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Hyundai is one of two automotive brands owned and by the Hyundai Motor Company that operates in the U.S., the other being Kia. The Korean company entered the U.S. market in 1986 with the Excel, which sold well but established a poor reputation for quality. Quality concerns were addressed with the introduction of the industry's longest powertrain warranty. Hyundai has also expanded its lineup to include larger cars, luxury vehicles, sports cars, CUVs and SUVs.

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Visions of Grandeur: Refreshed Hyundai Azera on the horizon? 6 days ago on Autoblog

The Hyundai Azera is a perfectly nice car in a background-supporting-role kind of way. While the slow-selling model might seem to be something of a moot point now that the Genesis sedan is on U.S. soil, a refreshed version of the sedan has just debuted in its home country – albeit under ...

First Drive: 2010 Hyundai Tucson a green machine with few compromises 12 days ago on Autoblog

Little more than ten years ago, the meat and potatoes of the automotive universe were C and D segment sedans. Think Corolla and Camry; Focus, Fusion and (old) Taurus; Civic and Accord. But then, for better or for worse, something significant shifted in that old sales paradigm. Specifically, ...

Hyundai prices 2010 Tucson crossover from $18,995* 14 days ago on Autoblog

Hyundai began the first wave of media drives for the new 2010 Tucson today in California after unveiling its latest crossover at last week's LA Auto Show. As part of the presentation before heading out, product planning chief Scott Margason announced that the completely redesigned model will ...

Hyundai builds one millionth vehicle in Alabama 16 days ago on Autoblog

Hyundai first started building cars at its Montgomery, Alabama assembly plant in May 2005, and last week amidst considerable fanfare, the plant's one millionth car rolled off the line. The milestone vehicle was a 2010 Sonata sedan, one of the last of its type before the plant switches over to ...

LA 2009: Bye-bye boxy, hello 2010 Hyundai Tucson 19 days ago on Autoblog

Hyundai just took the wraps off their all new 2010 Tucson CUV. A right-sized (i.e. compact) crossover designed in Frankfurt, Germany – as opposed to the California designed Sonata we saw yesterday – but still uses Hyundai's new design language, the oddly named Fluidic Sculpture. Like ...

2010 Hyundai Tucson makes the drive to America 20 days ago on Autoblog

Hyundai's second big unveiling for the LA Auto Show is its next-generation Tucson, its compact crossover. Like the Sonata sedan, we've actually already seen the Tucson for some time now, as it previously debuted South Korea and Europe badged as the ix35 or Tucson ix. We actually first saw this ...

LA 2009: All-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata to come in regular, turbo and hybrid 20 days ago on Autoblog

Not counting full-size trucks, the meat-and-potatoes of the American car market remains the mid-size family sedan. For the past two decades, the undisputed kings of this particular segment have been the Toyota Camry and Honda Accord, especially since the Ford Taurus fell off its pedestal right ...

LA 2009: 2011 Hyundai Sonata debuts with style, four-cylinder only and less weight 21 days ago on Autoblog

Cheap and inexpensive are not necessarily synonymous. Inexpensive is generally considered a positive thing. Cheap? Not so much. Hyundai automobiles have always been relatively inexpensive compared to their direct competitors. In recent years, the Korean company has worked extremely hard to rid ...

Hyundai tops list as most fuel efficient automaker in the U.S. 21 days ago on Autoblog

Quick – name the most fuel efficient automobile brand in America. Did you say Toyota? Honda? Surely, you're not alone, but incorrect all the same. In fact, the answer is none other than Hyundai, which publicly set out to nab the title just one year ago. According to the United States ...

How do you spell Hyundai's Kryptonite? J-D-M 23 days ago on Autoblog

As Hyundai continues to pull itself up by its bootstraps, the company is moving decisively and picking up share around the globe. However, one key market continues to be so problematic for the brand that they've decided to abandon it altogether: Japan. Rather than dodder around and wait for its ...

Autoblog Podcast #154 28 days ago on Autoblog

Episode #154 of the Autoblog Podcast is here for your tryptophan-addled pleasure. Chris, Sam, and Dan kick it, starting with the BMW 5 Series, then move on to such appetite supressants as the Lexus GX, Acura ZDX and its pricing, and Infiniti's re-style of the massive QX56 rig. Before we ...

New Hyundai 2.4-liter GDI four-cylinder makes 200 hp in 2011 Sonata 1 month ago on Autoblog

When Hyundai's all new Sonata goes on sale early in 2010, it will arrive in U.S. showrooms with only one available engine, a thoroughly revamped version of the 2.4-liter Theta-II four cylinder. The new engine is Hyundai's first production powerplant with gasoline direct injection, but John ...

