HYUNDAI. HYUNDAI in KOREA
Hyundai Motor Company, 231, Yangjae-Dong,
Seocho-Ku, Seoul 137-938, Korea tel. +822/34641114, fax +822/34643453,
http://worldwide.hyundai-motor.com; http://www.hmc.co.kr
Models produced in Korea: Click
/
Click
Hybrid / Getz, Verna (sedan, hatchback), Accent II (sedan, hatchback), Accent III
sedan, Avante XD / Elantra (sedan, hatchback), NF Sonata / Sonata, Grandeur,
Azera, Dynasty, Equus / Centennial, Tuscani / Tibu-ron / Coupe Lavita / Matrix, Trajet XG / Trajet, Sta-rex / H-1/Plaza /
Satellite, Starex
Limousine, Tucson, Santa Fe, Terracan; models produced in India: Santro Xing / Atos Prime, Getz,
Accent, Elantra, Sonata.
Production volume in Korea in 2003 - 1,773,005 passenger vehicles.
Operating on the market since 1955, Hyundai Group established
the Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd. Branch in 1967, which produced the Ford Cortina, 20M and Granada
under the Ford trademark in the years 1968-85. In 1974 the first Hyundai
Pony hatchback was presented, entering serial production in December 1975. Hyundai won the
right to purchase a 51% in Kia and Asia shares in December 1998 and acquired 25% these shares in Kia
and Asia in March 1999, firms which were later merged in June. At the end of 1999 Hyundai increased
its shares in Kia to 39.94%, in 2001 to 46.12%, in 2003 to 47.39% and in 2004 to 45.5%. In the years 2000-04
DaimlerChrysler owned 10.46% of Hyundai Motor Corporation
shares. Hyundai passenger vehicles are produced in Korea, the USA (since 2005), India (since 1998), Turkey (since 1997) and
Egypt (since 1995) as well as assembled
in Indonesia (since 1995), Malaysia (since 2001), Taiwan (since 1997), Pakistan (since 1999), Iran (since 2004), Russia
(since 2001), Venezuela (since 1996) and Sudan (SKD since
2000 and CKD since 2002). Under license,
Hyundai also produces Inokom vehicles (Atos since 2002; Getz since 2004) in Malaysia and
Beijing Hyundai (Sonata since 2002; Elantra since 2003; Tucson since 2005), Huatai (Galloper 2000-03; Terracan since 2003)
and Jianghuai
(Starex since 2001) in China. Latest premieres: Frankfurt/Main 2001 - the new Coupe / Tiburon and Clix
Coupe concept car; Tokyo
2001 - the Think Basic
concept car; Chicago 2002 - the HCD 7 Equus
concept car; Geneva 2002 - Getz / Click;
July 2002
- Verna
restyling and XG restyling; October
2002 - Accent restyling; Seoul
2002 - Starex Limousine
and three concept cars: the HIC coupe, Tuscani Aero coupe and Santa Fe
Mountaineer SUV; Detroit 2003 -SUV OLV concept car; May 2003 - Avante XD restyling;
Frankfurt/Main 2003 - Atos Prime restyling and concept car cabrio CCS; Tokyo 2003 -Neos II concept
car; Busan
2003 -Verna Rally prototype; Detroit 2004 - the HCD-8 coupe
concept car; January 2004 - Starex / H-1 restyling and Trajet XG / Trajet restyling; Chicago 2004 - Tucson; Geneva 2004 - the
concept cars:
Tucson FCEV and E3 hatchback; May 2004 - Starex Limousine restyling; June 2004 - Terracan
restyling; August 2004 - VI generation NF Sonata; Paris 2004 - Coupe restyling, Santa Fe
restyling; September 2004 - Click Hybrid; February 2005 - Hyundai Equus restyling; Chicago 2002 - the concept car
Portico minivan; Geneva 2005 - Grandeur IV concept car hatchback HED-1; New York 2005 -Accent III sedan,
Azera. In 2002 production in Korea of the Santamo / Santamo Plus was halted and in 2003 on the Atos / Atoz, Galloper II
and Galloper II Innovation. Plans for the future: 2005 - a successor to the H1 / Starex,
Click / Getz restyling; 2006 - successor of the Santa Fe and Trajet; 2007 - a new Elantra, new
Coupe, a mid-size SUV, Sonata Coupe. In 2003 Hyundai produced 2,888,143 passenger vehicles,
trucks and buses in 19 countries (under the Hyundai, Beijing Hyundai, Kia, Dongfeng Yueda Kia,
Naza, Inokom and Huatai trademarks), including 1,976,865 vehicles in 12 countries under the
Hyundai trademark (together with Beijing Hyundai, Inokom and Huatai, excluding
Jianghuai).
HYUNDAI ACCENT III
HYUNDAI ACCENT III
HYUNDAI ATOS PRIME
HYUNDAI GETZ
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