Hyundai Facts and History

Hyundai has had a great history, full of progressive ideas in the automotive industry! Here are a few facts about the South Korean automotive company.

* The Hyundai Motor Company Factory in Ulsan is 54 million square feet, one of the largest manufacturing plants in the world. It can produce a Hyundai vehicle every 12 seconds!

* ?The first Hyundai model to hit the U.S. market was the 1986 Hyundai Excel, selling its 100,00th Excel in the first seven months.

* The 2021 Hyundai Palisade received a Top Safety Pick+ award from the IIHS in December 2020. This made Hyundai the brand with the most Top Safety Pick-rated vehicles in the automotive industry.

* The word “Hyundai” means “modern times”.

* Hyundai’s first purely electric vehicle was a prototype, the Sonata Electric Vehicle in 1991.

* In 2000, Hyundai launched their first SUV named after a city in New Mexico, the Santa Fe. This quickly became the best-selling vehicle of the company during this time.

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