SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., the country’s biggest carmaker by sales, said Wednesday it is considering launching its luxury Genesis sedans in China next year to expand its presence in the world’s biggest auto market. “We have recently set up a task force team under our Chinese operations to push the [...]
MOSCOW/SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. has launched a Genesis premium sedan in Russia to gain a share in the emerging market, the company said Wednesday. The country’s biggest carmaker by sales introduced the G80 sedan, an upgraded version of the second-generation Genesis (DH) unveiled in 2013, at an exhibition hall in [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, said Sunday that it has sold over 30,000 units of the G80 midsized luxury car in the eight months since its launch here. The automaker’s G80, one of its luxury Genesis brand models, made its debut in the country in June last [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Genesis, a separate premium brand of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co., has won this year’s best brand ranking among local cars for the first time, a survey said Tuesday. Brandstock, a South Korean market research firm that determines the rankings of local brands, said in its [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The G90 luxury sedan of South Korea’s top automaker Hyundai Motor Co. has been named one of three finalists in the North American Car and Truck of the Year Award, the automaker said Wednesday. The Genesis G90, marketed in South Korea as the EQ900, is the sixth Hyundai vehicle [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The luxury vehicle division of Hyundai Motor Company, Genesis Motors, marks its first anniversary on November 4, after a rather successful first year. Although Hyundai launched a luxury sedan called the Hyundai Genesis in 2008, an official division was established last year dedicated to Hyundai’s luxury line-up with the [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor’s latest luxury sedan, the Genesis G80, finally hit domestic showrooms on Thursday. The Genesis G80 is a rebrand of the existing Genesis sedan, which was developed before Genesis was spun off as a separate luxury brand. The sedan comes in four trims – 3.3 GDi Luxury, 3.3 [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai is making a push into the superhero world as part of efforts to target the North America market. The company has signed a two-year contract with Marvel and Netflix to feature its vehicles in superhero series such as Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist. Hyundai will also be [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top automaker, saw its sales of the Genesis luxury sedan spike over 30 percent on-year in March in the United States, heating up competition mostly driven by German brands, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data, Hyundai Motor sold 3,197 units of the Genesis [...]
SEJONG, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s largest carmaker, will recall a total of 25,441 Equus and Genesis luxury sedans for problems with their windshield wipers, the transportation ministry said Wednesday. The models’ windshield wiper motors were found to have defects that lead to malfunctions in their operation and affect driving in [...]