Hyundai News And Announcements from Gary Rome
Autobytel named the all-new 2012 Hyundai Veloster its Car of the Year for 2012. Autobytel’s Car of the Year Award is selected annually by the editorial staff at Autobytel.com, a website dedicated to helping dealers and car-buyers connect online. The Veloster also won the award in the Compact Car category.
The 2012 Hyundai Elantra took top honors in the most exclusive award in North America when it was named 2012 North American Car of the Year today.
A jury of 50 independent North American automotive journalists evaluated each of the new cars introduced last year and chose the 2012 Hyundai Elantra as the winner. The award was announced at a news conference at the 2012 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which marks Hyundai’s second win. The Hyundai Genesis was named North American Car of the Year in 2009.
Six Hyundai models, the all-new Hyundai Elantra, Sonata, Genesis, Equus, Tucson and Santa Fe, achieved the 2012 Top Safety Pick honor from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Top Safety Pick recognizes vehicles that do the best job of protecting people in front, side, rollover, and rear crashes based on “good” ratings in Institute tests. Winners must also have available Electronic Stability Control (ESC), a crash avoidance feature that significantly reduces crash risk.
Hyundai Sonata, the popular sedan offering class-above interior volume compared with its key competitors, also provides the best fuel economy in the EPA Large Car segment with an exceptional 28 mpg combined fuel economy rating.
IntelliChoice, the leading provider of automotive cost of ownership and value analysis and part of the Motor Trend Automotive Group, announced today the winners of its 13th annual ranking of manufacturer Certified Pre-Owned (CPO) programs, at the Certified Pre-Owned Forum and National Remarketing Conference in Las Vegas. For the fifth straight year, Volvo earned the top ranking among Premium manufacturers, while Hyundai was ranked highest among Popular vehicle brands.
When you get right down to it, there are two types of luxury cars. The first is both practical and pleasurable--the car that will actually make you look forward to your daily commute, yet won't draw undue attention in the office parking lot. The second is the kind that simply makes your spirit--and body-soar. To help you find the right ride for your needs, the Chief Executive teamed up with Edmunds.com to round up the best of the best in each category in a two-part series.
J.D. Power and Associates designated the 2011 Hyundai Equus as its most appealing large premium car in the 2011 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study as Hyundai soared in the annual owner survey. In its 16th year, the APEAL study examines owners' assessments of the design, content, layout, and performance of their new vehicle. Vehicles and their brands are scored on a 1,000 point scale.
HOLYOKE, Mass. (WGGB) -- May wasn't a good month for most auto makers. Overall, sales dropped 2.9 percent, the biggest decline since February 2010, according to figures from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
WHEN it comes to describing precisely what makes the 2011 Sonata so undeniably excellent, the structural metaphor that applies best is, obviously, the crunchy taco...
The all-new Hyundai Sonata, a North American Car of the Year finalist, was deemed the “most noteworthy success story” of the year in kbb.com’s “Most Researched New Vehicles of 2010” report. Sonata leapt 24 places to number five overall. Because Kelley Blue Book’s kbb.com is one of the most-trafficked automotive research sites, visitation to specific vehicles has become a leading indicator of sales patterns for manufacturers. Hyundai will sell approximately 200,000 Sonatas in calendar year 2010 and volume is up 65 percent year-to-date (through November).
ALG, the industry benchmark for residual values and depreciation data, today announced its 12th annual Residual Value Awards, honoring vehicles across 19 different segments and two brands that are predicted to retain the highest percentage of their MSRP after a three-year period. The 2011 Hyundai Elantra topped the competitive compact segment, winning ALG's award for the highest residual value in its class.
Now the Harmons are a Hyundai family.
Sonata One of Only Two Models to Earn Five-Star Overall Vehicle Score in Updated Testing Procedures
LONGMEADOW - Golfers always go for the hole-in-one, that most perfect of all drives in the country. But when players at the Have a Ball Golf and Tennis Outing approach the ball on the third hole at Twin Hills Country Club on Oct. 18, they'll have more than an eagle eye on the hole 166 yards away.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WGGB) -- According to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, over 130,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a blood cancer, whether it's leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma. That's almost one every four minutes. Now, a local car dealership is trying to help raise $10,000 for the society with the help of over 300 friends who participated in "Light the Night."
