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Hyundai tops Brand Keys customer loyalty survey

Hyundai has been on an extended roll these last few years, and car buyers have apparently noticed. The Korean automaker’s sales have been steadily climbing, and new products like the Sonata and Elantra only help matters. Winning new customers is obviously a large part of Hyundai’s recent success, but it’s important to keep current owners in the fold as well.

Hyundai is apparently doing just that, as Brand Keys has named Hyundai the brand with the best customer loyalty. Brand Keys President Robert Passikoff pointed out Hyundai’s ability to meet customer expectations, adding that the car maker “scored the highest levels of loyalty when it comes to the Automotive category.”

After Hyundai, the top six automakers were Ford at number two, followed by a tie for Honda and Nissan and another dead-lock for BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Hit the jump to read over the press release.

Source:Autoblog

2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan Facelift Gains 5.0 V8 R-Spec Variant with 429HP plus Updated GDI V6

.fullpost { display: inline; } As Hyundai continues its ascent to the top, the South Korean automaker-that-could is getting bolder every day. This time the company entered new grounds at the Chicago Auto Show with the unveiling facelifted Genesis sedan that gets a new sporty variant for the for the 2012 model year. The new model sports the R-Spec moniker and comes with a new 5.0-liter

2012 Hyundai Genesis Sedan Facelift Gains 5.0 V8 R-Spec Variant with 429HP plus Updated GDI V6

500HP Hyundai Veloster Rally Car Makes its Way to the Chicago Auto Show

.fullpost { display: inline; } Hyundai and Rhys Millen Racing (RMR) go back a long way and their partnership has been further cemented at the 2011 Chicago Auto Show with the unveiling of the Veloster rally car which is powered by a specially tuned four-cylinder turbocharged engine capable of 500-horsepower and 600 lb.-ft. of torque. A production version 2012 Veloster provided the base for

500HP Hyundai Veloster Rally Car Makes its Way to the Chicago Auto Show

Classic Ads: Why a Hyundai Excel is as Good as a BMW 325i

.fullpost { display: inline; } If this ad is to be taken seriously, the only difference between a late 1980s E30 BMW 325i and a Hyundai Excel is price and the engine / transmission layout. After all both have, “[A] plush interior, European styling [and] room for five.” After all, niggling little details like equipment levels, brand image and build quality have never bothered car buyers

Classic Ads: Why a Hyundai Excel is as Good as a BMW 325i

Hyundai may import Elantra from Korea to meet surging demand

The rakish 2011 Hyundai Elantra hit North American dealerships late last year, priced from $14,830 (*excluding $720 for destination). In December 2010, Elantra sales totaled 13,096 units, up from 5,763 in 2009, and this high demand for the new Elantra may be higher than the Korean automaker had originally anticipated.

This increased demand has prompted Hyundai to consider importing some Elantras from Korea. Currently, Hyundai produces U.S.-market Elantras at its Montgomery, AL plant. This facility’s annual production capacity, which stands at 330,000 total units, may not be enough to satisfy America’s thirst for the stylish compact. Recently, Hyundai spokesman Frank Ahrens told Automotive News that:

If Elantra does what we think, hope it will do, it will mean we’ll have to export them from Korea. We’re pretty bullish on it, given the reviews it’s received so far and the price.

The 2011 Elantra is $1,445 cheaper than a base Chevrolet Cruze and $1,440 less than a base 2012 Ford Focus, which makes Hyundai’s model a pocketbook-friendly alternative to its main competitors in the compact class.

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Source:Autoblog

Hyundai Sells 3.6 Million Vehicles in 2010, up 16.3% from 2009, Net Profits Soar 78%

Hyundai continues its juggernaut-like growth breaking one record after the other. In 2010, the South Korean carmaker not only replaced Toyota as Europe’s best-selling Asian brand and passed the 500,000 sales mark in the US for the first time since entering the market in 1986, but the company also posted record sales and impressive profits. Not including affiliate Kia Motor's results, Hyundai

2011 Hyundai Tucson ix35 Launch Expected Soon - Specifications, Features, Price

Hyundai motors, the 2nd leading car seller in India will be launching their new D+ Segment SUV Hyundai Tucson ix35 in the beginning of 2011.The new Hyundai Tucson ix35 with a seating capacity of 5 is powered by a 2000cc, 4 Cylinder Turbo Diesel engine which delivers it an output power of 112Bhp @ 4000rpm and a maximum torque of 250Nm @ 1800rpm. The new SUV has got 6-speed manual transmission and

