The all-new 2017 HyundaiElantra arrives in dealerships this month, featuring a bold aerodynamic design, a comprehensive suite of safety features, modern interior styling with class-above features, and a number of user-friendly technologies. It continues to be one of Hyundai’s all time best-selling models, known for its significant value advantage in a highly competitive compact car segment. Starting at $17,150 the new Elantra is priced $100 less than the award-winning model it replaces and offers two new efficient powertrains for enhanced fuel economy, a better ride quality and improved noise insulation. (more…)
After our trips into Ulsan and Alabama plants, today is the turn for another Hyundai facilities, the Asan plant. Asan is a fully self-sufficient factory that produces 300,000 units of mid- and large-sized cars annually for strategic export. (more…)
As Hyundai Motor’s main production facility, the Ulsan Plant is comprised of five independent plant facilities on a land spanning 5,000,000 square meters. The plant is the world’s largest single automobile plants and employs over 34,000 personnel to produce an average of 5,600 vehicles a day.
It takes twice as long on average — over 28 hours — for Hyundai Motor Co. to make a car in South Korea than in the United States, even though its domestic plants have far more workers for each production line. (more…)
