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Hyundai Sonata |
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About Hyundai:
Hyundai refers to a group of companies and related
organizations founded by Chung Ju-yung in South Korea. The first Hyundai company
was founded in 1947 as a construction company, and the Hyundai Group eventually
became South Korea's largest conglomerate company.
The most well-known Hyundai organization is the Hyundai Motor Company, the
world's 6th largest automaker. Hyundai Heavy Industries is the world's largest
shipbuilder, and Hynix is a top semiconductor producer. Other companies
currently or formerly controlled by members of Chung's extended family may be
loosely referred to as a part of the Hyundai chaebol.
The Hyundai Group underwent massive restructuring following the 1997 East Asian
financial crisis and the founder's death in 2001. Today, many companies bearing
the Hyundai name are legally unrelated, with each company having a different
chairman. Former components include Hyundai Group, Hyundai Kia Automotive Group,
Hyundai Department Store Group, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, and Hyundai
Development Group. After the separation, Hyundai Group focuses on elevators,
container services, and tourism to Mount Kumgang.
The word "hyundai" means "modernity" in Korean. Early
American advertising for the Hyundai Excel car informed readers that the name,
"rhymes with Sunday".
The Hyundai Motor Company, a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is
South Korea's largest and the world's Sixth Largest Automaker.[1] Its
headquarters are in Seoul, South Korea. In Ulsan, South Korea Hyundai operates
the world's largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility which is
capable of producing 1.6 million units annually. The Hyundai logo, a slanted,
stylized 'H' is said to be symbolic of two people (the company and customer)
shaking hands. Hyundai means "modernity" in Korean.
Hyundai entered the United States market in 1986 with only
one model, the Hyundai Excel. The Excel was offered in a variety of trims and
body styles. That year, Hyundai set a record of selling the most automobiles in
its first year of business in the United States compared to any other car brand
(a staggering 126,000 vehicles).
Initially well received, the Excel's faults soon became apparent. Also, efforts
to bring costs down made reliability suffer. With an increasingly poor
reputation for quality, Hyundai sales plummeted, and many dealerships began
abandoning franchises. At one point, Hyundai became the butt of many jokes and
even made David Letterman's Top Ten Hilarious Mischief Night Pranks To Play In
Space: #8 - Paste a "Hyundai" logo on the main control panel.[6]
Rather than drop out of the world's largest automotive market, the parent
company of Hyundai began investing heavily in the quality, design,
manufacturing, and long-term research of its vehicles. It added a 10-year or
100,000 mile powertrain warranty to its vehicles sold in the United States. In
20 years, both quality and sales dramatically increased, and the reputation of
Hyundai cars improved. In 2004, Hyundai tied with Honda for initial brand
quality (quality of engine parts not factored in) in a survey/study from J.D.
Power and Associates, for having 102 problems per 100 vehicles. This made
Hyundai second in the industry, only behind Toyota, for initial vehicle quality.
The company continued this tradition by placing third overall in J.D. Power's
2006 Initial Quality Survey, behind only Porsche and Lexus.
Hyundai continues to invest heavily in its American operations as its cars grow
in popularity. In 1990, Hyundai established the Hyundai Design Center in
Fountain Valley, California. The center moved to a new $30 million facility in
Irvine, California in 2003, and was renamed the Hyundai Kia Design and Technical
Center. Besides the design studio, the facility also housed Hyundai America
Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI, established in 1986), a subsidiary responsible
for all engineering activities in the U.S. for Hyundai. Hyundai America
Technical Center moved to its new 200,000-square-foot, $117 million headquarters
in Superior Township, Michigan (near Ann Arbor) in 2005. Later that same year,
HATCI announced that it would be expanding its technical operations in Michigan
and hiring 600 additional engineers and other technical employees over a period
of five years. The center also has employees in California and Alabama.
Hyundai America Technical Center completed construction of its Hyundai/Kia
proving ground in California City, California in 2004. The 4,300-acre facility
is located in the Mojave Desert and features a 6.4-mile oval track, a Vehicle
Dynamics Area, a vehicle-handling course inside the oval track, a paved hill
road, and several special surface roads. A 30,000-square-foot complex featuring
offices and indoor testing areas is located on the premises as well. The
facility was built at a cost of $50 million. An aerial view can be found
here.
Hyundai completed an assembly plant just outside Montgomery, Alabama in 2004,
with a grand opening on May 20, 2005, at a cost of $1.1 billion. It is Hyundai's
second attempt at producing cars in North America (The Hyundai Auto Canada Inc.
plant in Quebec closed down in 1993). At full capacity, the plant will employ
2,000 workers. Currently, the plant assembles the Hyundai Sonata and the Hyundai
Santa Fe.
In 2003, According to Consumer Reports, Hyundai's reliability rankings tie
Honda's. [9]
In 2005, Hyundai allowed Ed Voyles Hyundai in Smyrna, Georgia to become the
first "deaf friendly" dealership in the entire world. The staff in this
dealership are able to accommodate deaf customers with the use of American Sign
Language and video conferencing phones.
In 2006 JD Power and associates quality ranking, overall the Hyundai brand
ranked 3rd, just behind Porsche and Lexus, and beating long time rival
Toyota.[10] The brand overall is ranked much higher than the average industry
and resale value continues to improve, a comparable 2003 Hyundai Sonata sedan
ranks just $2200 below a similarly equipped Honda Accord according to Kelley
Blue Book Pricing 2006.
In 2006, Hyundai's minivan Entourage earned a five-star safety rating — the
highest honor the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration bestows — for
all seating positions in frontal and side-impact crashes. The Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety also rates “Good” — its highest rating — in front,
side and rear impacts. The IIHS (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, US), in
fact, has christened the 2006 Hyundai Entourage and Kia Sedona a “Gold Top
Safety Pick,” making the safest minivan ever tested.
In 2006, Hyundai was awarded 'Top-rated 2006 Ideal Vehicle' by Autopacific,
Marketing research and consultancy firm for the automobile industry.
In 2007 Strategic Vision Total Quality Awards, Hyundai Motors leads the most
vehicle segments in Strategic Vision's Total Quality Index, measuring the
ownership experience. They attempt to measure more than just the number of
problems per vehicle. Hyundai tops in Strategic Vision Total Quality Awards. For
the first time ever, Hyundai has risen to share the position of having the most
models leading a segment. three models with the top Total Quality Index (TQI)
score in their segments, including the Hyundai Azera, Entourage, Santa Fe.
In 2007, Hyundai's midsize SUV Santa Fe earns 2007 TOP SAFETY PICK award by IIHS.
2009, Hyundai has announced the five-door hatchback variant of the Elantra
compact sedan will carry the name Elantra Touring when it goes on sale in the
spring as a 2009 model.
About Hyundai cars: Accent
Tiburon/Coupé/Tuscani
Elantra
Matrix/Lavita
Sonata
Grandeur (joint project of Hyundai and Mitsubishi)
Grandeur XG/XG300/XG350
Grandeur/Azera
Dynasty
Hyundai Santamo (Rebadged Mitsubishi Chariot) (Originally produced by Hyundai
Precision Industry)
i30
SUVs and Vans
HD1000 (Minibus/Porter)
Entourage (Similar to the Kia Sedona)
Hyundai Galloper (Rebadged Mitsubishi Pajero)
Grace (1st generation was a rebadged Mitsubishi Delica)
Hyundai H-100 Grace / Porter
Porter (1st generation was a rebadged Mitsubishi Delica)
Santa Fe
Trajet
H-1/Satellite/Starex/Libero/H-200
Terracan
Tucson
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