SEOUL, Nov.11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor has revealed its new premium luxury sedan, the Genesis EQ900. The vehicle is equipped with cutting edge technology, from autonomous features to first class VIP seats that adjust to the posture of the driver. The EQ900 is the fruit of a project carried out with the participation of [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor’s luxury sedan Genesis has been picked as the preferred Korean car by Korean university students, while Hyundai’s Avante was chosen as the best option for a first car. According to a survey conducted by Hyundai Mobis, a parts maker subsidiary of the Hyundai Motor Group, which polled 1,240 university [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co.’s Genesis and Solaris have received Car of the Year awards in the premium and subcompact segments, respectively, in Russia, industry sources said Wednesday. According to the sources, Kia Motors Corp.’s Cee’d also received the award for 2015 as a compact vehicle in Russia. In particular, the [...]
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Apr. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — After a successful inaugural year, the Hyundai Invitational golf tournament series will return in 2015, connecting golfers with the Hyundai brand, the 2015 Genesis premium sedan and flagship 2015 Equus. Fifty of the best charity golf tournaments around the country will add a Hyundai sponsorship that includes [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor made a dream come true by helping a Texas girl send a loving message to her astronaut father in space. Using Delamar Dry Lake in Nevada as a huge canvas, Hyundai mobilized 11 of its Genesis luxury sedans to write “Steph ♡’s you!” over an area one and a half [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Group, the world’s No. 5 auto giant, saw its U.S. sales of luxury sedans more than double on-year in the first quarter, industry data showed Sunday, setting a record-high quarterly share in the segment. The combined sales of Hyundai Motor‘s premium Genesis and Equus, and Kia Motors‘s K9 in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai’s Genesis and Kia’s Sorrento and Carnival have been rated as the safest cars of the year by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT). The MOLIT evaluates four aspects of safety for cars on the Korean market – crash safety, pedestrian safety, driving safety and accident prevention. The MOLIT [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of Hyundai Motor’s Aslan premium sedan have been underwhelming, and far below company expectations. Hyundai set ambitious sales targets, aiming to offer a domestic alternative to increasingly popular imported cars, but the lack of any “new car” effect on sales has puzzled officials. According to Hyundai, the fifth [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Kia Motors held a launching event for its new brand “The New K9” on November 17. Also known as the “K9 Quantum,” it is mounted with a 5.0-liter V8 Tau GDI engine for the first time among Kia models in Korea. By granting the word quantum, as in “quantum [...]
LAS VEGAS, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai has once again teamed up with some of the biggest names in the automotive tuning community for SEMA 2014. This year, Hyundai focuses on the performance and tuning capabilities of its newest models, the 2015 Genesis and 2015 Sonata. Also featured in this year’s roster is the most-powerful [...]