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Hyundai Motor Company

Hyundai Motor Company (Hangul : 현대 자동차 주식회사; Hanj : 現代自動車株式會社; Korean: 현대, Hyŏndae, hjə́ːndɛ) is a Korean-American car company. It is based in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Kia, it makes up the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. The group is the world's fourth-largest maker of cars as of 2009.[2] As of 2011, it is the world's fastest growing automaker for two years in a row.[3][4][5] In 2008, Hyundai (without Kia) ranked as the eighth-largest automaker.[6] In 2010, Hyundai sold over 3.6 million vehicles worldwide. In 2015 Hyundai announced it would spin off its Genesis car as a separate luxury brand, that will compete with other luxury brands like Buick, Lexus, Acura etc.

Hyundai Motor Company
Hyeondae Jadongcha Jushik-hwesa
현대 자동차 주식회사
Public
Traded asKRX: 005380, LSE: HYUD
IndustryAutomotive
FoundedDecember 29, 1967
FounderChung Ju-yung
Headquarters
Seoul
,
South Korea
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Mong-Koo Chung (Chairman & CEO)
Eui-Sun Chung (Vice-Chairman)
Won-Hee Lee (President)
ProductsAutomobiles, commercial vehicles, engines
Production output
Increase 2,943,529 units (2011)
RevenueIncrease US$ 97.40 billion (2011)[1]
Increase US$ 04.70 billion (2011)[1]
Total assetsIncrease US$ 104.06 billion (2011)[1]
Number of employees
80,000 (2011)[1]
ParentHyundai Motor Group
Websiteworldwide.hyundai.com

Models

SUVs and vans

Commercial vehicles

Concept car

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "FY of Hyundai Motor Company". Fortune.
  2. ↑ "World Ranking of Manufacturers 2009 by production". OICA.
  3. ↑ "Hyundai Fastest Growing Car Brand Two Years Running". Digital Journal. 2011-10-10. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
  4. ↑ "Global auto industry realigns". The Detroit News. 2009-06-11. Retrieved 2009-09-16.[dead link]
  5. ↑ "/ Columnists / David Pilling – South Korea is no longer the underdog". Financial Times. 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  6. ↑ "World Ranking of Manufacturers 2008 by production" (PDF). OICA.
  7. ↑ "Automotive Engineering International Online: Global Vehicle Development: Part III Asia". Sae.org. Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2010-12-17.
  8. ↑

    Hyundai Motor Company Media

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    • Hyundai Motor America headquarters in Fountain Valley, California

    • Hyundai Motor Group chairman Chung Mong Koo (right) sitting next to South Korean president Park Geun-hye in 2013

    • Hyundai Le Fil Rouge concept car

    • Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama

    • Hyundai Auto Canada office in Markham

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    • Unit sales and year-on-year rate in China. From March 2017, unit sales plummeted in retaliation for the installation of THAAD.

    • Hyundai's manufacturing plant at Irungattukottai near Chennai, India

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