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By Kirk Bell of MSN Autos
Hyundai has made its biggest headlines in recent years with the Sonata and Elantra, a pair of practical sedans that provide real competition for established sales leaders in their respective categories. In fact, the Elantra was named Car of the Year here at the 2012 North American International Auto Show.
While the company was humbled by the accolades, the practical wasn’t its intended focus here in Detroit this year. Instead, it wanted to show off its sportier side.
The big news for the Korean automaker was a turbocharged version of its funky front-drive Veloster hatchback coupe, as well as a midcycle update for its rear-drive Genesis coupe. The Genesis gets its own new turbocharged engine, as well as more power for the V6. Both ask buyers to think of Hyundai as more than just a purveyor of conservative family sedans.
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The more the merrier, we always say, especially when it comes to power. The extra ponies are even more welcome when they come under the hood of a rear-wheel drive sports car like the Hyundai Genesis Coupe. Although we don’t necessarily like the 2013 edition’s styling changes, the modifications made to turbocharged 2.0-liter engine increase the power output by 64 horses without sacrificing fuel economy. Hyundai also gave its already powerful 3.8-liter V6 a boost by increasing its output by 42 ponies to 348 horsepower. Hyundai says the increased power will help the Genesis Coupe 3.8 reach 60 mph in the low five-second range and on to a top speed of 149 mph.
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Lifetime Battery Replacement Guarantee covers 2012 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Batteries
Far Beyond Hyundai’s Industry Leading 10-Year, 100,000-mile Warranty
COSTA MESA, Calif., Jan. 9, 2012 – Hyundai today added to its Sonata Hybrid coverage a Lifetime Battery Replacement Guarantee to expand the benefits of Hyundai Assurance, the industry’s most comprehensive warranty program. The coverage applies to all 2012 model year Sonata Hybrid models over the life expectancy of the vehicle and thousands of miles beyond the average duration of new-car ownership. The first-of-its-kind protection ensures that if the Sonata Hybrid lithium polymer battery technology failes, Hyundai will replace the battery and cover recycling costs for the old powerplant free of charge to the owner.
Hyundai tested Sonata Hybrid and its Blue Drive hybrid drivetrain for more than 300,000 miles with minimal degradation of its output or duration of operation, providing Sonata Hybrid owners with confidence that their investment will continue to pay dividends well into the future.
“The Hyundai brand was built on outstanding quality backed by the industry’s best protection program which we call Hyundai Assurance,” said Michael O’Brien, vice president, Corporate and Product Planning. “Expanding Hyundai Assurance to include Lifetime Battery Replacement Guarantee was another opportunity for us to demonstrate our confidence in the durability of our product, and pass that peace-of-mind on to our owners.”
The heart of Hyundai’s breakthrough Hybrid Blue Drive technology is its remarkable lithium polymer batter pack. Hyundai is the first automaker in the world to incorporate this remarkably efficient battery technology into production vehicles. Automotive duty cycles, with temperature ranges from -40 to 120+ degrees Fahrenheit, and 10-year-and-beyond longevity requirements render the lithium ion batteries used in consumer devices unsuitable. Lithium polymer is the next generation of lithium ion technology and is ideally suited to automotive applications thanks to a robust and reliable chemistry.
The lithium polymers cells, developed with our partner LG Chem, use a manganese spinel chemistry that provides an excellent balance between power delivery, energy density and thermal stability. Thermal stability is critical to ensuring durability eliminating the need to replace the battery pack during the normal lifespan of the vehicle. The electrodes in older lithium ion chemistries expand and contract with the heating and cooling that occurs during charging and Hyundai Motor America 3200 Park Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626 TEL: 714-965-3000 FAX: 714-378-1008 MEDIA WEBSITE: HyundaiNews.com CORPORATE WEBSITE: Hyundai.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE robust and reliable chemistry. The lithium polymers cells, developed with our partner LG Chem, use a manganese spinel chemistry that provides an excellent balance between power delivery, energy density and thermal stability. Thermal stability is critical to ensuring durability eliminating the need to replace the battery pack during the normal lifespan of the vehicle. The electrodes in older lithium ion chemistries expand and contract with the heating and cooling that occurs during charging and discharging. This thermal expansion causes cracks in the electrodes which ultimately reduces the cell’s ability to hold a charge. Manganese spinel lithium polymer cells have much lower expansion rates and are thus able to go through tens of thousands of charge cycles even without having to use a heavier, liquid cooling system.
HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA
Hyundai Motor America, headquartered in Costa Mesa, Calif., is a subsidiary of Hyundai Motor Co. of Korea. Hyundai vehicles are distributed throughout the United States by Hyundai Motor America and are sold and serviced through more than 800 dealerships nationwide. All Hyundai vehicles sold in the U.S. are covered by the Hyundai Assurance program, which includes the 5- year/60,000-mile fully transferable new vehicle warranty, Hyundai’s 10-year/100,000-mile powertrain warranty, and five years of complimentary Roadside Assistance.
For more details on Hyundai Assurance, please visit www.HyundaiAssurance.com
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201 Horsepower, Ground Effects and Sport-Tuned Engine
Hyundai Motor America today introduced the all-new 2013 Veloster Turbo armed with 201 horsepower in a world debut at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Veloster Turbo is one bookend to Hyundai’s turbocharged sports coupe line-up, paired with the refreshed 274 horsepower, rear-wheel drive 2013 Genesis Coupe 2.0T (Turbo) also debuting at the show today.
“The Turbo further broadens Veloster’s hero role in the Hyundai line-up to attract our next generation of buyers,” said Mike O’Brien, vice president, product and corporate planning, Hyundai Motor America. “It’s powerful, high-tech and fuel-efficient, attributes which we think make Veloster Turbo the ultimate innovation in the sport coupe segment.”
The 2013 Veloster Turbo arrives in the Summer of 2012, facing off against worthy competitors such as the Volkswagen GTI, Honda Civic Si and Mini Cooper/Clubman S with a better power-to-weight ratio than all of them, and a unique sport-tuned steering and suspension hardware set.
HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2013 Veloster Turbo (Exclusive Turbo features)
Veloster Turbo is the first vehicle in Hyundai’s 7/11 product initiative (seven new or redesigned models in the next 11 months). Hyundai just completed its 24/7 version 2.0 product initiative (seven new or redesigned models in 24 months), with the debut of the 2012 Hyundai Azera.
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Hyundai’s Rear-drive Sport Coupe Receives More Powerful Powertrain Technologies, More Aggressive Design, Upscale Interior Refinement and Blue Link® Telematics
Hyundai Motor America today introduced the significantly redesigned 2013 Genesis Coupe in a North American debut at the Detroit North American International Auto Show. In keeping with impressive performance upgrades, Genesis Coupe now sports more aggressive coupe styling, complemented by improved interior materials and design. Both 4-cylinder and V6 engines benefit from significant technology enhancements, with the 3.8-liter V6 engine receiving sophisticated direct-injection technology and the 2.0-liter turbocharged engine upgrading to a more precise twin-scroll turbocharger and larger intercooler. Automatic transmissions for these two models now have 8-speeds, with paddle-shift SHIFTRONIC® manual-shifting capability. Hyundai’s proprietary telematics platform, Blue Link®, is now available, providing Genesis Coupe owners with a variety of infotainment services to meet their individual connectivity needs.
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Detroit automakers got shut out of honors at their hometown’s auto show Monday as the Hyundai Elantra and the Range Rover Evoque won North American car and truck of the year awards.
The win by Hyundai is the second time it captures car of the year honors at the show in four years. Its luxury Genesis won the award in 2009.
It also marked another sign of the growing competitive threat that the Korean automaker poses to Detroit. Hyundai Motor’s two brands, Hyundai and Kia, captured nearly 9% of the U.S. market in 2011, nearly double the share it had five years ago.
“Sporty yet sensible. Luxurious, yet affordable. Spunky, but safe,” said Jayne O’Donnell of USA Today, one of the judges. “The Elantra is a series of paradoxes and every one is another argument for the latest impressive entry in the Hyundai lineup.”
The Hyundai beat out the Ford Focus and the Volkswagen Passat for the honors.
