Hyundai Motor’s First-Half China Sales Slump 8.5%

Hyundai Motor Co.’s deliveries in China slumped 8.5 percent in the first half of this year, the latest foreign carmaker to report slowing demand in the world’s largest vehicle market.

The South Korean automaker sold 513,784 vehicles in China in the first six months of this year, according to an e-mail from the company. Excluding imports, sales last fell in the second half of 2007, when deliveries slumped 24 percent.