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 [...]
Paice LLC, along with its non-profit investor Abell Foundation, filed a suit against Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp. for the infringement of three patents in a Baltimore federal court Thursday. Alex Severinsky, founder of Paice, created method of powering gas-electric vehicles using high-voltage back in the 1990’s, which he says is the foundation [...]
The concern evolving around hybrid cars has always been the life and durability of their battery packs, which stemmed from the fact that batteries inevitably die out at some point. And despite Toyota’s Prius and Ford’s Escape proof that hybrid batteries can stand the test of long-term use and time, Hyundai still insists on providing [...]
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,” [...]
In the latest Consumer Reports sedan test, the publication said that the new Chrysler 300 now ranks among the better upscale sedans and that it is the best Chrysler sedan in decades. The test also include the Acura TL, Toyota Avalon and Hyundai Genesis, which also returned some stellar reviews by the CR team. Two vehicles [...]
Welcome to our fifth edition of Let’s Talk Numbers, a segment where we take two or more cars and do a number battle and leave it up to our readers to decide which car is a better purchase. Yesterday, we took a look at three new compact sedans, where the 2011 Hyundai Elantra seemed be the crowd favorite. [...]
Following a short delay, more 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid units will be making their way to dealerships by late April. However, Hyundai sister-brand’s Kia Optima Hybrid, will go on sale five months later than originally planned. Click here for more news on the Kia Optima Hybrid. The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid was supposed to arrive in [...]
Deliveries of the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid have been delayed to at least until late March because the company is changing the car’s device that emits an artificial engine noise at low speeds. Hyundai originally planned on having the Sonata Hybrid available in January, but on a small number of vehicles are in dealer stock, according [...]
Another interesting ad spot for Hyundai showing how it is moving ahead of the curve. Here’s Hyundai’s take: How do we know things are as good as they can be? What if we always settled for the first thing that came along? Can you imagine a world without all the wonderful things we’ve discovered while [...]
The 2011 New York Auto Show is right around the corner (well press days start on April 21, 2011, but you know how we feel about shows). At the show in New York, a jury of 66 distinguished auto journalists from around the world will name the 2011 World Car Award winners including the 2011 [...]
