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Hyundai Motor America Reports June 2009 Sales

Hyundai Motor America Reports June 2009 Sales

Hyundai the Sixth-Best Selling Brand in the U.S. in June Assurance Gas Lock Kicks Off Today FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., July 1 -- Hyundai Motor America today announced June sales of 37,943 units, a three percent increase over last month and a 24 percent decline versus June 2008. Hyundai outsold Dodge in June for the first ... Continue reading

2009 Hyundai Genesis Sedan and 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Reviews

2009 Hyundai Genesis Sedan and 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Reviews

HYUNDAI'S IMPRESSIVE GENESIS: SEDAN REDUX & THE NEW COUPE by Marty Bernstein Senior Editor Detroit Bureau The Auto Channel As most know, the Genesis classification is used to mark the beginning of a new era for Hyundai in very desirable new vehicles with similar heritage and DNA. And in the case of the sedan and new co ... Continue reading

Hyundai Tackles High and Uncertain Fuel Prices With Assurance Gas Lock -- $1.49 Per Gallon Guaranteed for a Year

Hyundai Tackles High and Uncertain Fuel Prices With Assurance Gas Lock -- $1.49 Per Gallon Guaranteed for a Year

With Assurance Gas Lock and One of the Most Fuel-Efficient Lineups in the Industry, Hyundai Welcomes Owners Trading Out of Older Gas-Guzzlers FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 30 -- With gas prices expected to push over $3 per gallon during peak summer travel months, Hyundai Assurance Gas Lock guarantees a year's worth of ... Continue reading

Hyundai Genesis and Elantra Named AutoPacific 2009 Ideal Vehicle Award Winners - VIDEO ENHANCED

Hyundai Genesis and Elantra Named AutoPacific 2009 Ideal Vehicle Award Winners - VIDEO ENHANCED

Hyundai Models Top Audi and Ford Competitors in Respective Categories FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 29 -- Automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific named the Hyundai Genesis and Hyundai Elantra 2009 Ideal Vehicles in their respective categories. In the Aspirational Luxury Car category, the Hyundai Genesis bea ... Continue reading

Hyundai's Ships Come in; More Customers Come On Board

Hyundai's Ships Come in; More Customers Come On Board

The first of four ships loaded with brand new Hyundai cars has just docked at Tilbury in Essex and unloaded 1,100 i10 city cars. All of them are to be processed within the next few days and sent straight out to dealers across the UK, where scrappage customers are eagerly awaiting their new cars. ... Continue reading

Hyundai is Highest Ranked Volume Brand in U.S. Quality Survey

Hyundai is Highest Ranked Volume Brand in U.S. Quality Survey

In the U.S., J.D. Power and Associates has announced that Hyundai is the highest ranked volume nameplate in the 2009 Initial Quality StudySM (IQS) and is ranked fourth among all nameplates, finishing ahead of brands such as Honda, Toyota and Mazda. Hyundai owners had fewer problems with their vehicles than any other no ... Continue reading

Hyundai is the Highest Ranked Non-Premium Nameplate in the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study

Hyundai is the Highest Ranked Non-Premium Nameplate in the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study

Hyundai Elantra Earns Highest Initial Quality Ranking in its Segment FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 22 -- J.D. Power and Associates announced today that Hyundai is the highest ranked non-premium nameplate in the 2009 Initial Quality Study(SM) (IQS) and is ranked fourth among all nameplates. Hyundai owners had fewer prob ... Continue reading

Hyundai Gets Largest Share in UK Car Scrappage Plan (Cash for Clunkers)

Hyundai Gets Largest Share in UK Car Scrappage Plan (Cash for Clunkers)

LONDON, June 18, 2009; Phakamisa Ndzamela writing for Reuters reported that South Korea's Hyundai Motor Company (005380.KS) has so far received the lion's share of new car orders under the British government's vehicle scrappage scheme, with sales boosted by an interest in smaller cars, according to figures obtained by ... Continue reading

Hyundai Taking Pre-Launch Orders for Elantra LPI Hybrid

Hyundai Taking Pre-Launch Orders for Elantra LPI Hybrid

Hyundai Motor Company, South Korea's largest automaker, began taking pre-launch orders for its Elantra LPI Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV), its first hybrid vehicle for commercial sale. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Australia Achieves Record Sales in May

Hyundai Australia Achieves Record Sales in May

Hyundai Motor Company Australia's energetic and confident Dealer network has once again achieved an outstanding sales result, producing the best May result ever for the brand since its launch into the Australian market; selling 5,178 vehicles and achieving a 6.9% market share. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Reports May 2009 Sales

Hyundai Motor America Reports May 2009 Sales

Hyundai Urges Quick Passage of Fleet Modernization Program FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 2 -- Hyundai Motor America today announced sales of 36,937 vehicles in May, a nine percent increase over April and a 20 percent decline versus a record-setting May 2008. "Record sales of our new Genesis and Elantra Touring models, ... Continue reading

Another Feather in Its NCAP - Hyundai's i20 Leads the Class for Safety

Another Feather in Its NCAP - Hyundai's i20 Leads the Class for Safety

It's hats off to Hyundai at Euro NCAP after the i20 was awarded the maximum five-star score in the first round of tests using the organisation's new rating system. Setting a new standard in the supermini segment, the i20 five-door model scored exceptionally well in all four categories assessed - adult occupancy, child ... Continue reading

ECO Car Magazine Awards

ECO Car Magazine Awards

The winner of the prestigious ECO Car magazine, ECO Car of the Year Award 2009 is the Hyundai i30cw CRDi. The ECO Car Magazine awards recognise the achievement of motor manufacturers able to provide a highly fuel efficient, low emissions vehicle that will ultimately benefit the environment by providing a low carbon foo ... Continue reading

Jags, Mercs And Even A Morris Minor Meet The Crusher - To Be Swapped For Hyundai i10S

Jags, Mercs And Even A Morris Minor Meet The Crusher - To Be Swapped For Hyundai i10S

Car dealers like to think they have seen it all, but even veterans of the industry have raised an eyebrow at the stories coming out of Hyundai dealerships this week as scrappage 'goes live'. ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.Com Names Their Top 10 Road Trip Cars of 2009

Kelley Blue Book's Kbb.Com Names Their Top 10 Road Trip Cars of 2009

Kbb.com Editors Offer Their Top New Car Choices for Road Trips in a Variety of Categories IRVINE, Calif., May 21 -- The Top 10 Road Trip Cars of 2009, www.kbb.com/roadtripcars2009, were named today by the expert editors from Kelley Blue Book, www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information. Memori ... Continue reading

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