2011 Hyundai Tucson ix35 Launch Expected Soon - Specifications, Features, Price

SCOOP: European Hyundai Veloster Coupe Shows its Face, will get 1.6-liter Turbo with 208HP

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know by now that Hyundai unveiled its Veloster coupe at the 2011 Detroit Motor Show. So, what's with the 'scoop' title of our post, we here you ask? Well, this here example is the European spec Veloster and it was caught undisguised by our spies in Germany ahead of its debut at the at the Geneva Salon in the beginning of March. The only visible

Hyundai Group Overtakes Ford and Becomes World's Fourth Largest Automaker

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor Company that includes KIA has overtaken the Ford Group in the first half of the year to become the fourth largest carmaker in the world selling 2,153,000 units or 8,000 more vehicles than the US giant in the same period, according to figures published by the Automotive News Data Centre. Only a decade ago, the then newly unified Hyundai and Kia company was in 11th place overall.

The Korean automaker attributed the growth to its decision to create factories in several countries including Slovakia, the United States and China that built products designed and engineered specifically for local markets.

“Results for all of last year saw Hyundai-Kia trail Ford by around 1,000,000-units, but by reducing the impact of the global recession by producing the right product for the right times, the group has managed to take fourth place much quicker than had been predicted,” the South Korean automaker said in a prepared statement.

While the economic downturn has taken its toll on all of the top 10 automakers, Toyota managed to hold on to the first place with 3,564,105 units (-26% compared to H1 2008) followed by General Motors that sold 3,552,722 vehicles (-21.8%) and the Volkswagen Group that was the less affected by the slowdown (-5.1%) with 3,100,300 units sold in the first half of the year. Ford slipped to fifth place with 2,145,000 vehicles sold (-30.6 %).

Global Sales – first half of 2009

Manufacturer

H1 2009

H1 2008

% change

Toyota

3,564,105

4,815,442

-26.0

General Motors

3,552,722

4,541,125

-21.8

Volkswagen

3,100,300

3,265,200

-5.1

Hyundai-Kia

2,153,000

Ford

2,145,000

3,093,000

-30.6

PSA Peugeot-Citroen

1,586,900

1,844,700

-14.0

Honda

1,586,000

2,022,000

-21.6

Nissan

1,545,976

2,013,611

-23.2

Suzuki

1,152,000

1,283,000

-10.2

Renault

1,106,989

1,326,164

-16.5

Hyundai bringing Curb concept to Detroit Auto Show

Hyundai has announced that it is bringing a new crossover concept – the Curb – to the 2011 Detroit Auto Show next week. We only have two teaser shots of the new CUV, and while the big wheels and overly swoopy lines are concept car-spec through and through, we won’t rule out the possibility of a sub-Tucsoncrossover coming down the pipeline in the next few years. The interior has been given the typical not-gonna-happen future-tech layout, but it is indeed eye-catching and definitely draws our interest.

The Curb concept will be rolled out on Monday, January 10, and we’ll be on hand to bring you the full suite of details and photos live from Cobo Hall. In the meantime, you can check out both teaser images in high-resolution glory in the gallery below.

Hypermiling Hyundai Sonata Hybrid crosses America in under two tanks

You’ve got to hand it to Wayne Gerdes. He knows how to go the distance in production passenger cars on very little gasoline. In April of 2009, he worked with a team to go 1,445 miles in a Ford Fusion Hybrid on a single tank of gas*. In June of 2010, he went 1,065 miles in a non-hybrid 2011 Hyundai Sonata. His most recent trip was in a Sonata Hybrid, which he drove 2,269.3 miles from San Diego, CA to Jekyll Island, GA on less than two tanks of fuel – a claimed average of 59.58 miles per gallon.

That’s mighty impressive, but for those of us who have been following Gerdes’ recent hypermiling drives, the obvious question is, why was he able to get 66.285 mpg in the regular, gas-powered non-turbo Sonata when the hybrid “only” got 59.59 mpg? (and Fusion Hybrid managed 81.5 mpg.) In part, this can be explained because the trip in the regular Sonata took place in the summer from Chicago to New York, while the hybrid ride was a winter time trek through the mountains – and it was over twice the distance.

In any case, Gerdes has once again showed that it’s quite possible to handily beat the fuel efficiency ratings on a car’s window sticker. In this case, the EPA thinks you will get 40 mpg on the highway, but clearly a lot is left on the table for those whose sole goal is to eke out every last drop of gas.

