Hyundai News
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It’s been almost a year since Hyundai first announced its intention to return to the world of WRC, and since then we’ve seen the Korean automaker slowly build up its team, establish a new motorsport center in Germany and start development of a brand new WRC car. Today, Hyundai revealed the first photos of its 2014-spec WRC car, which is based on its i20 hatchback sold overseas. The photos were taken during a test session last month where all three of the automaker’s recently-signed development drivers, Chris Atkinson, Juho Hänninen and Bryan Bouffier, got behind the...
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Hyundai Opens Doors To New Motorsports Headquarters In Germany
Hyundai is keen on venturing more deeply into the vast sea of motorsports. To help out on that end, the automaker has just opened the doors to a brand-new motorsports facility located in Germany. This will be an important location for the efforts of Hyundai Motorsports as they look to take on the...
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Hyundai Previews Pikes Peak Race Car, Preps For Record Defense: Video
Last year Rhys Millen drove his Hyundai Genesis Coupe drift car, lightly modified for Pikes Peak use to the fastest time up the mountain, ever. This year, the Millen-Hyundai pairing is aiming to repeat the overall win, and defend his overall fastest time to the clouds. This year's car won't be a...
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Hyundai Looks to Prove Itself At The 'Ring, Unveils New Test Center
Nearly every automaker has a place it calls home with regards to testing its vehicles. These are called proving grounds or test centers, and they are scattered all across the globe. Hyundai is clearly looking to push the driving dynamics of its own vehicles a bit further because the Korean...
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2014 Hyundai Genesis Spy Video
The upcoming 2014 Hyundai Genesis is shaping up to be one heck of a sports sedan, as this spy video of a prototype testing at the Nürburgring reveals. The new Genesis will be Hyundai’s first model developed extensively at the automaker's recently built Nürburgring test center and...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Hyundai Equus Video Preview
While the Hyundai Equus luxury sedan has only been on the market a few years here in the U.S., the Korean automaker is already giving its flagship sedan a mild refresh. For 2014 the Equus boasts new technology, an updated design, and an even more luxurious interior. In the luxury segment it's all...
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Pictured here is the Hyundai Equus by Hermès concept car presented by the Korean automaker at the 2013 Seoul Motor Show last week. Hermès is a high-end fashion label that in the past has been connected with brands such as Bugatti and even Smart, and soon we could be adding Hyundai to that list. Unlike Hyundai’s previous collaboration with fashion label Prada, which saw the launch of the well-appointed Hyundai Genesis Prada back in 2011, the new Equus developed with Hermès is not yet confirmed for production. However, given the strong reception received by the...
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Hyundai HND-9 Coupe Concept Debuts At 2013 Seoul Motor Show
Coinciding with this week’s festivities in New York is the 2013 Seoul Motor Show taking place in Korea, where the stunning new HND-9 coupe concept from Hyundai made its debut. After a brief preview last week, Hyundai has now revealed the full details for the HND-9, which the automaker has...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Hyundai Equus: Upping The Ante Against The Luxury Establishment
When Hyundai first revealed its Equus several years ago, adding a model to compete with the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, Lexus LS, or Jaguar XJ, among others, seemed downright outlandish. But what was seen as far-fetched then is now seeming quite smart. Now for 2014, as previewed at the 2013...
Bengt Halvorson -
2014 Hyundai Equus: First U.S. Photos, Live From The NY Auto Show
Hours in advance of Hyundai's New York Auto Show press conference, the automaker pulled the wraps off the refreshed 2014 Hyundai Equus. And we were there to snap a gallery of first photos of this, the brand's largest luxury sedan. What do we see from this first glimpse? Quite simply, that instead...
Bengt Halvorson -
Next-Gen Hyundai Genesis Coupe Previewed By HND-9 Concept
Hyundai is giving us our best look yet at the company’s next-generation Genesis Coupe with the new HND-9 concept car, previewed today ahead of its official debut at the 2013 Seoul Motor Show taking place in the Korean capital next week. Most of the details are being kept secret until next...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2014 Hyundai Equus Refresh Details Revealed Ahead Of New York Debut
Moving from a very budget image to a premium image isn't easy in any business, perhaps especially in the car business, where product development cycles limit the pace of advancement. But despite the challenges, Hyundai has risen to surprising heights over the past decade, thanks to its Genesis...
