A few lessons learned from my second day on Pikes Peak:
If you don’t like cold weather, then watch the race on the bottom part of the course. After experiencing the freezing temps at 14,000 feet, I came better prepared this morning with more layers and hand warmers. I needn’t have bothered. Even at 4:30 in [...]
While the Hyundai Veracruz is a perfectly competent vehicle, the upscale three-row crossover hasn’t been selling particularly well, making it stick out like the proverbial sore thumb on the Korean automaker’s otherwise white-hot sales charts. What to do? Well, Autoblog has learned that while the CUV will soldier on largely unchanged for another couple of [...]
According to Hyundai, its new 274-horsepower 2.0-liter turbocharged engine for the 2011 Sonata sedan is going to be a real gem. To wit, the Korean automaker says the boosted-four will propel its midsize sedan to 60 miles per hour in just 6.5 seconds. That’s serious speed for the segment and it means the Sonata will [...]
While photos and mechanical specifics still await its formal unveiling at the Geneva Motor Show, Hyundai has released this preview illustration of its latest concept vehicle, a strikingly aerodynamic sedan called the “i-flow.”
The Hyundai i-flow was styled at the automaker’s European design headquarters in Russelsheim, Germany. Beyond offering a peek at the kind of “fluidic [...]
When Hyundai dealers complained about not having a minivan in 2006, the automaker reached into the corporate pool and re-badged the Kia Sedona, turning into the Entourage. The timing was poor, as minivan sales plummeted across the board. Last year, sales were down 50% on the Entourage to just 8,400 units (Kia sold 27,000 Sedonas [...]