A new study was released by the National Automobile Dealers Association and they found that market interest has surged significantly for the Korean and Japanese manufacturers for the second quarter of 2011. This should really be no surprise because Hyundai and Kia are the only two brands that make up for the Korean market share [...]
Hyundai today built the 1,000,000th Alabama-made Sonata sedan at the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA). The one millionth Sonata is a 2012 limited edition 2.0 turbo with a silver paint finish. The milestone was marked by team members at the Montgomery, Ala. assembly plant cheering as President and CEO Young Deuk Lim drove the Sonata off [...]
Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, which consists of the Hyundai and Kia brand, is South Korea’s largest auto manufacturer, the second largest automaker in Asia after Toyota and the world’s fourth largest automaker after Toyota, GM, and Volkswagen. However, the two treat each other like any other automaker would treat their competitor. “Kia Motors America operates [...]
Kelley Blue Book tracks consumer brand loyalty quarterly based upon vehicles owners searching for a brand the same as their current car. This quarter had a new name at the top of the list. Where most brands have experienced a drop in loyalty numbers, Hyundai managed to succeed for the first time. The shifts in [...]
Alright – so there is no doubt that the new 2011 Hyundai Sonata is a very good looking car with a quality interior and is taking over sales in the mid-size sedan segment. Toyota is now pretty scared and is working hard on the new Camry to take back market share from the Sonata. The [...]
Hyundai Motor Co. announced that it has increased production capacity that will allow it to sell a record 600,000 cars and light tucks in the United States in 2011. The move comes as demand for the Hyundai Sonata and Hyundai Elantra grow. “We’ve now been able to secure production capacity to safely say that we [...]
At the 2011 CES Show in January, Hyundai introduced Blue Link in-vehicle infotainment system, which competes with the link of GM’s OnStar. The system offers more than 30 unique connectivity features, which will will be available on future Hyundai models Hyundai will offer the Blue Link system with an annual subscription fee in three packages: Assurance, Essentials, [...]
Good news just seems to be coming Hyundai and Kia’s way on a day-to-day basis. According to industry analyst firm TrueCar.com, Hyundai-Kia Automotive will outsell Toyota and Honda in May in the United States. TrueCar.com said that it expects Hyundai-Kia to sell a total of 115,434 units in May, an increase of 43.4 percent from [...]
The state of Alabama said that Hyundai will invest $173 million to expand and modify an engine plant, an investment that will create 214 new jobs. The expansion, which is expected to be completed in the autumn and scheduled to start production in March 2012, will make the NU engine for the Elantra being produced [...]
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. [...]
