SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it plans to launch the new Tuscon SUV in the domestic market next month to boost sales amid the prolonged coronavirus outbreak. The fourth-generation Tucson SUV comes with a 1.6-liter gasoline turbocharged engine, a 1.6 turbocharged gasoline hybrid engine or a 2.0 diesel engine, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Mercedes-Benz said Thursday it will launch three new SUVs in South Korea as it seeks to cement its leading status in the country’s imported car market. The German carmaker will launch the three all-new SUV models — the Mercedes-Benz GLB, the Mercedes-Benz GLA and the Mercedes-Benz GLE Coupe — [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean television announcer couple Choi Dong-seok and Park Ji-yoon were recently involved in a horrible car accident when the vehicle they were driving collided with a truck driving the wrong way on the highway. Despite the serious collision, Choi, Park and their children all escaped serious injury, raising [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Audi Korea on Wednesday launched its first all-electric sport utility vehicle model in South Korea as it strives to boost sales amid the new coronavirus outbreak. The Audi e-tron 55 quattro SUV went on sale in European markets in March last year and then in the United States and [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Renault Samsung Motors Corp., the South Korean unit of Renault S.A., said Tuesday it will launch its all-new XM3 sport utility vehicle next week to revive lackluster sales. The XM3 SUV, which hits the domestic market on Monday, comes in two versions, one with a 1.3-liter gasoline turbo engine [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The GV80, the first sports utility vehicle (SUV) produced by Hyundai Motor Co.’s Genesis marque, is drawing the attention of even company employees. Hyundai hosted a test drive for all management staff at company headquarters on Thursday. As many as 1,560 employees applied for 160 seats available for the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — GM Korea Co., the South Korean unit of General Motors Co., on Thursday launched the Trailblazer SUV as it strives to revive sales amid labor woes and weak demand. In the past two years, GM Korea has played a leading role in developing the Trailblazer as the Chevrolet brand’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Wednesday it aims to sell 24,000 GV80 models, the first sport utility vehicle under its independent Genesis marquee, in South Korea. The GV80 is the fourth model of the Genesis lineup, which is currently composed of the G70, G80 and G90 sedans. “The Genesis’s first [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. said Thursday their combined sales in the United States rose 4.6 percent last year, helped by robust sales of SUVs. In 2019, Hyundai and Kia sold a combined 1,304,109 vehicles in the world’s most important automobile market, up 4.6 percent [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of sport utility vehicle models in South Korea hit a record high last year as carmakers strengthened their SUV lineups to meet rising demand for recreational vehicles, industry data showed Thursday. For the whole of 2019, the country’s five automakers, including Hyundai Motor Co. and Kia Motors Corp., [...]