2011Hyundai Tucson revealed

Hyundai unveiled the all-new Tucson crossover in the South korean market yesterday!

After three years of development and $280 million spent, Hyundai has finally unveiled its long anticipated Tucson replacement. Codenamed LM, the all-new Hyundai Tucson has been completely redesigned inside out to offer the best performance, fuel economy and safety ratings.

Hyundai offers the 2011 Tucson with diesel and gasoline engine options in South Korea. Diesel power comes from the all-new 2.0L R-diesel engine that produces 184 horsepower and achieves 15,4 kilometers per liter fuel economy, while the 2.0L Theta gasoline engine achieves 11,7 kilometers per liter fuel economy and has a maximum output of 166 hp. The R-diesel engine already meets Euro 5 emission standards. Both engines are mated to the new 6-speed automatic gearbox.

With sales of more than 1 million units over the past few years, Hyundai Tucson has been the most popular vehicle in the Korean automaker's line-up. Hyundai hopes the new Tucson will continue to perform well in terms of sales. In Korea, the company aims to sell 16.000 units of Tucson already this year and 40.000 next year, while globally, Hyundai plans to sell 300.000 units a year.

Hyundai Tucson features the all-new exterior and interior styling and comes equipped with premium features such as vehicle dynamic control that improves safety of the vehicle, panoramic glass-roof, downhill brake control and hill-start assist control and emergency stop signal, which automatically triggers the emergency hazard lights.

The 2011 Hyundai Tucson is also available with a rear-view camera connected to a 3.5-inch LCD display built into rear-view mirror that automatically turns on when the driver shifts into reverse.

Hyundai has announced the official European premiere for the all-new Tucson has been scheduled for Frankfurt motor Show next month, while US premiere is planned for November's L.A. Auto Show.

Hyundai Montgomery plant to produce more Sonatas

New Hyundai Sonata sales are heating up!!

New Hyundai Sonata sedan, which went on sale in February this year, is so popular that Hyundai is having problems keeping up to build enough vehicles to satisfy the demand. The automaker has recently announced it will move production of Santa Fe SUV from its Montgomery manufacturing plant to West Point Georgia, where Kia Motors produces Sorento crossover.

Hyundai Sonata sales have increased more than 50 percent to over 18.000 units for the second month in a row and Hyundai workers at the plant have been working extended hours to produce enough Sonata sedans.

With the demand so high, it is very likely that the plant will need to remain on extended hours for the next few months.

According to top Hyundai official, the automaker expected the redesigned Sonata to sell well, but intial demand has them all. Sonata is setting record-high sales and Hyundai could sell even more cars if they could increase the supply. Unfortunatelly, Sonata's production is limited to around 200.000 vehicles per year.

"Demand is clearly above what we can supply at the Montgomery plant," Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik said recently.

2.4L GDI engine to propel Sonata

- Hyundai's gasoline direct injection engine lowers CO2 emissions and improves vehicle's fuel economy!

- The engine churns out a class-leading 201 horsepower!

- First installed in the all-new Hyundai Sonata sedan

According to Hyundai, the 2.4L GDI engine was developed with a budget of $146 million over a 46 month-long research and development period. The engine will make its inaugural debut in the first half of 2010 in the all-new Sonata sedan.

The GDI technology will gradually be expanded to other Hyundai engines and will include majority of gasoline engines applied in other Hyundai cars.

The 2.4L GDI's engine's benefits include improved gas mileage and performance. Compared to engine without GDI technology, tjaall-new 2.4L GDI unit achieves 7 percent more torque at low revolutions and 12 percent more torque at the high-end revs.

It also achievs around 10% better gas-mileage than the engine without GDI technology.

As we already mentioned, the all-new 2.4L Theta II gasoline engine will make its debut in te 2011 Sonata sedan, which will make its premiere at the 2010 NAIAS in January. The all-new Sonata will be unveiled just a few months after the 2010 Tucson crossover, which has been scheduled to make its official US debut at the upcoming L.A. Auto Show in November this year.

