By KATHY JACKSON
Neither Hyundai nor Kia will sell a pickup in the United States in the near future.
Hyundai Motor Co. CEO Kim Dong-Jin said the automaker’s board in “a recent decision” scrapped plans for a unibody pickup in the United States.
“Because of high oil prices, the light-truck market is declining significantly, so now is not [...]
By GREG MIGLIORE
Korean car, American style. It’s the Americanization of the Sonata.
In the first major program led largely by its U.S. tech center in Michigan, Hyundai gave its midsize sedan a moderate freshening for the 2009 model year, bolstering the engine and refining the interior to adapt to the tastes of U.S. drivers. The car [...]
By GREG MIGLIORE
Ford is about to lose its monopoly on the technology that powers its cutting-edge infotainment system, Sync, in North America.
Hyundai has signed a deal with software giant Microsoft to jointly develop the next generation of in-car infotainment systems, based on the Microsoft Auto software platform.
It will launch in North America in 2010 and [...]