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Tucson SUV Best-selling Hyundai Vehicle in the World Last Month

Tucson SUV Best-selling Hyundai Vehicle in the World Last Month

SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s Tucson small SUV was the carmaker’s best-selling vehicle on the global market last month, outpacing the Elantra compact, data showed Monday. In January, Hyundai Motor sold 51,784 Tucson crossovers, exceeding the Elantra’s 48,670, according to South Korea’s largest carmaker. The Elantra, which is sold in the [...]

Battle Between Tech Firms for “Connected Car” Dominance Set to Intensify

Battle Between Tech Firms for “Connected Car” Dominance Set to Intensify

  SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic tech companies and automobile manufacturers are either releasing new systems or widening access to previously exclusive technology, with the race to establish control over the nascent “connected car” market heating up. Also referred to as futuristic vehicle information service or infotainment service, these systems entail the application [...]

Hyundai Avante Takes Fourth Spot in World’s Best-Selling Cars in 2015

Hyundai Avante Takes Fourth Spot in World’s Best-Selling Cars in 2015

SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hyundai Avante of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. became the world’s fourth best-selling car out of 1,382 vehicle models sold last year, data showed Monday.  According to the data compiled by the Best Selling Cars Blog, the Hyundai Avante, sold as the Hyundai Elantra in some [...]

S. Korea’s Car Exports Down 10.8 Pct in Q1

S. Korea’s Car Exports Down 10.8 Pct in Q1

SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s exports of automobiles plunged 10.8 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, amid falling demand from emerging markets. South Korean carmakers shipped 654,494 units of vehicles abroad over the January-March period, compared with the 733,759 units posted a year earlier, the data compiled by the Korea Automobile Manufacturers’ Association [...]