Category: Hyundai

Filed under: MPG, Hyundai
More gears often equals more efficiency, so we’re glad to see Hyundai release its own 6-speed automatic gearbox. Most manufacturers purchase ready-made auto boxes from specialist companies, but Hyundai’s gone the route less traveled. The company joins Toyota, Ford and General Motors as the only manufacturers that actually designed and built their […]

Filed under: Hybrid, Hyundai, Lightweight
Last month at the LA Auto Show, Hyundai America CEO John Krafcik told us that the 2010 Hyundai Sonata will debut next November in LA with the hybrid version coming the following year. Weight reduction will be a major part of the new Sonata program. A speculative rendering has turned up […]

Filed under: Hyundai, Carbon Offset

Hyundai took a big step upmarket in 2008 with the launch of its new Genesis luxury sedan. For now, the Genesis is only available with a choice of V6 or V8 engines but in keeping with Hyundai’s new Blue Drive strategy, the company has decided to do something about the Genesis […]

Filed under: Hybrid, Hyundai

Last week at the LA Auto Show, Hyundai showed off its first hybrid system for the US market that will debut in the next generation Sonata. Following the press conference, Green Fuels Forecast sat down with John Krafcik, then VP Product development (as of today, he’s Acting CEO of Hyundai America) […]

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, Hyundai, LA Auto Show

Click above for high-res image gallery of Hyundai HED-5 i-Mode
We first saw Hyundai’s rolling CUV shapeship, the HED-5 i-Mode, back in Geneva, but today at the LA Auto Show is the first time the Korean automaker has shown the car in the States. New to the crossover is […]