Stay tuned for more information!

Hyundai reports September 2009 sales

Hyundai Motor Company has issued its monthly sales report in which, the company has announced it has sold 307.181 new cars in September 2009, a 61% increase compared to the same month a year earlier.

Domestic sales have risen 118 percent to 68.570 units from last year's 31.449 units. Both, new Sonata sedan and new Tucson/ix35 have helped the automaker to record the best-ever overall September sales.

According to Hyundai, Sonata sedan has been the best selling vehicle in Korean market last month. With sales of 9.517 units, the all-new 2011 Sonata sedan finished a top of the Korean sales charts. The all-new Sonata also passed the old Sonata model, with 6.500 units. Combined, both Sonatas managed to attract record 16.299 new consumers! The old Sonata model will now be discontinued.

Sales from Hyundai's overseas manufacturing plants, located in the USA, China, Turkey, India and Czech Republic rose to 238.611 units, representing 50 percent increase compared to last year.

With new Hyundai ix35 and Tucson set to be officially launched in the international markets later this year or early in 2010, Hyundai is confident it can push its monthly sales further.

Reportedly, the Korean carmaker will focus on expanding its market share by introducing new cars and intensify its marketng activities around the world.

New Samsung SM5 designer sketch surfaces to the web

Renault-Samsung released a designer sketch of its all-new mid-size sedan called SM5, which is expected to arrive to the market in 2010.

The designer sketch you see above shows a redesigned Samsung SM5 and is a follow-up model to the current SM5 model, which has been on sale in the Korean market since 2005. The current SM5 sedan is built on Nissans Teana platform, while the up-coming SM5 will, reportedly, be based on the same platform as the current generation Renault Laguna.

Therefore, the all-new SM5 will features similar engines, as well as powertrain technology with its European sibling model. It will also feature a breakthrough exterior design, which will be sportier and much more eye-pleasing than that of the current model. Plus, the model will also adopt advanced safety technology and many other convenience features already found on the current Renault Laguna sedan.

The forth-coming Renault-Samsung SM5 will first go on sale in the South Korean market in the first half of 2010 where it will compete head-to-head with the all-new Hyundai Sonata sedan and Kia Lotze (known as Optima in the US market), while later in the year, the carmaker will begin exporting the model to several other Asian markets.

About the Renault Samsung company:

Those of you not familiar with the fourth-largest Korean car brand read this: Renault Samsung Motors was first established as Samsung Motors back in 1994. Hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1998, the carmaker has been sold to Renault which acquired a 70 percent stake in the company for $512 million.

The fourth-largest Korean carmaker produces four different models and has a production capacity of 130.000 units. With new models planed to be released in the near future, the brand plans an expansion of its production to around 250.000 new vehicles by the end of 2010.

Existing Renault-Samsung vehicle line-up consists of compact SM3 sedan, midsize SM5 and near-luxury sedan called SM7. The company also sells the QM5 crossover, which is also sold in overseas markets as a Renault Koleos.

Hyundai pulls out of Japanese market

World's fastest rising carmaker, Hyundai Motor Company, announced a surprising news about pulling out of the Japanese car market, last Friday. The Korean carmaker decided to stop selling passanger vehicles in Japan due to low sales volumes.

Since 2001 when Hyundai entered the Japanese automarket, the automaker managed to sell only 15.000 new cars. Hyundai sold Grandeur XG, Sonata sedan and Getz subcompact car in Japan. Initial sales were encouraging, but later on, Hyundai experienced falling of new car sales

therefore the decision was made to suspend passenger vehicle sales in the country.

Despite slugish sales in Japan, Hyundai contimue to outperform major car-makers, including Toyota on international markets. According to the statement of Hyundai spokesperson, the company has sold 41 percent more cars in the third quarter of the year compared to a year earlier.

