Posted in Hyundai, Mitsubishi, Safety on Jun 6th, 2008
The Australasian New Car Assessment Program, Australia’s leading vehicle safety advocate, today announced two more vehicles costing less than $30,000 – the Mitsubishi Lancer and the Hyundai i30 – have received a five-star safety rating.
To be perfectly honest, I was surprised that the Hyundai results were so strong, as traditionally they have not been [...]
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In a move that could only be described as outrageously stupid, Hyundai has decided to remove Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and side curtain airbags as standard features on its Santa Fe SUV. This comes despite ESC and a full complement of airbags having been fitted standard when Hyundai launched the CM-series Santa Fe [...]
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Posted in Hyundai on Aug 2nd, 2007
Hyundai’s controversial Santa Fe advertisement returns to Australian TV screens, albeit in modified form, after being voluntarily removed by the manufacturer earlier in the year following advice from the Advertising Standard Board (ASB).
The revised ad features two nappy clad babies, with one toddler surfing while his ‘girlfriend’ looks on from the Santa Fe on the [...]
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Posted in Hyundai on Jul 16th, 2007
Hyundai announced the name of its new five-door hatchback, the Hyundai i30. The i30 will make its Australian debut in October 2007. I sincerely hope that Hyundai did not pay a team of creative consultants to come up with that name! If so, it was money wasted. I could have come up with the name [...]
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Posted in Hyundai on Dec 14th, 2006
Hyundai have let loose their new HCD 10 Hellion concept car at the LA auto show.“The HCD10 Hyundai Hellion was designed to appeal to a diverse individualist customer,†said Joel Piaskowski, chief designer at the Hyundai Design Centre.
Performance wise the Hellion boasts Hyundai’s new eco-friendly 3.0-litre V6 Common-rail Turbo-Diesel engine (CRDi) with 450Nm of maximum [...]
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Posted in Hyundai on Oct 31st, 2006
A feature exhibit on the Hyundai stand at the 2006 Australian International Motor Show in Sydney is the sinister black Sonata SXi Concept, which shows what a sporty version of Sonata V6 might look like.
The SXi Concept is based on the fully-equipped Sonata Elite V6, with its lusty 173 kW all-alloy V6 engine, five-speed Selectronic [...]
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