by Auto Guy on September 8, 2009
Hyundai Motor Company’s all-new ix35 has been officially unveiled.
The compact sports utility vehicle has sweeping coupe-like lines, a premium vehicle feel and comes with features unavailable on its predecessor.
“The launch of the Tucson ix in Korea, which will carry the ix35 name in the New Zealand market, has been a long awaited event and we have already seen considerable interest in the vehicle in New Zealand” Says Philip Eustace, Executive Director Hyundai New Zealand.
The ix35 has gone on sale in Korea and Hyundai New Zealand hope to have the vehicle here for our market as early as April 2010.
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by Auto Guy on September 6, 2009
The 2009 Hyundai Sonata is good-looking, outside and in. Its proportions are well balanced, and its detailing is pleasant—and its newly revamped interior is a standout. It comes in three trim levels all with essentially identical styling: GLS, SE and Limited.
A slight update gives the Sonata a new bumper and grille, but LeftLaneNews points out “most casual observers would be hard-pressed to tell the difference unless the 2008 and 2009 models were parked side by side.” Automotive.com thinks “the Sonata remains refreshingly clean and spare, with sharply angled headlight housings and a quiet, clean-cut grille topped with a sliver of chrome,” while Cars.com notes that “jeweled projector headlights sit up front,” and “chrome-tipped dual exhausts are installed with the V-6 engine,” adding that, “the horizontal taillights look a lot like those on the previous-generation Honda Accord.” Kelley Blue Book comments “some might argue the Sonata design is also somewhat generic”; however, they praise “the Sonata’s new styling, even if it’s squarely on the conservative side” and “don’t see any single design feature likely to turn anybody away from the car.”
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by Auto Guy on September 3, 2009
Hyundai pulled the covers off its redesigned Tucson small SUV in Korea this week, previewing the second-generation model scheduled to make its Stateside introduction this fall at the Los Angeles auto show. The new Tucson production will begin at the Ulsan, South Korea, manufacturing complex in late 2009.
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