Hyundai Sonata News

The CARS program -- AKA Cash for Clunkers -- has yet to begin, but the Hyundai Elantra sedan is already accounting for 41% of all related sales.

There's no stopping Hyundai Motor these days. In yet another display of its determination to expand globally, the Korean automaker began selling the world's first LPG hybrid cars on July 8. Although Hyundai will be selling them only in South Korea for now, the LPG hybrids are harbingers of bigger ambitions.

July 9, 2009: In the U.S., Hyundai Motor Company's Sonata beat out competitors Toyota Camry and Nissan Altima for the top spot of "Best Budget Family Car" by ConsumerSearch.com, a web site that analyses expert and user-generated consumer product reviews and recommends the best products to purchase based on their findings.

Hyundai has recently touted how its cars are finally a match for those from Japan and Germany.

Hyundai Motor Co. a s first hybrid car, twelve years behind Toyota Motor Corp.a s Prius, wona t pose a threat to the worlda s best-selling hybrid.

Hyundai is on the up and with new products coming through the company is poised to take advantage of its growth.

By the end of the year, Hyundai is expected to have swiped the covers off two very important models for the company's future - the 2011 Sonata mid-size sedan, pictures of which we showed you earlier today, and the second generation Tucson SUV that could be revealed as early as this September at the Frankfurt Motor Show.

Hyundai Motor Co, South Korea's top carmaker, on Wednesday launched its first hybrid car in the domestic market to satisfy a growing appetite for fuel-saving vehicles and to improve the image of the company's technology.

One of our loyal readers was vacationing in Dubai when he happened upon this nearly undisguised and totally unattended 2011 Hyundai Sonata mule.

Published: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 11:54 a.m. More than 3,000 employees at the Hyundai automobile plant in central Alabama will return to a full work schedule this month making the Sonata sedan and the Santa Fe sport-utility vehicle after months of production slowdown.

For Hyundai Motor Co, things could hardly be going better: last month, it won top marks in a U.S. quality survey, its sales rose in a sliding global market and even its share price is back up above pre-crisis levels.

July 7, 2009: In the U.S., automotive research and consulting firm AutoPacific named Hyundai Motor Company's Genesis and Elantra '2009 Ideal Vehicles' in their respective categories.

Dramatic inventory reductions and record export levels mean more than 3,000 workers at Montgomery's Hyundai plant will work a full schedule this month.

By now, the Hyundai Genesis is a car that needs no introduction. Upstaged only by the stupefying performance of the Nissan GT-R at our 2009 Car of the Year competition, this big rear-drive sedan has helped hasten Hyundai 's transformation from budget alternative to first-choice brand.

June brought more signs of life to Alabama's struggling automotive industry, as four of the eight vehicles built in the state posted gains in their U.S. sales results over last year.

With gas prices rising and car sales in the dumps, Hyundai is offering new car buyers gas at $1.49 a gallon for a year.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 29 CA-Hyundai-AutoPacifi Hyundai Models Top Audi and Ford Competitors in Respective Categories FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.

Suit claims Hyundai failed to warn customers of known defects with Sonata sub-frames. SANTA ANA, Calif., June 25, /PRNewswire/ -- Plaintiffs are celebrating an early victory in a lawsuit against Hyundai after an Orange County Superior Court judge ruled on June 12, 2009, that the case, which claims the carmaker knowingly sold Sonatas with defective ...

In accordance with the most recent Initial Quality Study performed by J.D. Power and Associates, Hyundai's getting better and better .

The government last month announced modified rules to push automakers to cut greenhouse gas emissions and boost fuel- efficiency to an average of 35.5 miles per gallon by 2015.