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In the new Elantra, Hyundai paid particularly close attention to fuel economy, comfort, design, and, of course - safety. The Elantra is now one of only six cars named a Top Safety Pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), within the category of small cars.

To put this into perspective, thirteen cars were evaluated, in total. That means, the Hyundai Elantra beat over half of its closest competitors in terms of safety...

The 2011…

The Hyundai Genesis and Equus will not become part of an independent premium brand as recent whispering may have suggested. Hyundai Motor Co. has officially ruled out the possible plan due to substantial risk of cost and possible damage to sibling nameplates. "There are no plans for Hyundai to make a separate brand," ¹ said Vice Chairman Shin Jong-Woon, in an interview at the automaker's South Korean headquarters.

Speaking on the dismissal of the…

This Hyundai Genesis was only released in late 2009, in limited numbers, as part of a re-imagined Hyundai line-up. The company is looking to attract not only young buyers, but those who want a luxury foreign vehicle with a domestic price tag. Hyundai Genesis is getting a work over already - to become the top luxury model of the Korean auto maker's line up.

It's the kind of savvy buyers that are coming into…

The next-generation 2011 Hyundai Elantra, which went on sale in December, marks the first American-made iteration of the popular compact. It is manufactured with the Sonata sedan at Hyundai's U.S. assembly plant in Montgomery, Alabama. However, given a recent projection for a 10 percent surge in demand for 2011, this could very well soon change.

 Hyundai CFO Lee Won-hee indicates that the automaker is experiencing rapid growth and expects U.S. sales to…