Achieving 100 million u nits in cumulative sales would mark a major milestone for the South Korean automaker, accomplished 56 years after the company first began selling the Cortina compact sedan, which was first produced at Hyundai's Ulsan plant in 1968. Eight years later, in 1976, Hyundai exported its first domestically developed model, the Pony, overseas. Hyundai's sales grew from 1 million units in 1986 to 10 million units in 1996 and surpassed the 50 million-unit mark in 2013. When combining sales of Kia Corp., Hyundai Motor Group as a whole achieved the 100 million-unit mark in 2016 and later reached 150 million units cumulatively in May of last year. Source: Yonhap News Agency