This is a temporary decisison said Hyundai spokesperson and if the Japanese passenger car market improves, Hyundai could resume the sales there. Hyundai sells both, passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Japan and while passenger car sales has been suspended, Hyundai will continue to offer commercials vehicles. It will allocate its resources and focus on commercial vehicles sales.

Hopefully, Hyundai returns to the Japanese market with a better car-selling strategy. Once they return, they should try with a broader range of vehicles and instead of selling mid-sized and large-sized sedan, they should focus on selling compact and sub-compact cars or they could make a step further and offer a range of hybrid cars to tech-savy Japanese consumers.

US-market Fiesta likely to steal sales from Hyundai

New US-market Ford Fiesta looks great. But is this enough to steal sales from Hyundai?

Apparently, the all-new, US-market, Ford Fiesta sedan has made it unofficial US debut just moments ago, with the very first and exclusive images surfacing to the web. Scheduled to make its official US debut at the up-coming L.A. Auto Show next week, the all-new Fiesta sedan features a bit different front fascia design than its European five-door sibling model.

The most evident difference between the two is the front bumper design, which features massive air intake and large chrome intakes for the fog-lights. The US-market Fiesta also sports a redesigned front grille with nicely incorporated grille-bars. There are no pics of the rear-end at the moment, so its quite difficult to talk about the rear design, but we expect to see some traditional design DNA elements from latest Ford cars at the rear-end of Fiesta.

The all-new Fiesta will compete head to head against Hyundai's sub-compact Accent. The ageing Hyundai Accent, with not so appealing design will probably have some hard times competing against a brand-new Ford model with striking design and more modern powertrain technology, so question is how will the new Fiesta affect Hyundai Accent's 2010 sales? If priced reasonably, the Accent could loose several thousand units of sales next year.

Thankfully, Hyundai has an all-new Accent in the works, which should hit the market in late 2010 or early 2011. The very first spy shots reveal its going to look as hot as Fiesta four-door so you can expect the battle for the sub-compact car customers to intensify once Hyundai launches its new product in the US market.

Hyundai and Ford are currently in the "battle" for the fourth largest automaker in the world. According to figures released by the Automotive News, Hyundai's 2.153.000 units sold are 8.000 more than the US auto giant. Great Fiesta sales could catapult Ford past Hyundai to recap the fourth spot again, but be sure the roaring Korean auto maker will fight back and make FoMoCo hard time to sleep.

Update: We added some more pics including the one revealing the rear-end design, which is not as appealing as the striking front-end. But all-in-all, the forth-coming Fiesta is a great looking car (perhaps the best looking one in its segment) and should do really well for Ford Motor Company in the US market. Enjoy the images.

Hyundai Santa Fe facelift

Hyundai has announced it will bring a slightly revised Santa Fe SUV to the 2009 IAA Frankfurt. Updated Santa Fe will be displayed alongside the 2011 Tucson crossover, which will also make its world premiere in germany next month.

A pair of facelifted Santa Fe SUVs have been scooped just recently in the wild, wearing no camouflage,and clearly reveal a range of new exterior details. Up front, the facelifted Santa fe features a restyled three bar grille as well as slightly updated headlights. Some minor styling changes have also been made to front bumper, while at rear the Santa Fe gets a set of new taill-lights.

Under the hood of new Hyundai Santa Fe, there will be a new 2.2L R-diesel engine, currently running only in the 2010 Kia Sorento. The highly advanced diesel engine, which complies with Euro5 emission norms, is soon going to find its way to other mid-size Hyundai and Kia models.

The updated Hyundai Santa Fe SUV is expected to go on sale shortly after its European premiere in September. [Source: Autoexpress]

Next generation, 2011 Elantra spied

Here is the proof that Hyundai already begun testing a successor model to its current Elantra compact sedan. A prototype has just recently been caught while out in the wild. Covered with heavy camouflage, the prototype model provides us with the very first glimpse of how the 2011 Elantra sedan will look like.

