Awesome Hyundai

Is Hyundai making the best EV on the market? After a week behind the wheel of the 2023 IONIQ 6, they jumped to the top of our list. We drove the IONIQ 6 Limited AWD model with a long-range battery pack. This configuration provides the best combination of performance, range, and features. Long live the sedan!

Hyundai takes the Santa Fe and reinvents it as a boxy, Defender-esque SUV for adventure seekers. Its elongated wheelbase, tall roofline, and fold-flat seats provide plentiful space for people and cargo, while its modern cabin offers a curved dual-screen display and available Nappa leather. We dig the H-shaped headlights, though we’re not sold on its backside.

Hyundai turned up at the Goodwood 2023 with a truly special electric car. The IONIQ 5 N is the performance variant of the IONIQ 5, with an 84 kWh battery, dual motors, 641 hp, and a 0-to-62 time of 3.4 sec. It rolls on 21″ wheels, has a stiffened chassis, an electronically-controlled suspension, limited-slip diff, and active sound design. It’s even got a “drift optimizer.”

This factory video from All Process of World takes us inside Hyundai Sungwoo Casting for a look at the machinery used to produce wheels. The process starts by melting aluminum bars, pouring the molten metal into molds, then quenching the wheels for strength before grinding away excess metal and finishing them.

Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 EV swept the 2022 New York Auto Show awards. This week Hyundai did it again with the IONIQ 6 and unveiled the IONIQ 5 Disney100 Platinum Concept car, the first-ever collaboration between Disney Imagineering and an automaker. A limited-edition production version will commemorate Disney’s 100th anniversary.

We drove the Hyundai Palisade when it first came out and enjoyed its upscale styling, car-like handling, and plentiful technology package. For 2023, the Palisade has a spiffy new XRT model, which offers sporty black trim and everything you need for family adventures. We spent a week behind the wheel of this handsome and versatile SUV.

If you had told us ten years ago that a Hyundai Elantra would make a great sports car, we would called you crazy. But here we are in 2022, and the Elantra N is one our favorite cars of the year. The compact sedan has a great, energetic drivetrain, crisp handling, an awesome exhaust note, and an available manual transmission.

Hyundai turns down the lights for this slick new variant of its Santa Cruz sports activity vehicle. This AWD model packs a powerful 2.5L turbo engine, making 281 hp and 311 lb-ft. of torque, and is decked out entirely in black, with a dark chrome grille, 20″ dark alloy wheels, black body trim, dual side steps, LED bed lighting, and more.

Hyundai’s N performance division looks to the past for its future. Premiering alongside its RN22e concept, the N Vision 74 has a wedge-shape reminiscent of Giugiaro’s BMW M1 Procar and Hyundai Pony Coupe. It’s powered by a hydrogen-electric drivetrain that sends 670+hp to the rear wheels. We want one right now.

Hyundai’s electric sedan puts the Tesla Model 3 in its sights with its aerodynamic design. It has a modern and spacious cockpit with a digital dashboard, ambient lighting, and sustainable materials. Sharing its platform with the Ionic 5, expect RWD models to start around 168 hp and AWD up to 320 hp with a range of 300+ mi.

The imposing, 3-row 2023 Hyundai Palisade means business when it comes to family transportation. The company’s flagship SUV has received a dignified sprucing up, inside and out, most notably with vertically connected LED headlights, a revamped instrument panel, multi-spoke alloy wheels, and heated third-row seats.

Hyundai’s “hot sedan” is equipped with a 2.0L turbo-4 that makes 276 hp and 289 lb-ft. of torque. Combined with an 8-speed wet-clutch DCT, it zooms from 0-to-62 in 5.3 sec, with a 155 mph top speed. It has an electronic limited-slip diff, adaptive suspension, variable exhaust, performance brakes and tires, and chassis bracing.

To celebrate its acquisition by Hyundai, Boston Dynamics shows off its Spot robots once again. Enjoy this precision choreographed dance routine featuring a pack of the robo-dogs dancing to the Korean automaker and BTS collab IONIQ: I’m On It. This time it’s about their arms as much as it is about their legs.

Hyundai finally makes good on its promised compact pickup truck. The 2022 Santa Cruz is based on the Tucson, but has a 4-foot bed with underbed storage. The mini truck will come with a standard 190hp 2.5L engine, with an optional 275hp turbocharged version with a dual-clutch transmission. AWD is available on all trims.

Universal Everything teamed with Hyundai to celebrate the brand’s commitment to sustainable design and green energy. The animated clip features a runner that represents water, hydrogen, and oxygen as it transforms through various states and returns to nature. The large-scale visual is on display at Hyundai Motorstudio Busan.

Based on the 2022 Hyundai Kona compact crossover, the Kona N drops the hammer on performance, adding aggressive new styling, aero and airflow upgrades, performance dual exhaust, and a rumored 2.0-liter turbocharged engine that makes 275 hp. Catch a glimpse of the Kona N in action on Hyundai’s Twitter feed.

Hyundai’s very nice Sonata sedan gets a big performance boost. The N Line packs a 2.5-liter turbo-4 that makes 290 hp and 311 lb-ft. of torque, an 8-speed “wet” DCT, a sport-tuned suspension, and performance brakes. It also has stiffer engine and transmission mounts, and “N” sport seats with Nappa leather and suede inserts.

Developed by the Hyundai N performance division, this pure-electric, rear-wheel drive sports car kicks out an insane 810 horsepower and 708 lb-ft. of torque, and can zoom from 0 to 124 mph in just 9.88 seconds. The motorsport-inspired Veloster N on steroids was designed as a testbed for N’s future vehicle technology.

Featuring the same twin-turbo engine as the first Veloster N, there’s now an optional 8-speed wet dual-clutch transmission in addition to the 6-speed manual. Hyundai’s hot hatch now includes as standard the 275hp Performance Package, lightweight sport seats, and a bunch of new safety and driver assistance tech.

When it comes to sports cars, MORE is always a possibility, so Hyundai’s N performance division took their awesome little hot hatch known as the Veloster N and moved the engine and drivetrain behind the seats, and gave it 390hp, and tricked it out for the track. Can you imagine if they decided to produce this thing?

We’ve always loved the sporty and playful looks of the Hyundai Veloster. Now its performance lives up to its looks thanks to a powerful 250 or 275hp twin-turbo engine, track-tuned suspension, a limited-slip diff, and more. After a week with this bad boy, we’re convinced it’s the most fun you can have with a new car for under $30K.

The idea of a car that can walk might seem ludicrous at first, but Hyundai’s unique concept shows how its omnidirectional wheeled legs could be used to help it maneuver in extreme terrain, such as rubble and rocks, potentially improving rescue efforts in a disaster.

We recently spent a week living with the all new 2019 Veloster Turbo. The playful 3-door hatch is better than ever, with refined new styling inside and out, upgraded suspension, torque vectoring, and plenty of modern tech. Read our full review on 95octane.