Hyundai bumps the output of Genesis V8 by 10hp for 2010 1 month ago on Autoblog

Even with two completely redesigned models debuting in the coming weeks, Hyundai won't leave its carryover models alone for the 2010 model year. Engineers have tweaked the 4.6-liter V8 in the Genesis sedan and extracted an extra ten horsepower from the Tau to bring peak output up to 385 hp at ...

Hyundai reportedly shopping locations for third North American plant - in Mexico [UPDATE] 1 month ago on Autoblog

Hyundai is on a mission to expand its American market share. And so far, the going's been good for the Korean automaker, which has been taking the fight to its Japanese rivals with increasing ferocity. Now reports indicate that Hyundai-Kia is looking into building a third assembly plant in ...

Hyundai launches first direct-inject four-cylinder engine, replaces V6 in new Sonata 1 month ago on Autoblog

When the swoopy new 2011 Sonata goes into production at Hyundai's plant in Alabama early next year, it won't offer a V6 engine anymore, but it will get the company's first ever direct-injected engine. This week in South Korea, Hyundai took the wraps off its 2.4-liter Theta II GDI four-cylinder. ...

Hyundai wins Advertising Age Marketer of the Year award 1 month ago on Autoblog

Allow us to set the stage. The year was 2009, the month was February. The U.S. economy, which for months had been showing signs of springing a leak, was now fully flooding into five forward compartments. Banks were dead or dying, the housing industry had ground to a halt and without massive ...

SEMA 2009: Hyundai Genesis Coupes out in force in Vegas 1 month ago on Autoblog

While the Chevrolet Camaro and Ford Mustang are the de facto coupes of the show, as suspected, tuners have taken a liking to Hyunda'si Genesis Coupe, with numerous modified examples peppered throughout the show floor. The 3.8-liter V6 is arguably the better driver, and the Road/Race version in ...

SEMA 2009: Production Hyundai Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec slips into SEMA 1 month ago on Autoblog

If someone hadn't reread the Hyundai press release, we might have totally missed seeing the Genesis Coupe 2.0T R-Spec. Compared to the RM460 and other tuned Coupes in the booth, the R-Spec just didn't sparkle enough for us to pursue it. And perhaps that's the point. The 2.0T R-Spec launches a ...

SEMA 2009: The mid-engine RM460 Hyundai Genesis Coupe has landed 1 month ago on Autoblog

It's arrived. Finally. The wickedly awesome Rhys Millen Racing mid-engine V8 version the Hyundai Genesis Coupe is here, and it took every fiber of our being not to hop in and drive it off the SEMA show floor. The RM460 is why we're in Sin City -- it's the embodiment of the originality and ...

Hyundai opens Indian R&D facility to develop small cars 1 month ago on Autoblog

Over the past decade, Hyundai has rapidly moved up into the top echelon of the worlds automakers and part of its success has come from better tailoring its cars to local needs. To help in that respect, the South Korean company has opened a network of technical centers in the regions where it ...

BREAKING: Hyundai developing competitor for OnStar, Sync... but new system needs a name 1 month ago on Autoblog

As part of its product and marketing development process, Hyundai has reached out to owners and enthusiasts to create a network of consumers with which to discuss everything from future models and technologies to advertising tactics, polls, and so on. Autoblog has learned of a ...

VIDEO: Hyundai steps up to remedy world's worst parking job 1 month ago on Autoblog

More than a million-and-a-half people have watched an BMW X5 driver from Ontario, Canada make the tiniest of parking errors: hitting the gas instead of the brake and driving on top of two other cars. Turns out Hyundai Auto Canada was one of those 'people.' One of the cars crushed by the X5 ...

SEMA 2009: Hennessey preps a 500-hp carbon look Genesis Coupe 1 month ago on Autoblog

John Hennessey is no stranger to extracting power from already quick cars and giving them a unique appearance. More recently, Hennessey has launched a Tuner School to teach others his craft and help keep the SEMA show floor populated with fresh creations. The 14-week program teaches students ...

SEMA Preview: Street Concepts to create custom painted Hyundai Genesis on show floor 1 month ago on Autoblog

Over the years, thousands of cars with custom paint jobs have littered the floor at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) Show in Las Vegas. But almost all of them arrive already painted and ready to show. At next week's SEMA Show in Las Vegas, however, Street Concepts will be ...

