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Hyundai Motor Group, the parent of both South Korean automakers Hyundai Motor Group and Kia International, will boost investment in facilities, research and development by 16 percent this year largely on its efforts to develop more fuel efficient engines for the two automakers. Hyundai Motor ...

Does the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid match its stellar non-gas-electric counterpart? According to Consumer Reports, the answer is simple: the Sonata Hybrid – unlike the conventional Sonata GLS – is full of flaws. Consumer Reports issued a score of 69 to the Sonata Hybrid, a full 20 ...

The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid was supposed to begin reaching customers late in 2010, but a last-minute change prevented that from happening. The battery-packing Sonata was originally fitted with an on/off switch to disable the synthetic engine audio that would come on whenever the vehicle was being ...

Modifications made "amazingly late in the process" to the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid's "virtual engine sound" system have delayed deliveries of the vast majority of the Korean automaker's gas-electric sedans until at least ...

In mid-October, Hyundai announced that its 2011 Sonata Hybrid would be eligible for a $1,300 tax credit. The electrified mid-size sedan was to officially hit U.S. dealerships in late 2010 and the first 60,000 buyers ...

In mid-October, Hyundai announced that its 2011 Sonata Hybrid would be eligible for a $1,300 tax credit, and now the online configurator has officially powered up, indicating that orders will likely be accepted soon. With a a low base price of $25,795 (not including $750 in destination charges), ...

Back in August, Hyundai chief executive officer John Krafcik boldly claimed that the Korean automaker will shoot for a 50-mile-per-gallon fleet average by 2025. Reaching that lofty mark has Hyundai rethinking its model ...

Last fall, hypermiler Wayne Gerdes proposed to Hyundai that he drive a 2011 Sonata Hybrid across the country to help the automaker get the vehicle from the media launch location in California to Ann Arbor, ...

The Hyundai Sonata is already popular with automotive diehards, making the 2011 Car of the Year short list and taking the top spot in the informal Autoblog poll. Now, the question arises as to how Hyundai will introduce the ...

Hyundai has garnered quite a bit of praise with its all-new 2011 Sonata sedan, with its most recent accolade being named to the finalists of the North American Car of the Year. In addition to the naturally aspirated and ...