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 [...]
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 [...]