Hyundai
Review: 2011 Hyundai Elantra Limited
By Chris Haak Having reviewed more than a hundred new cars for this site, and having driven several hundred more over my two decades behind the wheel, it's kind of hard for a car...
Hyundai Dropping Job-Loss Protection Program
In January 2009, during the depths of the Great Recession (arguably the Great Depression of the auto industry), Hyundai's then-marketing chief Joel Ewanick rolled out what the...
Review: 2011 Mazda Mazda6 S Touring Plus
Thanks to the likes of the Mazda3 (and MazdaSpeed3), MX5 Miata, and the diminutive Mazda2 subcompact, Mazda has staked out its claim as the "Zoom-Zoom" car company for years. ...
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Deliveries Delayed
By Chris Haak The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, which is to be Hyundai's first hybrid vehicle sold in the US, was originally supposed to go on sale in late 2010. But now in early...
Ford and Honda Tops In Customer Retention Study
According to the annual customer retention study conducted by J.D. Power and Associates, the Ford and Honda brands each managed to retain 62 percent of their buyers during 2010,...
Platform Sharing Set to Increase Dramatically
By Chris Haak Automotive News reported this week on an analysis prepared by consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers that projects huge global production volumes for shared...
Review: 2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited
By Chris Haak What's the deal with with new cars today? In spite of uncertain fuel prices - which some experts feel are likely to spike again above $4 USD per gallon sometime...
Hyundai Becomes a KBB Most-Considered Brand
By Chris Haak Hyundai's rise to one of the world's largest - and fastest-growing - automakers over the past several years has been nothing short of incredible to watch. If...
Chrysler, GM, and Ford Dominate YTD Fleet Sales
The auto industry's paper of record, Automotive News, did a nice piece of reporting in this week's issue (link here , via TTAC) on the explosion in fleet sales at Ford, GM, and...
Review: 2010 Hyundai Tucson GLS AWD
By Chris Haak The Kia Sportage was among my least-favorite new cars to review during my four years of writing for this site. I didn't like the way the thing smelled, hated...