Honestly, there's not much to see rather than Elantra's general body shape, but that seems to be very sporty. It's pretty evident that the 2011 Elantra will follow Hyundai's upcoming Sonata with its design language. The model will sport a modern design with sleek profile and coupe-like roofline. Compared to the current Elantra model, the new one will not only attract consumers by offering value, but also with its attractive exterior styling.

Although there are no available details on Elantra's powertrain options, the 2011 Elantra is expected to be available with a wide selection of four-cylinder powertrains. Hyundai will soon apply its latest gasoline direct injection technology to its 1.6L and 2.0L four-cylinder engines and those are expected to make their production debut in next Elantra.

According to some inside reports, Hyundai will also debut a six-speed dual-clutch gearbox in new Elantra, but that remains to be seen. The 2011 Elantra is expected to make its official debut late next year, possibly at the 2010 L.A. auto show. Sales will commence shortly after its official debut.

Make sure you copy and paste the following link to see more spy shots of the 2011 Elantra sedan... [Source: www.leftlanenews.com/hyundai-elantra-2011.html]

Hyundai to display 8 new vehicles at the 2010 Geneva Auto Show

Geneva Auto Show is the largest auto show in Europe and one of the most important motor show events in the world. The auto show gets plenty of publicity from worldwide automotive media, plus, each year thousands of visitors from all Europe visit the show to see all the latest car creations. A reason enough for major automakers, such as Hyundai and Kia to put on display a range of new production models and concept cars.

This year, Hyundai will display 8 new production and concept cars in Geneva. The major star of the event will be the i-flow concept car, a vehicle that not only previews the automaker's future D-segment vehicle, but also showcases new embodmient of Hyundai's new styling direction.

Joining the i-flow concept car will be a range of "Blue" badged production models that feature innovative technologies such as start-stop system and low-rolling resistance tires. All "Blue" models, the i10, i20 and i30 leave to air less than 100g of CO2 per one kilometer!

Hyundai will also unveil a slightly redesigned i30U, which will receive some minor styling updates and engine enhancements to make the car even more eco-friendly. The all-new i30U will go on sale across Europe shortly after the show. Hyundai will commence its mass production in March.

Another exciting model that is scheduled to debut in Geneva is an ix35 fuel cell electric vehicle. It's still in the concept form, but its low volume serial production is closer than ever. Hyundai will launch the ix35 FCEV already in 2012. According to the automaker, the ix35 FCEV features several important innovations and improvements over the previous generation Tucson FCEV.

2010 Renault-Samsung SM5

Korean fourth largest carmaker, Renault-Samsung, has released the very first official images of the SM5 sedan ahead of its official South Korean debut, scheduled for the first quarter of 2010.

The all-new SM5 sports more sophisticated exterior design and more modern interior lay-out than its predecessor. Based on the same platform as Renault Laguna, the 2010 SM5 features Nissan's powertrain technology, including a 2.0L gasoline engine and six speed automatic transmission. The model is also available with a fuel-sipping 2.0L diesel powerplant that gets even better gas mileage than its gasoline counterpart.

The all-new Renault-Samsung SM5 has been developed at the company's Korean R&D headquarters. It took the engineers 36 months to develop the model from scratch, while the development process cost company a whopping 400 million won.

Renault-Samsung executive chief officer, Jean-Marie Hurtiger, is confident that the 2010 SM5 is good enough to boost image of the brand in both, the South Korean and International markets, as well as boost the overall brand's sales.

According to the company, the all-new SM5 will be equipped with some high-tech features such as adaptive xenon headlights and massage front seats. It is expected to be priced attractively, which means it will probably cost less than its main rivals from Hyundai or Kia Motors.

Check also the designer sketch of the new SM5, which has been released a few days ago, as well as some general information on the Renault-Samsung brand.

