SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its corporate cousin Kia Motors Corp. posted increased sales of their sport-utility vehicle (SUVs) in the United States last month, though overall number of vehicles sold have not fully recovered, data showed Friday. In February, Hyundai Motor’s combined SUV sales jumped 19 percent to 18,111 [...]
ILSAN/PAJU, South Korea, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-new Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle showed off its superior value proposition on the roads near Seoul ahead of its planned launches in global markets, starting with the United States this summer. In the 100 minutes-long 120 kilometer course through the towns of Ilsan and Paju, just northwest of the capital city, the fully-revamped Santa Fe, [...]
Luc Donckerwolke, head of Hyundai and Genesis Design Center, (L) and Lee Kwang-guk, the chief of Hyundai’s domestic sales, pose for a photo beside the all-new Santa Fe SUV following its launch event at KINTEX exhibition hall in Ilsan. (image: Hyundai Motor) SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday that it [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
BUSAN, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – “What’s wrong with the car?” says a man’s voice on a vehicle’s black box camera recording. Seconds later, the situation quickly deteriorates. An intersection appears, and the light is clearly red. But the car is not slowing down, and instead is actually accelerating. “The baby, the baby, the baby,” [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea’s leading automaker, has sold more than 4 million cars in India since its advance into the market about 20 years ago, industry data showed Tuesday. Hyundai Motor opened its local corporate body in India in 1995, with its first plant there going into operation [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s top automaker, saw its sales in China plunge over 30 percent in July from a year earlier in the face of intensifying competition from local brands, industry and company sources said Thursday. According to the sources, Hyundai Motor sold 54,160 cars last month, down from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The ratio of diesel engine cars sold during the first half of the year in South Korea topped 50 percent, industry data showed Tuesday, as carmakers offered diverse models running on the cheaper fuel. According to the data, five carmakers in South Korea, including Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors, sold a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor’s Santa Fe SUV won the “Family Car of the Year” award for two years consecutively in the U.S. with its family-friendly driving features and improved safety. Cars.com granted the award, saying that the Santa Fe earned high scores for family activities, and strengthened safety and driving systems. [...]