Just as importantly, we’re not sure if Gerdes and his compatriots employed some of the more radical and dangerous hypermiling staples (drafting semi trucks for lower drag, etc.), but we’ve got a call in to Wayne to learn more about his techniques. In any case, a short video of the Sonata’s mpg display after the first tank is available after the jump.

Hyundai Sonata edges Volt in Autoblog’s informal Car of the Year poll

The finalists for this year’s North American Car and Truck of the Year awards may have been no big surprise, but the vehicle that our readers think will win Car of the Year honors came as something of a shock.

The NACTOY judges have picked the Chevrolet Volt, Hyundai Sonata and Nissan Leaf as finalists for Car of the Year. While the Leaf saw a little bit of love with 2,820 votes in our unofficial poll, as well as being named European Car of the Year, the final tally came down to a bare-knuckled fight between the Volt and Sonata. Surprisingly, the Hyundai eked out a win with 8,058 votes and 42.7-percent of the total votes cast, which just barely bested the 7,985 votes cast for the Volt and its 42.3 percent of the total vote.

That’s not a huge margin of victory by any means (a statistical dead heat, as they say), but considering that the Volt has whirred away with honors like the Green Car of the Year, Automobile Magazine‘s Automobile of the Year and Motor Trend‘s Car of the Year awards, we fully expected the Bowtiie to handily walk away with our impromptu poll.

We were pretty smitten with both the 2.0T and the hybrid variants of the Sonata when we hopped behind their wheels earlier this year, and buyers have been no less taken with the base model. The 2011 Sonata has enjoyed a huge year in terms of sales with 183,102 units sold by early December, a year-over-year increase of 65 percent.

Meanwhile, the 2011 Ford Explorer handily beat the 2011 Dodge Durango and 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee in our informal North American Truck of the Year poll. You can check out the results from both surveys here, and the stay tuned for when the real winners are announced at the 2011 Detroit Auto Show in early January.

Hyundai launches new SUV Santa Fe, Priced at Rs. 20.95 - 22.95 Lakhs

Korean Auto giant Hyundai launched its world wide best seller luxury SUV "Santa Fe" in the Indian market on 14th October, 2010. Hyundai Santa Fe is a 7 seater 2.2litre (2199cc), four cylinder, DOHC (16Valve), CRDi engine.

Hyundai Santa Fe is launched in 2 variants, a two-wheel drive only (4×2) and the four-wheel-drive variant (4×4). Santa Fe comes with six-speed manual transmission with leather seats, climate control, cruise control, a decent audio-kit and large 18” alloy wheels.

Santa Fe packed with safety features by six-airbags and a fairly advanced ESP system. Hyundai claimed a mileage of 14.66 kpl and will mainly compete with Honda CRV, Chevrolet Catptiva, Mitsubishi Outlander, Toyota Fortuner, Ford Endeavour, Nissan X-Trail and upcoming Skoda Yeti.

Hyundai Santa Fe Price in India:

Santa Fe 4x2 - Rs. 20.95 Lakhs
Santa Fe 4x4 - Rs. 22.95 Lakhs

Hyundai Santa Fe Photos:

Hyundai Santa Fe Photos - SantaFe Pictures _ Hyundai Santa Fe Images, Launch Date, Price

Hyundai is going to launch their new SUV "Santa Fe" in India this October to establish themselves in this segment after failed with Terracan and Tucson. Hyundai will import Santa Fe with powerful 2.2-litre diesel engine which packs in 150 bhp, with ESP, ABS and EBD.

Hyundai Santa Fe will compete with segment leader Honda CR-V, Chevrolet Captiva, Toyota Fortuner and Ford Endeavor.

Expected Price of Hyundai Sante Fe in India:

Rs. 23 to 26 Lakhs

Hyundai Santa Fe Exterior Photos:

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Hyundai Launches Next Gen i10, New i10 priced at Rs. 3.48 - 5.9 Laks - New i10 Kappa2 Photos, Pics, Images

Hyundai India face lifted its successful entry level hatchback " i10" with major changes both in exterior and interior on 23rd, September, 2010. The new i10 got a new sporty front grill with new head lamps. The pricing of the new Hyundai i10 starts at Rs 3.48lakh and goes upto Rs 5.9lakh.

The ‘Next Gen i10’ will replace the existing i10 and will be available in two petrol engine variants of 1.1 litre with a mileage of 19.81 km per litre, and 1.2 litre with a fuel economy of 20.36 km per litre.

New Next Gen Hyundai i10 Exterior Photos: