Hyundai Motor America CEO John Krafcik talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about Hyundai products and the car market. Krafcik happily reports that “this is our best start ever. Some companies are reporting that this is their best start of a year since the great recession, but this is our strongest start E-V-E-R. We’re [...]
Mitchell Zarders, Senior Engineer, Hyundai Technical Center, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about Hyundai’s future infotainment systems at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Zarders goes through what is available now, next-generation concepts and what will be available in the future. Imagine having a car tell you you’re too tired to drive, or [...]
Mitchell Zarders, Senior Engineer, Hyundai Technical Center, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, about Hyundai’s future infotainment systems at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Zarders goes through what is available now, next-generation concepts and what will be available in the future. He calls them on-board multi-media system, off-board multi-media system and cloud-based multi-media [...]
John Krteski, Design Manager at Hyundai Design North America, talked to Lou Ann hammond, www.drivingthenation.com, about the Hyundai Genesis coupe. Not only are there four doors on this coupe, but they are suicide doors, something that won’t be coming out in a production vehicle. Most designers talk design, but Krteski showed us the newest technology [...]
Thomas Linortner, manager, dynamax Magna Powertrain system, talked to www.drivingthenation.com about the dynamax turbo powertrain system used by Hyundai. The electro-hydraulic coupling, called PROACTIVE by Dynamax, transfers high torque requirements up to 1000Nm and is integrated in the rear axle. It splits torque from the front to the rear based upon driving conditions. This allows [...]
John Shon is the product manager for the Hyundai Santa Fe and the Sonata. Shon talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com, at Robert Redford’s Sundance home in Utah. Shon goes through the engines and why they would bring us up to 8,400 feet altitude. Shon also goes through the models and the short wheel [...]
John Krafcik, CEO of Hyundai Motor America, talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com. Krafcik has been CEO of Hyundai since 2008, and is in a place other car dealers dream of being, 21 days on the lot and they can’t make cars fast enough. What is the capacity constraint that keeps Hyundai from producing [...]
Brandon Ramierz, Product planning manager for Hyundai Motor America talked to Lou Ann Hammond, CEO, www.drivingthenation.com about the new Hyundai Veloster Turbo. From Hyundai: The 2013 Veloster Turbo arrives in the Summer of 2012, facing off against worthy competitors such as the Volkswagen GTI, Honda Civic Si and Mini Cooper/Clubman S with a better power-to-weight [...]
Dave Dutko is Hyundai’s ride and handling engineer. So much time is given to design and horsepower, but the one difference you can’t get by seeing the car, or looking at the specs is how the car rides and feels to you. Dutko took the time to talk to www.drivingthenation.com about the ride and handling [...]
It looks great that the Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) is sticking around 14.5 million 8 months into 2012. Sales are up 20 percent year-over-year. But you need to look at the footnotes to see if there is confidence in the numbers, or if there is reason for worry. I looked at the sales numbers [...]
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