Hyundai

Hyundai has unveiled the latest vehicle in its “N” brand of performance cars, and it’s fair to say it’s not exactly what we were expecting.

All eyes may be on the Geneva Motor Show this week, but Hyundai’s brought a little bit of the spotlight to Seoul with this, the all-new 2020 Hyundai Sonata.

The Korean brands are on a roll right now. Kia is making some of the most handsome cars in its sector, sister brand Hyundai is making some quality kit (and even appearing in Marvel films) and Ssangyong remains as robust and great value as ever.

We’re pretty big fans of the current Veloster here at GTPlanet. We’ve driven it in warm Turbo and genuinely hot N form and liked ’em both. But Hyundai’s gone and created another model that makes both look super tame.

At what point is a car no longer a car? This is the question we’re asking ourselves after Hyundai unveiled its new Elevate Concept at CES 2019.

Vehicle security is one of those things that’s always on the move. As well it should too; car thieves adapt to new security technology very quickly.

Hyundai has revealed the list price for its first true North American hot hatch. As promised, it’s a bullish sticker, coming in under the 30k threshold in the highly desirable Performance Pack trim.

There’s a distinct lack of something during this press briefing. It’s not turbo power — ubiquitous in this day and age, especially in the hot hatch segment — nor is it a lack of enthusiasm about a product a team is clearly proud of.

While all the foibles and legalities of autonomy means self-driving cars are a little way off yet, tech to help human drivers is still on a roll.

I learned to drive in a Hyundai.

Think you’re quick in Forza Motorsport 7? A new in-game contest offers the opportunity to prove it, and the fastest player will bag a trip to a real-world race at the Glen too.

Last week, Turn 10 released the Totino’s Car Pack for Forza Motorsport 7. It also unleashed a pair of free Hyundais for all players, too.

Hyundai took the wraps off its first dedicated hot hatch yesterday. The i30 N is its 271 hp volley into the hot hatch wars, and on first impression, it sounds like the Korean company means business.

The Electronic Sports League (ESL) is the largest international eSports organization, providing various public multiplayer competitions for players from all over the globe. In close cooperation with game developer Kylotonn, one of these commenced this past January, using the tricky stages of rallying simulator WRC 5. As the official WRC site reports, the tournament recently finished, awarding aTTaX Johnson a brand new Hyundai i20.

A team of Sony / Polyphony Digital engineers were spotted at a high-end tuning shop south of Los Angeles, capturing exhaust sounds for the Hyundai Veloster Turbo and Genesis Coupe on a dynamometer.