Car History

When the Hyundai Empire Broke Apart: The Financial Crisis, Family Feud and Birth of Korea’s Many Hyundais

KDMKing 3 weeks ago

Today, somebody visiting South Korea can encounter the word Hyundai almost everywhere. There are Hyundai cars. Hyundai department stores. Hyundai elevators. Hyundai construction projects. Hyundai ships. Hyundai insurance. Hyundai apartments. Hyundai hotels. Yet many of these businesses have surprisingly little to do with one another. A Hyundai automobile is produced […]

How Hyundai Built Itself: From a Seoul Repair Garage to Korea’s Global Automotive Powerhouse

KDMKing 3 weeks ago

There is an easy way to misunderstand Hyundai’s history. Look at Hyundai today and the company appears to have always been an enormous industrial organization. It builds millions of vehicles. It develops gasoline engines, hybrid systems, electric motors, batteries and hydrogen fuel cells. It operates research centres on several continents. […]

The Kia Stinger Story: The Designers, Engineers and Executives Behind Korea’s Audacious Grand Tourer

KDMKing 3 months ago

Excerpt: The Kia Stinger was not merely a fast sedan added to an existing product line. It was a deliberate attempt to change how the world viewed Kia. Its development brought together European designers, Korean engineers, former BMW M leadership and executives willing to approve a rear-wheel-drive grand tourer that […]

The Story Behind the Development of the Hyundai Tiburon — How Hyundai Built Its First Real Sports Coupe

KDMKing 4 months ago

Today when people think of Korean performance cars, they usually picture machines like the: But long before Hyundai earned respect from enthusiasts… There was one car that quietly changed everything. The Hyundai Tiburon. Released in the mid-1990s, the Tiburon was not just another Hyundai model. It represented something far bigger. […]