Hyundai Wins Big at World Car of the Year Awards
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13 Apr, 2023
Hyundai aced the recent World Car of the Year Awards announced at the New York Motor Show, taking overall honours, World Electric Vehicle and World Car Design titles as well – this, for the second consecutive year.
Hyundai Adds New Venue Cargo
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16 Mar, 2023
Hyundai Automotive South Africa has now added Venue Cargo to its armoury. The small commercial vehicle offers a payload of 500 kg, making it ideal for small businesses and last-mile deliveries. The new Venue joins its compact Cargo range partner, the Grand i10, launched in 2019, and both feature an enlarged cargo load area (by removing the rear sea
Tougher Look for Latest Hyundai Palisade
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27 Feb, 2023
A revised shape and all-black grille mark the main visual changes to Hyundai’s flagship SUV, the Palisade, which also gains in the tech department. The blacked-out grille with the black Hyundai logo gives the Palisade a meaner and tougher look while switching the daytime running lights from the inside to the outside of the LED cluster makes them mo
Hyundai Kona Grows and Goes Electric
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21 Dec, 2022
The all-new Hyundai Kona, an EV variant, grows to 4 355 mm in length, 150 mm longer than the previous generation. It also gained 25 mm in width and 60 mm in wheelbase length compared to the outgoing model. The sharp diagonal crease of the sides connects the satin chrome moulding from the belt line to the spoiler, creating a contour that wraps aroun
Hyundai Venue Road Review: 1.0 N Line
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1 Nov, 2022
The new flagship variant in the Hyundai Venue range, the N Line, brings unique styling details and a subtle hint of what could be. The N Line traverses the roads through a three-cylinder, 1.0-litre turbo-charged petrol engine generating 88 kW of power.
New Look for Hyundai Venue
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24 Oct, 2022
Hyundai’s small SUV, the Venue, has been given a new look along with some rejuvenation of the interior and sees an N Line variant – with its own distinct aesthetic added to the range to bring the derivative count to six. Dominating the looks department is a bolder front grille and a refreshed rear end.
Hyundai Replaces H1 with New Staria Panel Van
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25 Jul, 2022
The Staria Panel Van replaces the H1 and is longer, wider and taller – offering 509 litres of additional load space. The 2,2-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged diesel engine in the Staria Panel Van delivers 130 kW maximum power and 430 Nm torque, using an 8-speed automatic gearbox to drive the vehicle through the front wheels.
Hyundai Creta Review: 1.5 IVT Executive
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22 Jul, 2022
The new Hyundai Creta 1.5 IVT Executive delivers 84 kW peak power at 6 300 r/min and 144 Nm maximum torque at 4 500 r/min. Fuel consumption, at 6,3 l/100 km, is on a par with its sandbox friends. Only the Peugeot has a larger load volume – the Hyundai offering 416 litres expanding to 1 384 litres.
Road Review: Hyundai Grand Creta 2.0 Elite Auto
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13 Jun, 2022
The Hyundai Grand Creta 2,0-litre Elite version at R539 900 appears more costly than its immediate rivals, such as the Volkswagen Taigo 1.0TSI R-Line and the Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross 1.5T GLS and the Mazda CX-30 2.0 Dynamic. It trundles from rest to 100 km/h in 10,7 seconds with a terminal velocity around the 190 km/h mark.
2022 Hyundai i30 Review: 2.0L Turbo
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19 May, 2022
The Hyundai i30 N has been enhanced with a new design focused on performance, emotion, and statement. The i30N carries a 2,0-litre turbocharged engine that delivers 206 kW at 5 5000 r/min and 392 Nm torque from 2 100 r/min, driving through a new N DCT eight-speed dual-clutch transmission that enables a range of high-performance driving features. It
New 2022 Hyundai Tucson Review: 2.0D Elite
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20 Apr, 2022
About the only thing I got from a brief military stint in the navy as a young lad was an enduring appreciation of neatness or having things, as they say in the lingo, ‘squared away’. So, settling into the driver’s seat of the new Hyundai Tucson it is hard not to notice the infotainment screen has been neatly integrated into the cumulative dashbo...
Hyundai Grand Creta Fills The Gap
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27 Mar, 2022
It is inescapable fact automakers grow vehicles with each new iteration, and this sometimes leaves a niche gap in the range as well in the market. With the launch of new, larger Hyundai Tucson recently, such a gap existed, and the Korean company has neatly filled that gap with a 7-seater version of the Creta, called – naturally – Grand Creta...
