SEOUL, Jun. 5 (Korea Bizwire) –Hyundai Motor Company has introduced the 2025 Grandeur, a revamped version of its flagship sedan, the company announced on June 5. Since its debut in 1986, the Grandeur, once nicknamed the “executive car,” has been Hyundai’s signature sedan. Last year, it solidified its position as a best-selling vehicle in South [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Expect crowded beaches and airports as major industries in the Ulsan area have begun official their official summer vacation. Depending on their line of work, however, the mood of some workers may be gloomier than usual. The shipbuilding industry’s well publicized struggles in the face of plummeting demand has [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai’s latest ad – inspired by Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s expeditions to the Antarctic – has attracted more than 100 million views on YouTube, becoming the world’s first car campaign video to achieve the milestone, announced Hyundai’s ad affiliate Innocean Worldwide on Tuesday. The British polar explorer, among many [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. said Thursday it will launch an all-electric bus in the domestic market next year. The move is part of the carmaker’s efforts to diversify its lineup with environmentally friendly vehicles and enhance its brand image in global markets where clean modes [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Two hundred South Korean-made buses will be exported to Yangon, the former capital and the largest city of Myanmar, for use by schools, South Korea’s trade promotion agency said Monday. According to the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), the 29-seat New County buses, manufactured by South Korea’s top automaker [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s two biggest carmakers, said Wednesday they have sold more plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in overseas markets this year due to good consumer demand for the latest green cars. In the January-April period, Hyundai and its sister company Kia exported [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s transport ministry on Friday ordered Hyundai Motor Co. and its sister company Kia Motors Corp. to recall a combined 240,000 vehicles for faulty parts. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport made the final decision after reviewing five cases of suspected faulty parts in 12 models made [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s top automotive conglomerate, is betting that rising demand in emerging markets will offset sales declines in China amid a row over the deployment of an anti-missile system, corporate sources said Friday. Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. plan to launch new [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – A former Hyundai Motor employee who disclosed defects in Hyundai’s Theta II engine may face criminal charges, with the South Korean car maker seemingly intent on bringing the whistleblower to court. The 54-year-old former chief of Hyundai’s quality and strategy department, only disclosed as Kim, accused the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s top carmaker, on Thursday kicked off its latest global brand awareness campaign which contains an Antarctic crossing by its Santa Fe sport utility vehicle (SUV). In the ‘Shackleton’s Return’ brand campaign, Patrick Bergel, the great grandson of Irish-born British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, made [...]