br SEOUL – Hyundai Motor flagged another year of tepid car sales growth on the back of a slow 2018. The automaker said trade protectionism adds uncertainty and major markets such as the U.S. and China remained sluggish. Hyundai and Kia – together the world's fifth-biggest automaker – set what they called a "conservative target" of 7.6 million vehicle sales in 2019, a 3 percent increase from the 7.399 million vehicles sold last year.