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Hyundai Alabama produces 1 millionth car

Hyundai Alabama celebrates 1 millionth car milestone!

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) President and CEO H.I. Kim, announced HMMA’s 1,000,000 vehicle last week. A white, 2010 Sonata sedan, which was the millionth car built by the venture, was driven off the assembly line with Mayor Todd Strange, Hyo-Seung Kim, CEO and President of Sejong and HMMA Team Member Angela Collins.

Hyundai reached the 1.000.000 vehicle milestone in a span of little more than four and one-half years announced HMMA CEO during his speech at the celebration.

Hyundai's Alabama manufacturing plant produced two different vehicles since 2006, the mid-size Sonata sedan and Santa Fe SUV. In the past four year and a half, a total of 655.496 Sonatas and 344.504 Santa Fe SUVs were built to reach this achievement in the plant’s short history.

Hyundai Sonata, which will soon undergo a major redesign, has been the company's best-selling vehicle in the US market. The Korean carmaker expects it to remain the top-selling vehicle in Hyundai's US vehicle line-up in the coming years.

"Our guests of honor today are without a doubt the team members wearing the Hyundai logo on their chest," H.I. Kim proudly exclaimed to the crowd gathered for the ceremony. "We've over came many challenges since production began in 2005 and through it all our Team Members never turned away from those challenges. It is because of you that we were able to accomplish this tremendous milestone."

Go Hyundai!

2010 Hyundai Santa Fe beats competitors in terms of fuel consumption

The 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV equipped with 2.2L four-cylinder diesel engine has been recognised as the most fuel efficient mid-size Sport Utility Vehicle in Australia.

During the week long Global Green Challenge, which crosses the continent from Darwin to Adelaide, the Santa Fe achieved an outstanding fuel consumption of 5.1L/100km and beat all of its rivals, including Kia's new Sorento crossover.

According to hyundai Australia, after seven days of intense competition, the 2010 Hyundai Santa FE consumed a total of just 160L of diesel and leaved only 137 grams of CO2 per kilometer.

The 2010 Hyundai Santa Fe is equipped with Hyundai's latest diesel engine, which produces 197 horsepower and achieves EURO5 emission standards. It is mated to the all-new six-speed automatic gearbox, which helps the vehicle to achieve such impressive fuel consumption ratings as mentioned above.

But, this is not the very first "green competition" win for Hyundai brand in Australia. At the World Solar Challenge event two years ago, Hyundai also beat its competition with its brandnew i30 hatch and an astonishing 3.2L per 100 kilometers consumption. Under the hood, the i30 featured a 1.6L diesel engine from Hyundai, which is recognized as one of the best diesel engines in the segment.

New Opel Meriva to rival future Hyundai i20 mini-MPV

Future Hyundai i20 mini-MPV facing strong competition from Opel Meriva rival!

Opel has released the very first photos of the all-new Meriva mini-MPV ahead of it official unveiling. The all-new Meriva is scheduled to make its official premiere at the upcoming Geneva Auto Show in March.

The all-new Opel Meriva is one of the most successful vehicles in the mini-MPV segment. Over the past few years, it was also the best selling vehicle in the segment, which has been gradually expanding with new models from different brands.

One of the latest mini-MPV models that joined the battle for young European families is the brand-new Kia Venga. Kia Venga might be the first attempt of South Korean's second largest carmaker to lure younger families to the showrooms, but its a very solid car with nice design and modern powertrain technology.

But Venga is not the last mini-MPV coming from a Korean carmaker! Hyundai has already announced it is working on a similar model, which will use Venga's powertrain technology, including engines, platform and transmissions.

Dubbed the i20 mini-MPV, the model is expected to be marketed in Europe only. It will be built alongside Kia Venga at Hyundai's European manufacturing plant that has a capacity tp build 300.000 new vehicles per year.

