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The Hyundai Sonata (Korean: 현대 쏘나타) is a mid-size car that has been manufactured by Hyundai since 1985. The first generation Sonata, which was introduced in 1985, was a facelifted version of the Hyundai Stellar with an engine upgrade, and was withdrawn from the market in two years due to poor customer reaction. [2]
The car was designed at Hyundai's European R&D facilities in Rüsselsheim, Germany. [6] It is manufactured at the Ulsan plant in South Korea. [citation needed]The i40 is described as featuring Hyundai's 'fluidic sculpture' design language, and was launched in Europe initially as an estate/wagon (marketed as the i40 Tourer) with a saloon was due in 2011. [7]
The second generation Optima, known as the Kia Magentis globally except in United States and Malaysia, and as the Kia Lotze in South Korea, was launched in South Korea in November 2005. This generation differed further from the Hyundai Sonata donor vehicle than the previous model. Unlike the previous Optima though, this vehicle uses a global ...
Malaysia's car industry is dominated by two local manufacturers which are heavily supported by the government through National Car Policy e.g. trade barriers. These local manufacturers are Proton and Perodua. [2] These excise duties imposed on foreign manufactured cars have made them very expensive for consumers in Malaysia.
The Israeli market received the Elantra, with a 1.6 GDI 132 hp coupled to a 6-speed automatic transmission only. The design continued Hyundai's "fluidic sculpture" styling theme first seen in the 2011 Sonata. The new model went on sale in August 2010 in South Korea, and began selling between end of 2010 and early 2011 as a 2011 model.
2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited 2.0T, turbo GDI engine The first iteration of 2.0L T-GDI engine was used in the sixth generation Sonata and third generation Optima, compression ratio is 9.5:1 and the engine develops 261–278 PS (192–204 kW; 257–274 hp) at 6,000 rpm and 37.2 kg⋅m (269 lb⋅ft; 365 N⋅m) of torque between 1,750 rpm and 4,500 rpm.
In 2004, Sime Darby acquired a 51% stake in Inokom, and by the 2010s, all Hyundai assembly operations in Malaysia were centralised at the Inokom plant. [138] Prior to the consolidation, Hyundai models were assembled at two separate plants, namely the Inokom plant in Kulim and the Oriental Assemblers plant in Tampoi.
The Hyundai Ioniq 6 (Korean: 현대 아이오닉 6) is a battery electric mid-size fastback sedan produced by Hyundai Motor Company. It is the second vehicle marketed under the electric car-focused Ioniq sub-brand after the Ioniq 5 , and the fourth model developed on the Hyundai Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) .