Archive for Category: "Hyundai"
Hyundai’s Direct Injection Gets Recognized
Gasoline direct injection isn’t a wildly special engineering trait in today’s automobile as the high pressure fueling system is being adopted by more and more manufactures. So when the experts at the New England Motor Press Association (NEMPA) as well as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) recognize one version in particular, you know it [...]
Hyundai to Make Throttle Override Standard
FMVSS 124. To the federal government and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, that sting of letters and numbers means a potential mandate. To the automotive industry, they mean more safety but also, more work because of it. The proposal is to make a brake pedal throttle override system a mandatory feature on all future vehicles but its final outcome has yet to be [...]
Hyundai To Add An Extra Shift To Alabama
Plans to add a third shift to the Hyundai assembly plant in Montgomery were made recently. The facility pieces together both the Elantra and Sonata and will soon receive a boost of 877 new workers to help out. With the addition, the automaker’s 2012 production capacity in the southern state will increase by an excellent 20,000 units. “This [...]
Cars.com Honors The Hyundai Azera
It would appear that each of the high-ranking authorities in the art of automotive evaluation has their own “top spot”. For the pricing, research and review experts at Cars.com, if a vehicle earns a “Best Bet” title, then a buyer can usually rest assured that the car or truck is top quality. Joining five other Hyundai [...]
Hyundai Earns Two Wards Best Interior Awards
WardsAuto World is known for their line of “10 Best” awards lists and to land on one is an accomplishment in itself. But to land on a list twice is flat-out impressive and that’s just what Hyundai did. Earning two spots on the “10 Best Interiors” list were two cars that showcase Korean excellence in two [...]
Hyundai’s Elantra Lands of KBB’s 10 Best Green Cars List
If earning the 2012 North American Car of The Year Award wasn’t enough, the Hyundai Elantra is now considered one of the best Green Cars money can buy. For the 2012 model year, the editors of expertise in regards to vehicle evaluations and pricing, Kelly Blue Book, pulled together their knowledge for another list. When the tallys were [...]
Rhys Millen Gets Sideways With Hyundai
The 2012 Formula Drift Championship recently got its start and behind the wheel of the Korean hot-r0d for another season will be an absolute legend. Teaming up Hyundai Motorsport once again is Rhys Millen and his grouping of fuel-soaked gearheads to get the 2013 Genesis Coupe entirely too sideways. A former drift champion himself, Millen got his start with [...]
Hyundai Recalls The Sonata Hybrid For Seat Belts
Certain all-new, 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid models are being recalled due to failing to comply with the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard number 208: “Occupant Crash Protection.” If equipped with a center rear seat belt that uses a release device that separates both the lap and shoulder section at the lower anchorage point, the cars simply [...]
The Car Book Loads Hyundai With Awards
Three Hyundai models have been honored with “Best Bet” awards for 2012 from the Car Book. The publication, a consumer’s guide to vehicle purchasing, released the list with an eye on a vehicle’s safety, preventive maintenance, fuel cost, complaints, insurance and warranty. Jack Gillies, the list’s main author, had this to say about the 2012 [...]
The Hyundai Genesis: One Dependable Sedan
When the folks at J.D. Power and Associates released this year’s Vehicle Dependability Study, one contender surprised the industry with a win in what is a seriously tough segment. The survey polls original drivers who have owned their vehicles for three years so being that the Hyundai Genesis Sedan first debuted in 2009, it finally came time for it to enter [...]
