small to midsize segments continue to be where the market is and we believe Hyundai is extremely well positioned to capitalize on this.' 'Additionally, we just finished our first full month of sales of our new rear-wheel drive Genesis and we are thrilled with the results of 1,177 units. Genesis is changing the way American buyers think about the Hyundai brand and is attracting an entirely new type of prospect to our showrooms.'