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Hyundai Motor sold over 86k vehicles during the year 2011 in Germany jumping 16.9 percent compared to 2010 surpassing Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp. which managed a little more than 83k cars. The Hyundai i40 sedan reserved exclusively for the European market This is the first time the Koreans pipped the Japanese car maker since they entered Germany back in 1999. By doing so they have secured the title [...]

You might remember reading our story on Hyundai’s new small car about a month ago published on our Indian auto news site IndianAutosBlog.com. If not then here’s a quick reminder, the new car is called the HB (codename) and is a Brazil-specific model. The HB is in its last stage of development and it’s just a matter of time before Hyundai pulls wrap off it. You can read more about the exteriors [...]

British luxury car manufacturer and Rolls Royce’ biggest competitor, Bentley, is continuing development on the SUV but is yet to get the nod from the Volkswagen Group board members. The SUV project is no longer a surprise as speculations on its introduction have existed over the last two years. Here we have our artist Shoeb R Kalania conceptualizing a possible outcome. The SUV could come out [...]

As pictures of its prototypes circulate on the interweb, the successor to the Ferrari 599 has been rendered by Steering News wheels artist Shoeb R Kalania. Codenamed F152, details are hard to come-by on the new supercar. High performance carbon ceramic brakes, LED lights and grille inspired by the 458 Italia, circular tail lights and more detailed body work are some of the feature highlights of the [...]

Dacia has released limited number of images of its upcoming multi-purpose vehicle Lodgy. The Lodgy has already encouraged photoshop experts and aficionados to fill the voids in the Lodgy range. Image editing expert and fans of cars JW01 and Yellow Cab rendered two editions of the Lodgy. First is a standard model (the poverty variant if you like to call it that!) with steel wheels, non metallic paint, [...]

Starting February 1, 2012 the European Commission has passed a resolution that all new cars manufactured must be equipped with Daytime Running Lights (DRL). This rule is valid only for new cars. In this context, the electronics giant Philips partnered with Romanian auto manufacturer Dacia on LED lights to be mounted on the Duster mini SUV. To ensure good integration, the lights, developed in partnership [...]

Bentley President Wolfgang Duerheimer has told news service Reuters that they are going use Maybach’s withdrawal from the luxury car market next year to strengthen its sales and build relationships with movie stars, performers and clients of the Daimler-owned brand that’s met with a dead end. The announcement comes on the heels of Bentley’s bounce-back performance in 2011. It went [...]

Volkswagen is testing cloaked full body prototypes of the Golf 7 in Europe and noting some of the design details, several publications have come out with speculative renderings. Here’s an example posted on Cochespias.net. As a bonus, a sketch of the sporty GTI model is presented. The new Golf is likely to bow in during the final months of 2012 or early 2013. It is bodied on the VW Group’s [...]

Hyundai has bagged not one, but two awards at the this year’s Middle East Motor Awards. The prestigious ceremony was conducted in Sharjah where the ‘Best Subcompact’ was snapped up by the Accent (Verna/Solaris in other parts of the world) and ‘Best Small Sedan’ was awarded to Elantra (Avante in some countries). Hyundai Verna/Accent turns up the heat with Fluidic Sculpture [...]

When employees of your company laud the latest model or breakthrough technology, you are bound to feel delighted. If the customer is satisfied with the product, you feel proud and honored. But when a top-ranked official from a competitor brand says he walked away impressed from your product, that’s the highest compliment you can possibly receive. American market Hyundai Sonata Hybrid In a conversation [...]