SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it has set up a sales subsidiary in China for the sale of its independent Genesis brand luxury vehicles. The move is part of the South Korean carmaker’s stepped-up efforts to revive sales in the world’s biggest automobile market. Its sales in China fell [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s premium Genesis marque topped Consumer Reports’ 2018 ranking for luxury auto brands, the company said Friday. The Genesis took the No. 1 spot in the U.S. magazine’s ranking scale followed by German rivals Audi and BMW, a Hyundai Motor spokesman said. He said Genesis vehicles exceeded [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, said Thursday it will open an exhibition hall in Seoul to promote its sub-brand Genesis models. In the two-story Genesis Gangnam exhibition hall, which is set to open Saturday in the affluent Gangnam district in southern Seoul, visitors will be [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest carmaker by sales, said Monday it has strengthened its sub-brand Genesis lineup by adding a new model to help stimulate sales. The standalone brand launched the latest version of the G80 sedan equipped with either a 3.3-liter, a 3.3-liter turbo-charged, or a 3.8-liter [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will launch an all-new fuel-cell electric SUV in South Korea early next year as part of its broader plan to diversify its lineup with more environment friendly vehicles. The country’s biggest carmaker by sales introduced its first fuel-cell electric car based on the [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s dominant carmaker, has unveiled a concept SUV under its Genesis luxury brand at the New York Auto Show. The GV80 fuel-cell concept SUV is the first SUV model revealed by Hyundai Motor, on Wednesday, under the independent Genesis brand. The Genesis lineup is currently [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean automobile manufacturer Hyundai Motor’s recent decision to recall around 170,000 cars of five different models in its motherland due to manufacturing defects found in its Theta 2 engine was prompted by an insider, recent reports have revealed. A great level of attention is being paid to whistleblower [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. will unveil an all-new concept car under its Genesis luxury brand at the New York Auto Show, the South Korean carmaker said Wednesday. “We are planning to debut a new sport-utility vehicle concept in New York early tomorrow morning,” a company spokesman said. Hyundai will hold [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., the country’s top automaker, was ordered to recall some 68,000 units of its Genesis and Equus large sedans for faulty fuel vapor canisters, the transportation ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said the affected vehicles were produced in 2011. “We informed Hyundai [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. is eyeing opportunities to expand into the Middle Eastern luxury car market by showcasing its luxury Genesis sedans at a local conference, the company said Wednesday. Hyundai will provide four G90 top-of-the-line full-size sedans and another four G80 executive cars as official vehicles for the Conde [...]