Hyundai i30 targets Volkswagen Golf
The 2nd-generation Hyundai i30 is set to bring the Korean producer into an totally new war zone, going head to head with the Europeans, specifically the Volkswagen Golf.
The world’s fifth largest manufacturer (as component of the Hyundai-Kia group) is no longer just benchmarking itself against the Japanese it has embarked on much grander ambitions to go head to head with the Europeans on looks, feel, drivability and even brand desirability. For years Hyundai was seen as a ‘cheap’ brand that made available reasonably excellent automobiles at acceptable charges. Given that the launch of the unique i30 though, Hyundai has worked extensively to change its picture and build up its brand worth.
2012 Kia Rio5 SX Tested: Looks Sporty, Could Feel Sportier
BY DAVID GLUCKMAN
August 2011
Like the U.S., in which roughly 70 % of new vehicles sold are black, white, or some shade of silver or gray, Korea’s automotive landscape is nearly exclusively grayscale. This might have been why the locals gave us funny appears as we drove from downtown Seoul to the country’s east coast in a brilliant red 2012 Rio5 (U.S.-spec, of course). Or perhaps it was the pace at which stated red Kia was racing from 1 effectively-marked speed camera to the next.
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2012 Toyota Camry Spy Photos: The Sales Champ is Caught in the Buff
BY STUART FOWLE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY KGP PHOTOGRAPHY
August 2011
Every successive generation of Toyota Camry seems to take one particular or two minor styling risks that produce some conversation with out jeopardizing the model’s staggering sales figures. These spy images showing the vehicle running bare in the desert indicate that will be the case once more when the automobile launches in the coming months.