There are no images of the upcoming Hyundai i20 mini-MPV on the web at the moment, but we are expecting to see at least some teaser shots released by Hyundai ahead of Geneva Motor Show. With new models, such as mini-MPV, Hyundai sales in Europe is expected to grow significantly in 2010.

Gallery: Hyundai i20 mini-MPV vs. 2010 Opel Meriva

Hyundai to produce electric cars together with KEPCO

Hyundai and the Korea Electric Power Corp. yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding on developing electric vehicles and recharging mechanisms.

As part of the agreement, the two companies will collaborate in developing electric vehicles and the charging mechanisms, as well as developing and standardizing recharging interfaces, while also commercializing the electric vehicles. KEPCO is currently developing recharging mechanisms with the target of completing the process by 2010.

Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group's electric car plans aim to supply electric vehicles in limited volumes in August 2010 and to begin commercial production of such vehicles the following year.

Hyundai will soon reveal more detailed plans regarding its electric car program. Stay tuned!

Hyundai to shift part of i20 production from India to Europe

Hyundai shifts a part of i20 production from India to Europe.

Hyundai Motor Company decided to shift part of its compact i20 car production from India to Europe. The Korean carmaker operates a production plant in Czech Republic, however Hyundai announced it will shift i20 production to its other European plant, located in Turkey.

The i20 production is shifted to Europe due to an increased demand from European consumers.

According to Arvind Saxena, director at Hyundai Motor India, the European demand for Hyundai i20 is growing and it is not possible for the company to supply enough cars from one plant alone. Therefore, Hyundai decided to shift a certain part of the i20 production to Turkey.

Hyundai expects to sell 40.000 units of i20 hatchback in Europe during the next 12 months, while sales is expected to increase to 70.000 units in 2011.

By relocating a part of i20 production from India, Hyundai will free up capacity for the all-new small car, which is currently still under development. The new model is said to be smaller and cheaper than the current i10 hatchback.

According to Arvind Saxena, the all-new small car from Hyundai is still in the early process of car development, so it will take the company at least a year and a half before it can bring it to the market.

Hyundai Mobis is growing fast

Hyundai Mobis, the world's fastest growing auto parts maker, is eyeing to become the fifth largest car parts making company in the world by 2020!

In the beginning, Hyundai Mobis has been specialized in shipping container production, but later the company reorganized itself to become a specialized automobile parts maker, supporting the Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group.

To fuel a significant part of the planned growth, Mobis is now looking to win contracts from other automobile makers.

We have already reported in September that Mobis set a record for Korea's auto parts industry when it won the largest parts supply contract ever won by a local parts maker. Mobis has won a $2 billion contract to supply chassis modules to Chrysler, which will be used in the new models of Dodge Durango and Jeep Cherokee.Both model will go into production by the end of 2010.

In addition, Hyundai Mobis also secured a three-year contract from BMW to supply rear lamps that will be used in BMW's 1-series. According to latest news from Korea Herald, Hyundai Mobis also won a contract from U.S. General Motors, to supply it with park brakes destined for future Cadillac cars. Both orders are worth around $90 million!

2009 Hyundai Genesis Coupe Concept

Hyundai unveiled its highly anticipated Concept Genesis Coupe during a press conference at the Los Angeles International Auto Show. The concept car heralds the introduction of an all-new, rear-wheel drive 2 + 2 sports coupe scheduled to join the Hyundai lineup in the spring of 2009. Following the introduction earlier this year of the Concept Genesis sedan, Concept Genesis Coupe signals Hyundai’s second step in broadening its appeal to driving enthusiasts.
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Korea Hyundai Group to build vehicle aembling factory in Cambodia: ambassador

Hyundai Company of South Korea will build a vehicle assembling factory in Cambodia, South Korean ambassador to Cambodia said on Wednesday.

"The vehicle assembling factory will be opened in coastal Koh Kong Province," Lee Kyung Soo, South Korean ambassador here told reporters in a news conference on the state visit of South Korea president Lee Myung Bak to Cambodian on Oct. 22-23.

