SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, on Tuesday launched the all-new Avante compact in the domestic market as it strives to boost sales amid the growing impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Last month, Hyundai unveiled the seventh-generation Avante in the United States ahead of its domestic [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. on Monday launched the all-new Genesis G80 sedan in the domestic market as it strives to support sales amid the growing impact of the coronavirus outbreak on its production and sales. The third-generation G80, launched under Hyundai’s independent Genesis brand, comes in three [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Group announced Sunday that its new brand campaign video, titled ‘Next Awaits’, had reached 1 million views just four days after it was posted on the company’s official YouTube account. The video, one minute and 55 seconds long, recounts the history trodden by the company from the [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, on Wednesday unveiled the all-new Avante compact in the United States ahead of its domestic launch next month. The seventh-generation Avante comes in two versions, one with a 1.6-liter gasoline engine and one with a 1.6 liquefied petroleum gas injection [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, on Monday launched the gasoline-powered GV80 sport utility vehicle in the domestic market under its independent Genesis brand. The GV80 gasoline model comes with a 2.5-liter turbo or a 3.5-liter turbo engine and an eight-speed automatic transmission, the company said [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday released a teaser for the all-new G80 sedan under its independent Genesis brand ahead of its domestic launch in the first half of the year. Hyundai Motor applied “athletic elegance” design language to the third-generation G80 model following the similar esthetic of the GV80 [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker, on Tuesday unveiled the design of its all-electric concept car, Prophecy, as it strives to strengthen its lineup. The concept car adopts the carmaker’s next-generation design direction, Sensuous Sportiness, which is defined by the harmony among four fundamental elements in vehicle design [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s biggest carmaker by sales, said Friday it has halted operations at one of its domestic plants after an employee there was diagnosed with the new coronavirus. Hyundai Motor immediately brought work at the No. 2 plant in the southeastern port city of Ulsan to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. has unveiled a hydrogen campaign video starring K-pop super band BTS in the United States. The company aired the video on an electronic display located in the center of New York City’s Times Square for an hour last Friday. Despite the cold weather, tourists and fans [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. announced Thursday the development of the world’s first predictive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Connected Shift System, enabling a vehicle to automatically shift to the optimal gear after identifying the road and traffic conditions ahead. The two companies have submitted [...]