2012 Hyundai Veloster

Filed under: Budget, Hatchback, Hyundai, New Car Reviews
And This Time, It’s Personal

In order to understand this review of the 2012 Hyundai Veloster, you first need to understand a bit about me. I’m a mid-twenty-something urbanite. My closet is full of obscure band t-shirts, striped hooded sweatshirts and Converse. My black-framed glasses match my messy dyed [...]

2013 Hyundai Elantra GT delivers lightness, functionality

Filed under: MPG, Hyundai, Chicago Auto Show

After driving the 2013 Elantra GT out on stage here in Chicago, Hyundai executives immediately focused on one of its new five-door’s core values: lightness. You see, the GT is the lightest C-segment hatchback in the United States, weighing 151 pounds less than a Mazda3, 175 pounds less than [...]

Did Hyundai pull MPG claims from Super Bowl ad due to watchdog group pressure? [w/video]

Filed under: MPG, Hyundai, Videos

Hyundai has been targeted by Consumer Watchdog, a non-profit advocacy organization, over the automaker’s 40 mpg fuel efficiency claim on the Hyundai Elantra. The group says Elantra owners have seen fuel economy averages of 18 and 19 mpg instead of the the 29 mpg city and 40 mpg highway reported by [...]

Are you the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe?

Filed under: New York Auto Show, Spy Photos, Crossover, Hyundai, Design/Style

It won’t be long before we see the official reveal of the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe, but predictably, the Internet won’t be kept waiting. Consider us unsurprised that a set of grainy photos showing what is claimed to be a badgeless redesigned Santa Fe crossover [...]

2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe caught undisguised ahead of Chicago debut

Filed under: Spy Photos, Coupe, Budget, Hyundai, Design/Style

Here it is, ladies and gents – the 2013 Hyundai Elantra Coupe. The svelte new two-door will make its official debut at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show in just a few weeks, but our intrepid spy photographers managed to catch this completely uncovered prototype on the back of [...]

Hyundai hits 2016 CAFE requirements early

Filed under: MPG, Hyundai, Legislation and Policy

All automakers are under pressure to hit more stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) regulations, figures set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). In 1978, the CAFE standards were just 18 miles per gallon, but they have increased gradually each year. This summer, the bar was raised [...]

2013 Hyundai Veloster Turbo is a mighty mite

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Budget, Performance, Hatchback, Hyundai, Design/Style

The Hyundai Veloster got off to a solid commercial and critical start in 2011, and while the eccentric hatchback has only been on the market for a few months, it’s already found its fair share of friends, outselling competitors like the Honda CR-Z and Scion tC [...]

Hyundai HND-7/Hexa Space concept unveiled in New Delhi

Filed under: Concept Cars, Minivan/Van, Crossover, Hyundai, India, Design/Style

Hyundai officially unveiled the eight-passenger Hexa Space Concept at the New Delhi Auto Show. This MPV features clever hexagonal seating designed to optimize interior room, with each chair fitting into a honeycomb matrix, allowing passengers to sit three across without feeling cramped or crammed together. The seats [...]

Hyundai reveals details about new U.S. headquarters

Filed under: Etc., Hyundai, Design/Style

While Rhys Millen’s been having smoking-rubber fun at Hyundai’s old headquarters, plans continue apace on the new building that will replace it. The $150-million cost is the largest Hyundai has ever spent on an office building in the U.S., and for that money, the LEED-certified, Gensler-designed structure will be 419,000 square [...]

Chris Chapman named chief designer at Hyundai America tech center

Filed under: Hirings/Firings/Layoffs, BMW, Hyundai, Design/Style
In car design circles, the name Chapman may be inexorably tied to the famous Colin of Lotus fame, but these days the name is hoisted by another influential automotive designer. And he’s just been poached by Hyundai.
A Southern California native, Christopher Chapman started out with Isuzu after graduating from the [...]

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