Few companies have been successful in the capital-intensive and intensely competitive automobile industry as a relatively new comer and fewer have achieved so much in that span of time that they count their position among the top 5 automakers in the world. Hyundai Motor Company has done all that and is threatening the lead positions held by the likes of Volkswagen and Toyota.
Hyundai Motor Company, a division of the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, is the world’s fourth largest automobile company in terms of units sold and one of the Big Asian Four, other three being Honda, Toyota and Nissan. Hyundai Motor Company’s headquarters are located in Seoul, South Korea. Its manufacturing facility in Ulsan is the world’s largest integrated automobile manufacturing hub, capable of producing 1.6 million units annually. The company today employs more than 75,000 persons around the world and sells its vehicles in over 190 countries through 6,000 dealerships and showrooms. The Hyundai logo, a slanted H, stands for two people, a customer and the company, shaking hands. Hyundai in Korean language means Modernity.
Hyundai Motor Company was known as Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, when it was founded by Chung Ju-Yung in the year 1947. It became Hyundai Motor Company in 1967. Pony was the first all-Korean car to be released by Hyundai in the year 1975. Pony was introduced in North America during 1983, when the cars were exported to Canada. It was a big hit in the Canadian market, owing to its low cost and a higher degree of quality and refinement. After that, Hyundai crossed one milestone after another to become now the fourth largest automaker in the world.
Hyundai Motor Company manufactures a full line of automobiles, including passenger cars, SUVs, vans, commercial vehicles, and hybrid cars. Some of the notable models in each segments include, Hyundai Accent, Elantra, Sonata, Genesis and Hyundai Azera in passenger car segment; Santa Fe, Tucson and Hyundai Veracruz in SUVs and Crossovers; Chorus, Bering, Universe, Super Truck and Hyundai RB in the commercial vehicle space. Hyundai is primarily known as the provider of vehicles of great value at low prices, while also being known for their reliability, dependability and a great line up of product offering the latest technology and design.
Global Hyundai is an award winning Hyundai dealer in the North Plainfield, New Jersey area, offering both new Hyundai vehicles as well as pre-owned vehicles of all makes and models. Conveniently located just a few miles south of Interstate 78, Global Hyundai caters to customers from Plainfield and nearby areas. The dealership, along with offering new and used vehicles for sale, also has a service station to service and repair vehicles, parts and accessories store and a finance department to assist and guide customers in availing cost-effective credit for their purchase.
Through their website, a person can carry out many functions even before stepping into the dealership, such as special digital research features, vehicles in inventory, online dealer quotes, price comparisons, ordering authentic Hyundai parts and car payment calculators. The dealership had won the “Diamond Quality Management” award for the year 2009.