The press conference is organized by the club of Cambodian Journalists.

But Lee Kyung Soo did not give the details about the amount invested by Hyundai in Cambodia. Deputy Director General of Hyundai Group already paid a visit to Cambodia a few days ago, LeeKyung Soo said.

The press release from South Korean Embassy in Phnom Penh said that Camko Motor Company is building a Hyundai car assembly factory in Koh Koh province, about 370 km southwest of capital Phnom Penh. It covered land area of 165,000 square meters with two facilities for maintenance and dormitory. It can assemble 3,000 cars per year and the type of car including SUV, Van and other cars.

According to Lee Kyung Soo, South Korea's investment in Cambodia last year was worth about 1,238 million U.S. dollars, but for the first six months of this year, the investment decreased about 58 percent compared with the same period of last year because of the global financial crisis. South Korea's investment in Cambodia focuses on the rubber plantation, mines, energy, oil and gas, real estate, tourism, construction, agri-industry, Lee Kyung Soo said.

For the bilateral trade between the two countries in 2008, Cambodia imported about 309 million U.S. dollars worth of products from South Korea and Cambodia's export to South Korea about 294 million U.S. dollars. So far this year the two-way trade volume is worth about 120 million U.S. dollars. Both sides will try to foster more trade volume, Lee Kyung Soo said.

New Tucson crossover

While Toyota has been going through the wringer, Hyundai seems to be walking on water. Executives met with their dealers today in Orlando and it sounds like the news was mostly good, if not great.

The CEO of Hyundai Motor America, John Krafcik, crowed about the seven new models on the way. "The pipeline is bursting," he said. The new Sonata is so popular as an under-$20,000, high-mpg sedan that he says customers are literally buying them off the trucks arriving at dealers.

Spyshots: 2011 Hyundai Sonata

Hyundai Sonata is one of the most famous ones among Hyundai models and indeed all mid-sized family sedans, and I can’t think of a market in which Sonata hasn’t been present during its time. Next year the new generation will be introduced with some dramatic changes over the current model. You can notice some of the new stuffs through these latest spy pictures though…

Although the curves of the body is very well disguised, but the roof line is clearly visible. As you see it has become sleeker and more elegant, but calling it a four-door coupe style seems like a tall order. Specially because the Sonata is an economy family saloon, and that sorta car should not be too fancy! More than that, the next Sonata might not become a four-door coupe because it’ll cost it lots of interior space, and that’s the car’s party piece.

Anyways, we still have to wait to realize how it’ll look with new body lines, lights and grille. Hope that next shots will be clearer with less cover! Next generation Hyundai Sonata will also feature new technologies in tune with times.

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India September Car Sales Rise on Diwali

Car sales in India rose 21% in September as the onset of several festivals and easing borrowing costs led customers to buy vehicles from Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., Hyundai Motor Co. and General Motors Co.

File photo of an employee standing amid cars at the stockyard of General Motors India Ltd. plant at Halol, about 150 kms(93 miles) east from the western Indian city of Ahmedabad August 28, 2009.

Sales in the past month climbed to 129,683 cars from 107,517 a year earlier, showed data issued Tuesday by the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers, an industry lobby group.

This is the eight straight month of growth in car sales and follows August's 26% and July's 31% jump, which was the biggest percentage gain since February 2007.

Higher lending rates and banks' reluctance to lend in a slowing economy had crimped demand for automobiles in India last year. But, a series of government stimulus packages, including tax cuts, earlier this year and rate cuts by banks are now encouraging people to buy new vehicles.

Sales in September received a boost also from the start of several Hindu festivals, which are considered auspicious for buying new vehicles.

Hyundai Accent GS 3-Door

The 2009 Accent is a 2- or 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, available in 3 trims, ranging from the GS 3-Door to the SE 3-Door.

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