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[Photo News] Hyundai holds motor festival

May 17, 2015

Hyundai Motor will hold the Brilliant Motor Festival 2015 on May 23-24 at the Songdo Urban Circuit in Incheon. The festival will consist of a Hyundai car exhibition, experience programs, concerts and customer consultations alongside a 2.5-kilometer racing circuit. For more information visit brand.hyundai.com/ko/live-brilliant/experience/brilliant-motor-festival.do.
[Photo News] Jaguar service center in Yangjae

May 17, 2015

Jaguar Land Rover Korea has opened a new service center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, which is capable of repairing 40 cars a day at its nine work bays. For owners waiting for their cars to be attended to, a professional masseuse and various entertainment programs will be provided at the center.
[Photo News] Mercedes star-class experience day

May 17, 2015

Mercedes-Benz Korea held the “StarClass Experience Day” at its Suwon showroom, where people can drive and buy Mercedes-approved used cars for sale. The products have undergone 178 thorough tests, have been driven less than 100,000 kilometers or for less than four years without any accidents. The program also guarantees free repairs for 12 months and other financial support.
Hyundai, Kia rank 2nd in U.S. hybrid car market in April

May 17, 2015

Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Motors Corp. rose to No. 2 in market share in the U.S. hybrid vehicle sector last month, a U.S. eco car review website showed Sunday.According to the website (www.hybridcars.com), the two Korean carmakers sold a combined 3,373 units of hybrid cars in the U.S. last month. Hyundai sold 2,481 units of the Sonata hybrid, while Kia sold 892 units of the K5 hybrid.Their combined market share in the U.S. stood at 10.4 percent last month, which is 0.3 percentage p
Chrysler, Peugeot, Citroen cars recalled for defects in Korea

May 15, 2015

More than 1,000 vehicles, produced by Italian automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and French manufacturer Peugeot Citroen Automobiles, are being recalled in South Korea due to defects, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Friday.Fiat Chrysler is recalling more than 231 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs, produced between March 27, 2013 and Jan. 13, 2014, over a flaw in the air bag control system, which could prevent the safety device from normally deploying in a crash.Hanbul Motors, the
Mercedes-Benz names new Korea chief

May 14, 2015

Mercedes-Benz Korea will fuel its growth momentum with a new CEO in the second half of this year, company officials said Thursday. From Sept. 1, Dimitris Psillakis, 49, current managing director of Mercedes-Benz Cars Brazil, will helm the Korean unit, the company said in a press release. He replaces Britta Seeger, who will move to Turkey to lead Daimler’s commercial vehicles business. Psillakis, who started his career at Mercedes-Benz in Greece in 1992, is known as a “growth accelerator.” Dimit
Hyundai's Santa Fe SUV scores low in U.S. crash test

May 12, 2015

Hyundai Motor Co.'s 2015 Santa Fe sport utility vehicle (SUV) has received a low rating in a crash test carried out in the United States, a U.S. motor safety institute said Tuesday. The latest edition of the SUV was rated as "marginal" in the small overlap front crash test, which reviews a vehicle's frontal crash protection when the front corner of the car hits another vehicle or other objects, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The IIHS test rates the vehicles' saf
All-new Carnival dominates Korea’s camping van market

May 11, 2015

Koreans work hard, but also play hard. Highways nationwide are packed with vehicles from the early morning every weekend in May, nicknamed the “month of family” with Children’s Day and Parents’ Day. “A surge in family trips is one of the key reasons the highways are jam-packed every weekend, regardless of the season,” an industry watcher said.With household income increasing and family-oriented lifestyle gaining mainstream, the leisure travel boom has swept Korea over the past few years. Camping
Audi sports car race to open in Yeongam this weekend

May 11, 2015

South Korea will host the third and fourth rounds of the Audi R8 Le Mans Series 2015 this weekend at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Jeolla Province, according to Audi Korea Monday.The Audi R8 LMS Cup is an international sports car race based in Asia, in which drivers can only use cars from Audi’s R8 LMS lineup ― specially designed GT3 racing cars based on Audi’s high performance sports car the R8.Team Audi Korea You Kyoung-ouk’s vehicle. (Audi Korea)This year’s edition of Audi
Mercedes-Benz beats BMW again in April domestic sales

May 11, 2015

The neck-and-neck competition between BMW and Mercedes-Benz has been a buzzword in the foreign car community since the beginning of this year.In April, Mercedes-Benz retook the top position in monthly sales of foreign car brands, pushing BMW down to the second spot ― with its market share reaching 19.69 percent. The results are based on the April survey of newly registered foreign cars by Korea Automobile Importers and Distributors Association, an indicator of foreign car sales.According to the
[Photo News] New service center

May 11, 2015
[Photo News] Wooing young customers

May 11, 2015
[Photo News] Chevrolet anniversary

May 11, 2015
S. Korea's auto exports drop 6 pct in April

May 11, 2015

South Korea's automobile exports shrank significantly from a year earlier in April amid a continued economic slowdown in most advanced and emerging markets, the government said Monday.In April, South Korea shipped 282,019 vehicles, down 6 percent from the same month last year, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy."Despite a rise in shipments to the United States, one of the world's largest markets for automobiles, the country's exports dropped 6 percent in April amid a growing
Hyundai, Kia retake No. 1 spot in U.S. subcompact market

May 11, 2015

Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate, Kia Motors Corp., reclaimed the top spot in the subcompact vehicle market in the United States in April for the first time in four months, industry data showed Monday.According to Autodata, a U.S. auto research company, the two Korean automakers sold a combined 11,010 subcompact cars in the U.S. last month, up 14.3 percent from a year earlier. The figure also marked a 10.4 percent hike from the previous month.Their April sales outperformed Nissan, whi