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!

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Seat Leon Cupra R

A Seat apresenta o Leon Cupra R que feito para comemorar a vitória da Espanha no Campeonato Mundial de Turismos – WTCC.

O Leon chama-se Cupra R310 WCE (World Champion Edition) e será disponibilizado para a Suíça.

O Cupra R310 WCE vem com motor 2.0 TFSi que vem com 310 cavalos de potencia que o levam a velocidade máxima de 270 km/h e vai de 0 aos 100km/h em apenas 5,8 segundos.

Serão produzidas 310 unidades, que vem como bancos Recaro em couro e Alcantara, faróis bi-xenon, kit exterior desportivo, sistema de som com MP3/CD e Bluetooth, sistema de navegação touchscreen, cruise control, ESP+TCS+XDS e volante multifunções.

In Monaco arrives more and more tourists

Monaco — the popular country for short trips: the annual traffic is exceeded 4,5 million persons/Year. 72% of the foreigners coming to Monaco — individual tourists.

Luxury Heart of Europe

Basically, the princedom of Monaco is visited by citizens of Italy, the Great Britain and France. Number of the American tourists does not exceed 5%. Within the limits of cruises, last year in Monaco has visited 280 thousand tourists, and in 2010 their number can increase to 450 thousand. 28% of visitors come to Monaco for participation in business and corporate actions. However, even large corporations prefer to use cheap flights because in Europe traditionally budgetary airlines give considerable discounts for corporate clients.

95% of hotel business in Monaco consist of 4- and 5-stars hotels. In many of them services of the cosmetician and thalassotherapy are rendered. The Head cook of restaurants of local hotels are known for the whole world. Besides it, to have a dinner at such restaurants, is need to reserve little places is recommended long before a trip. Besides, in a cellar is insisted own cognac, thus, only at restaurants of this hotel a cognac is truly unique.

The night life also involves tourists in Monaco. 75% of tourists prefer to reserve airline tickets through the Internet or terminal cash desks. To numerous high quality night clubs of a princedom of Monaco, Black Legend recently was added. Representatives of tourist business remind, for visiting the luxury night clubs in Monte Carlo — is required the identification card, and necessity in test of your dress-code — in funny T-shorts and beach shorts for you there are no chances ;)

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Novo Porsche Cayenne no Brasil

O novo Porsche Cayenne veio para o Brasil com novo visual e nova mecânica nas versões S e turbo.

Na versão S terá preço inicial de R$ 379.000 e na versão Turbo o preço parte de R$ 555.000.

Na dianteira o Novo Porsche Cayenne lembra muito o 911 tem novos pára-choques e iluminação em LED na traseira traz novas lanternas, novo para-choque e novas saídas de escape.

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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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