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Hyundai Motor America and Rockstar Performance Garage have join forces to create a nitrous-powered Santa Fe for the annual 2016 SEMA show in the U.S. The Rockstar Performance outfit is renowned for the boundless energy it brings to any product concept and event and the Rockstar Santa Fe Concept is …

Hyundai has announced specification details and pricing for its most dynamic Elantra yet – the SR Turbo. Featuring a 1.6-litre T-GDi turbocharged engine, dramatic full body kit, locally-tuned dynamics, and a host of exclusive features, the SR Turbo becomes the new flagship of Hyundai’s three-tier Elantra range. Power for the …

Hyundai and Bisimoto have again partnered for the upcoming SEMA show, this time going absolutely power-obsessed by developing a 1,040 horsepower (775kW), rear-drive Santa Fe SUV. The hyper SUV, called the “Santa-Fast”, gets its power from a flex-fuel twin-turbocharged 3.8-litre Hyundai Lambda V6 powerplant, positioned longitudinally and driving the rear …

The 2017 Hyundai i30 hatchback has been officially unveiled overnight. Designed, developed and manufactured in Europe, the next-generation will also spawn the company’s first hot hatch under the ‘N’ moniker. Described as ‘the DNA car’ for Hyundai, the i30 is an important model for the Korean brand in Europe, with …

Hyundai is commemorating its 30 years in Australia with limited-production special edition versions of its compact Tucson and seven-seat Santa Fe SUVs. Limited to just 300 examples each, the special edition models deliver added performance and unique features and equipment. The all-wheel-drive Tucson ’30’ Special Edition is powered by the company’s familiar 1.6-litre turbocharged …

Hyundai has released a teaser video of its engineers pushing the upcoming i30 N hot hatch to its limits, complete with the pre-requisite pops and cracks under acceleration. The potent hot hatch is set to adopt a 2.0-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine mated with a six-speed manual transmission driving the front …

Hyundai has unveiled its first hints of the next generation i30, the company’s best selling model, ahead of its world premiere on 7th September. The new i30 will also be making its first public appearance at the Paris Motor Show next month. Releasing three teaser shots of the new i30 …

Hyundai has streamlined its Veloster range in Australia from four grades down to just two high specification variants. Entry to the radical three-door coupe now starts from $29,590 for the normally-aspirated 1.6-litre Veloster. Not too much dearer, the turbocharged 1.6-litre Veloster SR Turbo is priced from $30,650. Both stickers exclude on-road costs and …

Hyundai Motorsport hopes to secure its first Rally Finland podium this weekend with the i20 WRC as the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) enters the second half of the 2016 season. The team is fielding a revised driver line-up for Rally Finland after Dani Sordo was ruled out of the …

Australians’ taste in cars has changed dramatically since the new millennia. Fifteen years ago, our favourite mode of transport was large four-door sedans with no fewer than six cylinders. Then came the invasion of the Sports Utility Vehicle or SUVs, which single handedly ended the dominants of our local heroes …

Hyundai has packed the stylish Sonata sedan with more standard equipment for its MY17 update. New to the range are wheel-mounted paddle shifters and premium tyres on all three variants. Additionally, mid-level Sonata Elite gains rain-sensing wipers, heated front seats, front parking assist system and an electronic parking brake with …

Hyundai Australia has announced a slew of sporty upgrades to the sports-tuned variant the company’s top-selling i30 small hatchback. New exterior upgrades to the i30 Series II SR range include 17-inch, grey-metallic machined-face alloy wheels shod with 225-45R17 tyres and the addition of a bold ‘Phoenix Orange’ exterior colour exclusive …

This 2017 Hyundai Elantra Sport, unveiled in the US yesterday, is likely to form the basis for the Elantra SR Turbo that is set to hit Australian showrooms later this year. Billed as the most powerful Elantra ever created, the model sports a sportier front bumper with new LED fog …

Hyundai Motorsport has finished 3rd and 4th in the seventh round of the 2016 FIA World Rally Championship (WRC) in Poland, picking up 27 manufacturer points along the way. Hyundai Shell World Rally Team driver Hayden Paddon claimed his third top-three result of the season so far, finishing third overall …