SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – According to Hyundai Motor, 48 percent of the customers who purchased its eco-friendly hybrid models – Ioniq, Sonata and Grandeur (Azera) – between January and May chose white-colored vehicles, indicating that white is the most popular color for eco-friendly cars. The Ioniq Hybrid showed the highest percentage with 66 [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., the auto parts unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said Wednesday that it has set up a new distribution center in Belgium in the latest efforts to reduce lead time for its customers. The 56,000 square-meter facility will also serve as a logistics hub for Britain, Germany, [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The Hyundai Solaris compact passenger vehicle from Hyundai Motor Co. became the best selling car among all vehicles sold in Russia in the first half of the year, the automaker said Wednesday. According to the leading South Korean automaker, the Solaris had accumulated sales of 45,930 units in 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, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co.’s i30 compact became Australia’s top-selling vehicle last month for the third consecutive month, government data showed Friday. The data compiled by Australia’s Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries showed that South Korea’s top automaker sold 3,771 units of its i30 compact in Australia in May, up 126 [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top automotive group Hyundai Motor Group is beginning to offer Apple’s CarPlay system in its vehicles sold here, market observers said Sunday. Hyundai Motor Co., the bigger of the two automakers that make up the world’s fifth-largest automotive group, began incorporating CarPlay into the infotainment system of [...]
SEJONG, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) – Upgrades have come to Korea’s express buses for the first time in 24 years. The last time Korea implemented a premium express bus service was in 1992, when vehicles with widened and more comfortable seats were introduced. This luxury upgrade, however, takes things to a whole new level. First, [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid an ongoing investigation into Lotte, one of Korea’s largest conglomerate groups, prosecutors have confiscated the secret safes of Shin Kyuk-ho, founder and general chairman of Lotte, and Shin Dong-bin, the second son of Shin senior and current CEO of Lotte. According to the prosecutors’ office and Lotte officials, [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Kia Motors Corp., South Korea’s No. 2 automaker, has been named as the popular brand with the highest satisfaction in the U.S., according to an automotive research company Friday. Kia, affiliated with South Korea’s largest automaker Hyundai Motor Co., was recognized as the most satisfying popular brand by U.S.-based [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean retail giant Hyundai Department Store is hosting the 2016 Korea Craft Beer Show, which will present some of Korea’s most celebrated beers. The event will take place from June 9 to June 12 at Hyundai Department Store’s Pangyo branch. A total of 20 domestic craft breweries, including Platinum, [...]