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Hyundai’s flagship sedan, the Equus, is cued to receive a mid-cycle update for the 2014 model year, and we’ll get our first look at the updated version at the 2013 New York Auto Show later this month. The full-size luxury sedan was first introduced for 2011 and has managed to achieve decent sales success since then, despite Hyundai’s reputation for being a value brand. During 2012, Hyundai managed to sell 3,972 Equus sedans and so far this year monthly sales are already higher than in the respective months from the previous year. Clearly, Hyundai won’t want to muck...
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Hyundai Delivers Its First Special Edition Veloster RE:MIX
Last October, Hyundai rolled out the production version of its Veloster RE:MIX at the SEMA show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Embracing the RE:MIX ethos of “individual creativity, passion and connectivity,” the limited-edition Veloster was rumored to be hitting dealers before the end of 2012...
Kurt Ernst -
Paul Dallenbach To Drive For Rhys Millen Racing At Pikes Peak
Now that the relationship between Rhys Millen Racing (RMR) and Hyundai is back on track, RMR can get back to the business at hand: building a competitive Unlimited Class racer to set a new record at this year’s Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. When Hyundai announced that it would again...
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Hyundai Hires Michel Nandan As Team Principal For WRC Team
Just as the 2013 World Rally Championship kicks off, with newcomer Volkswagen already achieving some success, Hyundai has made some announcements about its campaign plans for 2014. It’s only been a few months since the Korean automaker confirmed its return to international motorsport, but now...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Hyundai HCD-14 Genesis Concept Video Preview
While Hyundai was quick to point out that the HCD-14 Genesis Concept isn't a preview of the next Genesis sedan--despite the name--it's clear that the Detroit show concept is intended to preview the future of the brand's styling for its premium sedan. The HCD-14 itself is rather impractically styled...
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Hyundai Renews Its Ties To Rhys Millen Racing
In August of last year, Rhys Millen set a new record for a run up the 12.42 mile Pikes Peak Hill Climb course, behind the wheel of his race-prepped Hyundai Genesis Coupe. When he crossed the finish line at the top of the mountain, just 9:46.164 had elapsed. Just over one month later, Millen’s...
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Ten years ago, if you'd said Hyundai would hold a nine percent market share in the premium large sedan segments, you'd probably have been laughed out of whatever wigwam you'd been smoking your peyote in. Today, it's reality. At the 2013 Detroit Auto Show, we get a look at the future of the brand's premium sedans through a new concept: the HCD-14 Genesis Concept. The sleek, clean design of the Hyundai HCD-14 Genesis Concept is a taste of what to expect from the brand's premium rear-drive sedans in the near future, according to John Krafcik, CEO of Hyundai Motor America. "HCD-14 Genesis gives a...
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Hyundai Teases New Genesis Four-Door Coupe Concept For Detroit, Again
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past few years, you probably know that the hottest segment among luxury automakers is the four-door coupe. Mercedes has its CLS Class range, Porsche has its Panamera line, Audi has the A7 and S7 and BMW now has its 6 Series Gran Coupe (and M6 Gran...
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Hyundai Partners With Apple And Google For Next-Gen Car Tech
Hyundai is heading to the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show next week to showcase the next generation of its Blue Link telematics and infotainment system. The new system is designed to incorporate the best of Apple and Google technology along with features from several other industry giants...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Hyundai Turning Your Smartphone Into Your Car Keys
Hyundai is previewing its vision for the future of car connectivity with a new technology demonstrator based on its i30 hatchback sold overseas. Aptly named the Connectivity Concept, the new i30-based technology demonstrator showcases the future of mobile phone and car integration from the Korean...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
2012 Hyundai Veloster Models Recalled For Sunroof Flaw
Hyundai has announced the recall of certain 2012 model year Veloster hatchbacks, built between November 1, 2011 and April 17, 2012. At issue is a potential defect in the panoramic sunroof glass, caused by inadvertent contact between the glass and the unloading station robot. In all, some 13,500...
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UN secretary general gets bulletproof Hyundai Equus limo
Ban Ki-moon, the current Secretary General of the United Nations, originally hails from South Korea. Now in his second term as Secretary General, it seems fitting that Ki-moon would travel in an armored limousine that comes from the land of his birth. Yesterday, Hyundai handed over the keys to a...
Kurt Ernst