2012 Hyundai Azera/Grandeur: Official Powertrain Info Released

Hyundai has released the first official details on what will be under the hood of the all-new 2012 Azera/Grandeur, scheduled to go on sale in South Korea in January.Korean and North American specs detailed after the jump.The Korean-market Grandeur will be available in three powertrain configurations including an LPI (liquified petroleum injected) model....

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2011 Hyundai Sonata Named Car and Driver "10Best"

The all-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata has been named one of the “10Best Cars for 2011” by Car and Driver, marking the first time a Hyundai product has received the recognition by the editors of Car and Driver.“We're delighted so many American consumers have put a 2011 Sonata in their driveway this year,” said John Krafcik, president and CEO of Hyundai Motor...

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2012 Hyundai Azera/Grandeur: First Official Images

Hyundai recently released a set of renderings that offered us a preview of the company’s future Azera/ Grandeur model, increasing the public’s interest for the saloon. Today, the company has released the first proper images of the vehicle, offering us another example of what the “Fluidic Sculpture” design language means out here in the real world.The...

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Hyundai-Kia Overtakes Toyota in Europe

According to reports, the Hyundai Motor Group overtook Toyota in October to become the best selling Asian carmaker in Europe this year, provisionally speaking. Data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, or ACEA, had Hyundai and Kia’s European sales up by 4% in the first 10 months of 2010, to 521,369 vehicles, while Toyota’s sales,...

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2011 Kia Optima Hybrid Unveiled: LA 2010

Kia has unveiled the 2011 Optima Hybrid at the Los Angeles Auto Show recently.Created specifically for the U.S. market, the car features a full parallel hybrid system which consists of a 168 PS (124 kW / 166 hp) 2.4-liter petrol engine and a 30 kW (41 PS / 40 hp) electric motor. All told, the two can work together to produce a combined 209 PS (154...

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2012 Hyundai Grandeur (HG): First Official Images

Hyundai commenced a marketing blitz of the new, redesigned Grandeur for the Korean market today, ahead of its scheduled sales launch in Korea in January 2011. And as a treat, the company revealed the first official images of the car. Hot or not? Looking too much like a Sonata? Tell us your opinion of the new Grandeur in the comments section after the...

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2011 Hyundai Elantra (USDM): Officially Revealed

Nothing new to see here today. The embargo on the all-new 2011 Hyundai Elantra for the North American market has been lifted today, ahead of the car's scheduled unveiling later this week at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. But does that really matter when it has been on sale in its home market (as the Avante) for numerous months now? Nonetheless,...

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Hyundai Confirms Veloster for Detroit, Accent for New York

During a media briefing this week, Hyundai officials confirmed that the upcoming 2012 Veloster will make its world debut at the 2011 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The company also announced that the North American version of the redesigned Accent will make its debut at the Big Apple next April.While Hyundai has yet to make it official,...

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2011 Hyundai Elantra Makes Early Debut at Cars and Coffee

Let's face it: that whole photo-op set up by the folks at Hyundai with one of their reps looking mock-shocked that the 2011 Hyundai Elantra had been "discovered" was quite silly really. Perhaps to save themselves from further embarassment, Hyundai decided to prematurely take the wraps off the all-new US-spec Elantra, scheduled for debut at the Los...

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Hyundai Elantra Teased Ahead of Los Angeles Auto Show Debut

Hyundai has just released a lighthearted "spy photo" of the next-generation Elantra on their Twitter page in advance of the compact sedan's debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show next week.Hyundai showed the above photo of the next-generation U.S.-spec Elantra (and a staged, startled PR rep) with only a bit of sheetmetal exposed on Twitter today.The Elantra...

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Kia Unveils Forte Koup Type R: SEMA 2010

Following a fairly successful inaugural season competing in the Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge series, Kia unveiled the Forte Koup Type R Concept at the 2010 SEMA show in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Kinetic Motorsports, which built and campaigned two Forte Koup race cars in the Continental Tire series, also developed the Type R Concept.Visually,...

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