Hyundai Staria Multicab Review
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4 Mar, 2022
The Hyundai Staria Multicab is an extremely versatile vehicle for both business and leisure purposes and, although not the first of its kind – read Mercedes-Benz Vito – the execution has been carefully thought out to provide the maximum load space along with comfortable passenger space within a cabin infused with latest gen tech...
Carshop First Drive: Hyundai Venue
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2 Dec, 2019
Calvin Fisher has just driven the Hyundai Apartment… Sorry, we mean the Hyundai Venue, at its international launch right here in Mzansi. Okay, it has a silly name but according to the author, they’re going to sell like hotcakes. A direct rival to the VW T-Cross (and many others), the Venue has every right to feel confident in its challenge.
Carshop First Drive: Hyundai Atos 1.1 Motion Manual
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5 Nov, 2019
Calvin Fisher takes an awkward nostalgic first drive route (of that big cycle race that will not be named) in Hyundai’s new Atos. New might be stretching the meaning of the word but beyond that, the Atos weighs into a division currently contended by the Datsun GO and Renault KWID, and by the looks of the spec sheet, it might have this fight won.
Carshop First Drive: Hyundai Tucson Sport – Tuck it in, Son!
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29 Jul, 2019
Calvin Fisher spent some time (on local roads and a local racetrack) in the new Hyundai Tucson Sport – a homegrown, hotter version of Korean marque’s medium-sized SUV. The previous generation model enjoyed strong sales and now in 2019 is offered in either turbopetrol or turbodiesel guise, with both featuring 150kW and ample torque outputs.
Carshop First Drive: 2018 Hyundai Kona
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22 Oct, 2018
Calvin Fisher attended the launch of the new Hyundai Kona in Cape Town. What the hell is a Hyundai Kona? Well, like the Creta, it’s part compact SUV, part five-door hatchback - attractive both literally and figuratively - with pricing that places it near slap bang in the middle of the Creta range or R10k under an entry level Tucson.
Hyundai H1 Review - 2.5 CRDi Elite Bus
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15 Oct, 2018
You probably won't wake up extra early to explore the visceral joys of driving the Hyundai H1 such are the limitations of designing for nine occupants, says James Siddall. But it does its job of ferrying (large) families, kids, clients or whatever and whoever else with aplomb and ease – and it looks rather cool while doing it.
Hyundai i20 Review - The Bigger Easy
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9 Oct, 2018
The i20 is one of Hyundai’s best-selling vehicles, a stalwart - and with the most recent updates gets upgraded from economy to business class with a refreshed look, new features and a smidge more space. But, with extremely stiff competition from the likes of Volkswagen’s new Polo and Ford’s popular Fiesta, can the i20 still keep up?
Carshop First Drives: Facelifted Hyundai Creta and Tucson
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6 Sep, 2018
The Creta and Tucson – both strong selling models in the Korean manufacturers line-up – have undergone a mid-life update and as a result are sharper, slicker and sleeker says James Siddall, who has been driving Hyundai’s little and not-so-little SUVs in a balmy KwaZulu-Natal. Read on for his first driving impression.
Meet The Fresh-Faced Hyundai Santa Fe
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7 Feb, 2018
The mighty Korean manufacturer has just unveiled new images of the next generation Hyundai Santa Fe and predictably it's a stunner. This comes just before it's official unveiling at the Geneva International Motorshow next month (March 2018), and is expected to be full of the marque's new technology and safety equipment.
Hyundai Veloster Gets Turbo Power
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8 Jun, 2015
Hyundai's quirky 1+2 door coupe receives a healthy dose of Turbo power taking peak power to 150kW and max torque to 265Nm. With a R20 000.00 premium over the manual, buyers can also spec a seven-speed dual clutch gearbox which of course features requisite steering wheel mounted shift paddles.
Frugal 1.7-litre Turbodiesel Added to Hyundai ix35 Range
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1 Dec, 2014
The Hyundai ix35 1.7-litre diesel is expected to appeal to an SUV buyer who is looking for the benefits of a frugal turbodiesel engine, but at a more affordable price and with a specification level that still offers the luxury driving experience that made the ix35 a top-seller