SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s Tucson plug-in hybrid SUV has swept the top spots in a string of comparison tests conducted by renowned German auto magazines. In the latest edition of Auto Zeitung, Tucson ranked first in a test comparing same-class plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) models including the Volkswagen Tiguan, Peugeot [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s all-new Tucson plug-in hybrid SUV ranked first in a German automobile magazine’s performance assessment of SUV models. The Tucson plug-in hybrid SUV ranked No. 1 in a comparison review of SUVs by Germany’s Auto Bild, scoring 543 out of 800 points. Following the Tucson plug-in hybrid SUV were [...]
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, 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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s Tucson small SUV was the carmaker’s best-selling vehicle on the global market last month, outpacing the Elantra compact, data showed Monday. In January, Hyundai Motor sold 51,784 Tucson crossovers, exceeding the Elantra’s 48,670, according to South Korea’s largest carmaker. The Elantra, which is sold in the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top carmaker, Hyundai Motor Co., said Friday that the latest editions of its Tucson sport utility vehicle (SUV) and the Sonata midsize family sedan have been named two of the safest cars by a U.S. motor institute. The two updated models won the Insurance Institute for Highway [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor announced on August 6 that its Tucson was named the best compact sport utility vehicle (SUV) by automotive magazines in Germany. The compact SUV ranked first in its segment after receiving 557 points out of a possible 750 in a safety evaluation of four models carried out by Auto [...]
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, Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The 2015 Shanghai Motor Show opened on April 20, and surprised its visitors with a lack of female models in sexy outfits, as the motor show committee had ordered participating vehicle companies not to employ any female models, one of main attractions of the show. The show was famous [...]