With only two weeks left until the announcement of the host countries for the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup™, Hyundai Motor Company has extended the agreement with the world football governing body, FIFA, to an unprecedented long-term commitment for sponsoring the FIFA World Cup™ in 2018 and 2022 in the product category of an [...]

The Volvo Cars team are celebrating, after winning ‘Best use of Broadcast Media’ at the CorpComms Awards in London. The award recognised the coverage achieved surrounding the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year where the team secured interviews and coverage across all of the main European TV stations and broadcast direct to fans through Volvo [...]

For the second time in the last three years, the Honda Ridgeline has emerged victorious in the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000, with the California Race & Rally entry of Gavin Skilton and Andy Grider claiming the win in the Stock Mini Truck category. The victory also clinches a second consecutive SCORE class championship for Honda, [...]

Mitsubishi Motors, in its Mizushima Plant, a new generation electric vehicle [i-MiEV (Meave I)] production, a total of one point in time, November 23, 5000 * announced that it has reached 1. Mitsubishi Motors, the world’s first since June 2009, a full-scale production electric vehicle] [i-MiEV production began. Began to market the country in July [...]

“Wagon R”since its birth in September 1993, a new genre of minicar wagon types, large and comfortable living space, loading, unloading Ishi Yasu sheet has been well received in the user-friendly features such as luggage. Achieved total sales of 100 million units in March 1999, 200 million total sales in December 2003 and June 2008 [...]

The latest incarnation of the Volkswagen Eos coupé cabriolet has gone on display today at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Featuring a wide range of technical and visual enhancements, the Eos is set to become a popular choice both in Europe and in its predicted best-selling market, the US. It will go on sale in [...]

TheCarConnection, a U.S. online car shopping site reviewing cars and the best of the Web, has named the 2011 model i45, known as Sonata in North America, ‘Best Car to Buy 2011’. The 2011 model i45 topped TheCarConnection listing among all vehicles with a base price of less than US$50,000*, from a field of 40 [...]

Australia – In a first for Hyundai Motor Company, the 2011 model Hyundai i45 mid-sized sedan, (known as Sonata in North America), has been named one of the “10Best Cars for 2011” by Car and Driver, the world’s largest automotive enthusiast publication. This much sought-after accolade and recognition by the editors of Car and Driver [...]

Team Hyundai Rallye has taken out three titles in the 2010 Australian Rally Championship (ARC) season. After completing the last round of the ARC in Victoria, the team won the ‘Showroom Series’, ‘Eco- Challenge’ and ‘Class P4’ titles in the 2010 ARC Championship. “We are ecstatic with the result. Everyone involved worked so hard all [...]

Tokyo – Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, today announced that the cumulative sales of the new WRX STI, launched this July, reached around 2,400 units four months after sales started in Japan. This result, achieved between 1st July and 31st October, is more than double the initial sales forecast*1 of [...]