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The wraps have come off the innovative Hexa Space MPV concept at Hyundai’s stall at the 2012 Auto Expo in New Delhi.
Code-named HND-7, this is a global debut for Hyundai and points towards a production model in the future. The talking point is the car’s eight-person seating layout which uses two rows of three slightly staggered seats at the front, and a conventional two-seat bench at the rear. What this means is that the middle seat in the first two rows is located slightly behind the other two, allowing three-abreast seating without too much discomfort.
Hyundai says the hexagonal arrangement is the best way to get the maximum space out of a narrow cabin area, and as with most MPVs, the seats are able to fold completely flat and flip over in a number of configurations to aid comfort or storage space, as per the need. It also has sliding rear doors to aid ingress and egress to the back rows.
The design language is very fresh and modern, and is in line with that seen on the Veloster concept. A V-shaped grille in black, peeled-back LED headlamps and a squarish nose mean that this car doesn’t have the monovolume stance of a conventional MPV. Also, the very pronounced wheel arches, deep nostril-esque fog light enclosures, and a cockpit-like cabin make it quite unique.
The rear is ‘pillarless’ and finished in smoked glass, and the boomerang tail-lights stand out too. While the design doesn’t have the fluidity of other recent Hyundai cars like the Verna and the new Elantra, the shape eventually grows on you.
This 4.3-metre car is built on a 2750mm wheelbase. Propulsion comes from a 1200cc turbocharged Kappa petrol motor and the concept also has the added ease of a six-speed automatic gearbox.
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Korean automaker Hyundai said today that it produced 338,127 vehicles at its Montgomery auto plant last year, its highest annual total.
That output is a 12.5 percent rise over the number of vehicles produced in 2010, when the factory surpassed its annual capacity of 300,000 for the first time.
The plant’s employees are working overtime to keep up with strong demand for the Sonata sedan and the Elantra compact, both top sellers for Hyundai.
During 2011, workers built 225,462 Sonatas and 112,665 Elantras, and the vast majority of the vehicles are sold in the U.S. But, about 15 percent of the plant’s output was produced for the Canadian market, and a small fraction goes to Guam and Puerto Rico.
The overtime schedule at Hyundai’s Montgomery operations continues this month. There are two 10-hour shifts, five days per week, along with two eight-hour shifts planned for Saturday, Jan. 14.
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The profitability of Hyundai and Kia, collectively Hyundai Motor Group, is fast improving in the European market as the company is selling record numbers of large luxury vehicles there, market observers said Sunday.
In 2009, the automotive group sold 579,780 vehicles in Europe,
79.5 percent of which were small or medium-size cars. The company’s sales rose to 620,372 units in 2010, but the proportion of small and medium-size vehicles dropped 3.7 percentage points to 75.8 percent.
Sales of small and medium-size vehicles further shrank in the first 11 months of last year to 70.5 percent out of 642,449 vehicles sold during the cited period, meaning the company is selling more large vehicles, the observers noted.
A group official said the sales of large vehicles will help improve the group’s profitability.
“The Tucson (sold as the ix35 in Europe) and the Sportage, both produced at our European plant, led the sales increase,” the official said. “We expect sales of large vehicles to further increase with the launch of the Optima early this year, also raising our profitability.”
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Kolkata, Dec 29 : Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the country’s largest exporter and the second-largest car manufacturer will Global Premiere its Concept Compact MPV, the HND-7 on the opening day of the 11th Auto Expo beginning in New Delhi next week.
The other major attractions at the Auto Expo, beginning on January five, will be the three-door Veloster, a utility coupe and the premium sedan Elantra. The company’s existing line-up from the Eon to the Santa Fe will be present.
Showcased in the New Delhi Auto Expo 2008 as concept car the Veloster will be present as a premium crossover utility vehicle as the most successful cars internationally.
The new Elantra for display at the Expo is a sedan with sporty looks, internationally it is available in two engine options in both manual and automatic transmissions, company sources here today informed.
”We are showcasing some very exciting cars from our international range at the Auto Expo. Hyundai’s international range compares with the best, we are extremely happy to bring these cars to the Expo,” the sources quoting Mr Arvind Saxena, Director, Marketing and Sales, HMIL said (UNI)
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