Now in it's twelfth year, Hope on Wheels continues to embody Gary Rome Hyundai's commitment to helping kids fight cancer.
WATCH VIDEO: Gary Rome Hyundai is giving away a 2010 Hyundai Accent to a deserving graduating senior from Holyoke High School. The entire senior class is eligible however the student must meet certain criteria. For example the student must have at least a 2.75GPA and good attendance.
Hyundai Motor America and its dealers will launch the 2010 Hyundai Hope on Wheels tour today during
Hyundai's press conference at the New York International Auto Show. With newly-named Hope on Wheels National Youth Ambassador Brianna Commerford, 12, standing by, Hyundai CEO John Krafcik will announce the 2010 tour, which will visit more than 40 children's hospitals across the country. This year's tour will donate $2.1 million to support childhood cancer research.
All-new Sonata Emerges on the Top 10 Most Researched New Vehicle List
Brand loyalty for
Hyundai recently surpassed that of Honda and replaced Toyota, allowing
Hyundai to take the No. 1 spot among car shoppers, according to the latest Kelley Blue Book's
www.kbb.com Market Intelligence data. Up from third place in Q4 2009, Hyundai saw the greatest increase in loyalty in February 2010, with
Hyundai owners looking at new models within the brand increasing by 10.4 percentage points to 56.3 percent.
The 2010 Elantra Touring was named a "Top 10 Family Car" by Kelley Blue Book's
www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information.
Elantra Touring was one of 10 cars that made the list of what kbb.com editors consider the very best of the best vehicles for families this year. Some other makes and models on the "Top 10 Family Car" list include, Ford Taurus, Honda Accord Crosstour, Chevrolet Equinox and Subaru Outback.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif, 02/18/2010 Today, the all-new 2011
Hyundai Sonata joins an elite group of motor vehicles as a "Top Safety Pick" of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). This award is only given to those vehicles that do a superior job protecting people in front, side, rear and rollover crashes. A car's ability to handle itself in these crashes is determined by how many "GOOD" ratings it receives in each of the IIHS tests. Additionally, the vehicle must have electronic stability control readily available as an option.
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 02/11/2010 The
Genesis Sedan was named "Best Deal for the Boss" in the Cars.com annual Best Lifestyle Vehicle Awards. This award recognizes the
Hyundai Genesis as the vehicle best suited to meet the lifestyle needs of "the boss" including luxury features, driving refinement, styling and prestige all in an affordable package.
CarsDirect Recognizes the Genesis and Genesis Coupe at Number Five on its Top Ten Cars of the Decade Countdown
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 01/08/2010 Hyundai's Genesis sedan and sportier sibling
Genesis Coupe rang in at number five on CarsDirect's Top Ten Cars of the Decade Countdown. CarsDirect is one of the leading multi-brand online car buying services, providing new and pre-owned automobiles and related products and services. Other cars that made the Top Ten Cars of the Decade Countdown include the Honda S2000, Nissan Altima, Chevrolet Corvette, Nissan 350Z, Ford Fusion, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, MINI Cooper, BMW 3 Series and Toyota Prius.
(Fortune Magazine) -- On the second floor of the 21-story
Hyundai Motor headquarters in the south of Seoul is a 24-hour operations hub, the Global Command and Control Center (GCCC). Modeled after the CNN newsroom in Atlanta with dozens of computer screens relaying video and data, it keeps watch on
Hyundai operations around the world.
Expanded protection includes America's Best Warranty™, vehicle return and Roadside Assistance, creating the most comprehensive consumer safety net in the industry
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., 12/29/2009 Hyundai Motor America will expand
Hyundai Assurance in 2010 to include America's Best Warranty™ and 24-hour Roadside Assistance. These programs will join the innovative vehicle return program, initiated in January 2009 to protect consumers in an uncertain economic environment, as complimentary services on every Hyundai model sold in the United States. The suite of protection now offered under Hyundai Assurance provides the most comprehensive safety net in the industry, all at no additional cost to the consumer.
