Hyundai Motor America is looking to completely revamp its U.S. operations headquarters in Fountain Valley, CA, and has recently released renderings of what may be the future for the location. The proposal was presented by prestigious design and architecture firm Gensler and is highlighted by a goal for gold level in Leadership in Energy and [...]
Today at the Detroit Auto Show, Hyundai offered a redesigned, more punchy Genesis with the following powertrain upgrades: a new turbo for the direct injection two liter four (274 bhp/275ft-lbs) and direct injection for the 3.8 liter V6 (348bhp/295ft-lbs). The V6 gains 42bhp/29 ft-lbs and the four is up 30% on power. Handling-wise, the rear-drive [...]
Today at the Detroit Auto Show, Hyundai thinks they might have hit home with a VW GTI-fighting Veloster Turbo hatchback. The still new Veloster has the same quirky styling, the same number of (only) four seats and now 201 bhp, a bit more than the adequate 138 in the original. Hyundai say that at 14 [...]
Photos of one of Hyundai’s most anticipated cars for this year have just been leaked online several hours before its full world premiere at the 2012 Detroit Auto Show: the new 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo. Back when the Veloster Concept was introduced in 2007, we knew that they had a neat idea on their hands, [...]
Hyundai Motor Group, which consists of the Hyundai and Kia brands, has plans to invest a total of $12.2 billion research and development and facilities in 2012. The investment is a 15.6 percent increase from 2011. $4.4 billion of the investment will go into r&d efforts to “accelerate the development of eco-friendly and fuel-efficient vehicles,” [...]
The New York Times Square billboards draw 1.5 million impressions a day in one of the world’s most iconic locations for exposing brands. Hyundai is taking advantage of the with a new interactive racing game billboard galled ‘Hyundai Race.’ Visitors to Times Square can play the high-quality racing game featuring the new Hyundai Veloster on the [...]
On the heels of BMW and Audi, Hyundai continues to find ways to compete with the finer European brands; first they open a design center in California like BMW, and now they have just tapped Chris Chapman of BMW X Coupe fame. Hyundai’s head of design, SukGeun Oh said of Chapman: “With over 22 years [...]
Hyundai today announced the pricing details on the new 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, featuring the company’s Hybrid Blue Drive technology. For the 2012 model year, the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid will come standard with Blue Link telematics system, an optional Leather Package that adds leather seating, steering shift knob, heated front and rear seats. Power continues [...]
The 2012 North American Car and Truck of the year finalists have been revealed, at the Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit. After being voted on by a group of 50 full-time automotive journalists, finalists in each segment have been revealed. In order to be eligible for the award, North American vehicles must be new [...]
Kelley Blue Book has just released the names of the Most-Researched New Vehicles, Brands of 2011. Hyundai made big news this year with the Elantra entering the top 20 most-researched new vehicles list at No. 7 – a jump of 29 positions. “Hyundai’s Elantra resonated with kbb.com visitors earlier this year with its redesign releasing [...]
