April 20th, 2012 |
Filed under: Convertible, Budget, Hyundai, Design/Style
The Hyundai Veloster has been a bit polarizing since it went on sale last year. And the debate could get more animated if the Korean company does what we think it’s thinking about doing.
At a recent gathering of reporters and Hyundai executives in Ann Arbor, MI, where the annual Rolling Sculpture...
April 20th, 2012 |
Filed under: Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Crossover, Hyundai, South Korea
Commercials are a great way to learn about culture; since a seller has maybe 30 seconds to get something across, you see what people think is the most important thing to convey and the best way to convey it.
Having said that, we have no clue what’s going on with some of the South...
April 19th, 2012 |
Filed under: BMW, Ford, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, Volkswagen
Forbes has measured the largest 100 companies in the world, and 10 automakers have made the list. This list is unique in that it measures the size of a company using a combination of sales, assets, profits and market value.
Volkswagen was rated as the top automaker...
April 17th, 2012 |
Filed under: Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Videos, Hyundai, Celebrities, Racing
Earlier this month, Rhys Millen took to Formula Drift Long Beach to introduce his newly updated 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe racer. After securing second place during qualifying and besting Nick D’Alessio in the top 32 battle, Millen spun on his second run of the top 16 contention...
April 10th, 2012 |
Filed under: Etc., Hyundai
A sale is a sale, right? Well, at least in the automotive world, that’s not entirely true. A sale to a regular consumer is, generally speaking and for a number of reasons, much more attractive to an automaker than a sale to a fleet company (sales to companies or the government, for instance).
With that in mind, it’s not...
April 9th, 2012 |
Filed under: Aftermarket, Motorsports, Coupe, Performance, Hyundai
Hyundai has once again partnered up with Rhys Millen, this time to create a new 2013 Genesis Coupe fit to take on Formula Drift. The specially prepared two-door boasts more then 600 horsepower thanks to careful tweaking by the minds at RMR. That’s a far cry from the 274 hp served up by...
April 4th, 2012 |
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing, Crossover, Hyundai
Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik confirmed Wednesday that the all-new seven passenger 2013 Santa Fe will replace the Veracruz model.
“The Veracruz is going away,” Krafcik told 7×69. “It ends production around November.”
Hyundai debuted the Santa Fe Wednesday at the New York...
April 4th, 2012 |
Filed under: New York Auto Show, Crossover, Hyundai, Design/Style
You might think that Hyundai has pulled a fast one at today’s New York Auto Show by unveiling two different of its 2013 Santa Fe, one a two-row Sport model and the other a three-row family-minded model simply called Santa Fe. In reality, however, we’ve been expecting this since we...
April 3rd, 2012 |
Filed under: Car Buying, By the Numbers
Chrysler Keeps Winning, Hyundai and Kia Set Records
Another chapter has been written in the comeback story of Chrysler, which reported a 69.7-percent sales increase in March compared to a year earlier. We’re starting to wonder, though, what will happen if gas prices continue rising. If consumers begin to shift their...
March 28th, 2012 |
Hyundai Spreads The Five-liter Love
To hear Hyundai tell it, the company stumbled on something of a hit with the Equus. According to the automaker, the vehicle didn’t just waltz past sales projections. It crushed them. Last year, 3,193 Equus models went home to loving families, and while that’s not a huge number by any stretch of the imagination,...