SEMA 2009: Hyundai finally delivers racer-friendly Genesis Coupe R-Spec 1 month ago on Autoblog

Back when Hyundai launched its Genesis Coupe last spring, the Korean maker announced that it would be adding another variant targeted specifically at the tuner crowd. As this is being written, the 2.0T R-Spec is being shipped to dealers and will have its official coming out next week in Las ...

SEMA Preview: RM460 Genesis Coupe with 500-hp mid-engine V8 gets rendered 2 months ago on Autoblog

We've been keeping tabs on Rhys Millen Racing and their construction of a V8-powered, mid-engine Hyundai Genesis Coupe for the last few weeks. Called the RM460 Genesis Coupe, this car will make its official debut at SEMA in early November, but we've got the first rendering of the exterior right ...

REPORT: Hyundai may extend Assurance program, go after fuel economy crown 2 months ago on Autoblog

If you haven't noticed, Hyundai's been on a multifaceted tear lately. Earlier this year, Hyundai came out with its Hyundai Assurance Program, letting customers return their cars if they suffered a loss of employment. CEO John Krafcik confirms that Hyundai Assurance is staying until the end of 2009, ...

Rumored Sonata-based coupe is a fiction, says Hyundai 2 months ago on Autoblog

Talk (and at least one Photoshopped image) of a possible two-door based on Hyundai's Sonata had Autoblog HQ abuzz – for a while, anyway. We never actually believed it was real, but that didn't stop us from dreaming about another choice in the coupe market - a car that would slot neatly ...

Hyundai releases 2010 Accent details, pricing, talks up Blue's fuel economy 2 months ago on Autoblog

The big news for Hyundai's updated 2010 Accent is its increased fuel efficiency. The Korean automaker has managed to improve average miles per gallon by four percent in the city and three percent on the highway by means of low-friction engine internals, aero improvements, low-resistance tires ...

SEMA Preview: Hyundai and GReddy team up for 350-hp Genesis Coupe 2 months ago on Autoblog

For perhaps the very first time in their history, Hyundai has a vehicle platform worthy of serious performance upgrades to display at the SEMA show. The 2010 Genesis Coupe has gobs of tuning potential, especially the 2.0T model, and we fully expect the Korean automaker to have plenty of ...

Honda Chief: "Hyundai is awesome." 2 months ago on Autoblog

Japan's automakers know a threat when they see one, and based on their words, it sure isn't in Michigan. Motown is fleeting image in the Japanese carmakers' rearview mirrors, which they're now nervously checking for a budding South Korean juggernaut. Honda CEO Takanobu Ito minced no words when he ...

Road Trip Review: 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe with Navigation [w/VIDEO] 2 months ago on Autoblog

It's been less than a year since the Hyundai Genesis Coupe hit the streets, but the Korean automaker isn't sitting on its hands. Just as it's done in the past, Hyundai is launching a steady stream of refreshed and redesigned models, and even new models – like the Genesis – are ...

Trio of bulletproof presidential Hyundai Equus limos are first-ever armored stretches built in Korea 2 months ago on Autoblog

By now, vehicles like the Genesis and Equus have convinced most of how far Hyundai's come from bring the purveyors of punchline hatchbacks. But in case that wasn't enough, Hyundai has dropped the bigger-than-the-average-bear Equus VL500 limousine on the home market. Still not enough? How about ...

Autoblog Podcast #147 2 months ago on Autoblog

Episode #147 of the Autoblog Podcast is ready for your consumption. Chris calls in to Sam and Dan, and the trio bites into a few timely topics. BMW's move to put its turbo 4.4 liter V8 into the M5 is our first subject of conversation, before moving on to more powertrain news with the rumors ...

Hyundai develops stretched Equus limo for home market [w/VIDEO] 2 months ago on Autoblog

Hyundai has just launched a new Equus limousine in its home market designed to appeal to executives that really need extra stretch-out room. The new Equus VL500 has had 12 inches of extra length inserted in between its axles. The extra length means that the already large Equus now bests other ...

REPORT: Hyundai last overseas automaker to drop out of Tokyo Motor Show 2 months ago on Autoblog

With apologies to Freddie Mercury and company, another one bites the dust. Hyundai was literally the final major automaker not based in Japan with plans to attend the Tokyo Motor Show next month, and now, the final holdout has apparently canceled its appearance at the show. According to Automotive ...

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Chris, Editor Paukert, and Dan send the Podcast off for the Christmas holiday in proper fashion

 
 

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