Hyundai News

Automotive safety system manufacturer Autoliv has come under scrutiny from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration for faulty side airbag parts. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru all employee airbags parts sourced from Autoliv, and all four automakers recently issued recalls pertaining to problems with the side airbag. In total, 2,750 ...    Read more

Car shoppers have never had it so well. If you're shopping for a new car, take a second and ask your parents or grandfather what it's like to have a Dodge Aspen rust on its way back from the showroom, or a Hyundai Excel that did anything but fulfill its ...    Read more

What It Is/Who It's For The freshly restyled 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe is meant for the enthusiast crowd and working professionals looking for some kick. Best Thing Hyundai backs up the Genesis Coupe's bold styling and athletic appearance with ample performance to please all, and a gratifying exhaust note. Worst Thing While ...    Read more

Motor Trend's Ed Sanchez takes on the growing trend by automakers to utilize four-cylinders across the model lineup of their respective brands. Two main reasons are driving the paradigm shift. The first is car buyers' acceptance of four cylinder engines. Sanchez interviewed various automaker representatives who all agree that the ...    Read more

Love that new car smell? A recent study by HealthyStuff.org shows it may not be as good for you as it actually smells. Test data was collected after evaluating 204 new 2011-2012 model vehicles as part of a multi-year data base that has already complied over 900 vehicles. Vehicles were ...    Read more

For those of you patiently waiting on the 2013 Genesis Coupe and the return of the Azera to Hyundai's lineup, your wait is over. Hyundai has announced pricing for both vehicles: The 2012 Hyundai Azera starts at $32,875, including destination; the 2013 Genesis Coupe starts at $25,125 also including destination. Hyundai's ...    Read more

All three Toyota brands—Toyota, Lexus, and Scion—dominated research firm J.D. Power and Associates dependability study for 2009 model year vehicles. Toyota's luxury brand Lexus sat on top of J.D. Power and Associates' U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) for 2012 with 86 problems per 100 vehicles, or PP100. Adding an additional feather ...    Read more

Korean auto maker Hyundai has shown the automotive world that neither Mother Nature nor an economic crisis can slow it down, as sales have been at record levels over the past year and a half. To keep up with vehicle demands in larger markets like the United States and Europe, ...    Read more

You get the impression sometimes that people just don't understand the relationship between Hyundai and Kia. They're fundamentally both part of the larger conglomerate of Hyundai Heavy Industries. But they're different, like Romulus and Remus, but without the whole raised-by-wolves aspect. In the U.S., Kia and Hyundai see one another as ...    Read more

You know the drill. Driving down a curvy road, just the two of you, nary a car in sight. You both barely notice the dense woods lining the sides of the road like silent sentinels; instead, you enjoy the smooth ride of your 2013 Hyundai Genesis while being lulled into ...    Read more

If BMW or Infiniti made the Genesis Coupe, would it be more appealing? The Hyundai Equus, Hyundai Genesis, and Hyundai Genesis Coupe are extremely good cars, but does the Hyundai name deter premium-car buyers? Are label-conscious buyers opting for mechanically similar cars with more cachet? This is the dilemma the ...    Read more

The Chicago Auto Show bills itself as the biggest in the world, and to a certain extent that's true. McCormick Place is the biggest convention center in the world, and the show itself attracts huge numbers of visitors when it's open to the public. Like other auto shows, it's a chance ...    Read more

The Hyundai Elantra is a great compact car, and it's a great-selling compact car. So, why would the Korean automaker tinker with success and introduce two new models--the sexy Elantra Coupe and European-derived Elantra GT hatchback? Because one can never have too much of a good thing, that's why. Yes, this ...    Read more

In the classic 1993 comedy “Groundhog Day,” Bill Murray’s character is forced to live one day—the titular Groundhog Day—over and over again. After much soul searching, Murray's character eventually learns not to be a pompous jerk, gets the girl, and even falls in love with the town of Punxsutawney. But ...    Read more

Korean auto makers Hyundai and Kia had a very lucrative year in 2011 and that trend of success appears to have carried over into the first month of 2012. Both auto makers had a January for the record books (again) moving a staggering 78,211 units combined. Kia is up 27.8 ...    Read more

The Super Bowl of advertising is just around the corner, once again coinciding with the actual Super bowl. Good thing too, since it's a sure bet that not all of the millions of people watching The Big Game actually enjoy football. However, all of them do buy stuff on occasion, ...    Read more

Today's video of the day comes from the fairway, where a Hyundai Veloster Rally Car subs in for a traditional golf cart, and ace driver Rhys Millen does some expected drifting (shocker), and even a doughnut or two. But the payday comes at the end of the short video. Set to ...    Read more

We're only three months away from the New York Auto Show, site of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe debut, but as you well know, the inter-webs don't much like that waiting stuff. Thanks to the enthusiastic folks at the Hyundai Blog, we've got a sneak peek at Hyundai's redesigned crossover. One ...    Read more

It's no secret that the continued growth of technology has both helped and hurt the automotive industry. With the addition of smartphones, many auto makers have developed apps that are capable of starting a vehicle and checking other vital systems. On the flip side, smartphones are also responsible for countless ...    Read more

Is the 2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo a better car because it's now featured in glorious digital splendor on Forza 4? Or is Forza 4 a better game because it now has the Veloster Turbo? These questions have been perplexing Korean automakers and the Forza Motorsport gaming world for dozens of ...    Read more

As more auto makers begin importing diesel variations of models already stateside, some buyers have begun questioning the importance of electric vehicles. But don't count IBM among those who disregard electric vehicles. In fact, the tech giant is in the process of developing a lithium-air battery capable of achieving 500 ...    Read more

It's been a busy couple of months for Hyundai: In November the Korean automaker debuted the all new 2012 Hyundai Azera, and just this past week in Detroit it unveiled the 2013 Hyundai Genesis Coupe and Veloster Turbo. The popular 2012 Hyundai Elantra ...    Read more

People like Hyundai. People really, really like Hyundai for things such as their ten-year warranty, a slew of new products, and Jeff Bridges’ soothing, whiskey-dipped voice. And people also really like Hyundai because, occasionally, the company does stuff like this: Expanding its warranty program to cover the batteries on the ...    Read more

An annual tradition at the Detroit Auto Show—well, since 1994 anyhow—is the unveiling of the North American Car of the Year. Selected by 50 North American automotive journalists, the NACOY purports to honor the best all-new car and truck introduced for the current model year. And the winners this year are: ...    Read more

Conventional wisdom held that 2011 would be the year of the compact car. Instead, it was a year of disaster, frustration, and not atypically—hope. But everyone already knows 2011's great story: tsunami, earthquake, floods, and burying the past. It's that last part, plus summer's annual focus on the next production ...    Read more