Awards

SEOUL, March 30, 2020 – Hyundai Motor Group’s latest exoskeleton wearable robot, Vest Exoskeleton (VEX), has won the Product Design category (Innovative Product field) at the Red Dot Design Awards, the prestigious international design competition, now in its 60th year.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Mar. 26, 2020 – Autotrader has named two all-new Hyundai models, the Palisade SUV and the Sonata, among its Best New Cars for 2020.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., February 19, 2020 – The 2020 Hyundai Sonata today was named one of Autotrader’s 10 Best Car Interiors Under $50,000 for 2020. The honor is the latest in a series of accolades for the eighth-generation Sonata, Hyundai’s longest-standing nameplate and most successful model. Considering how much time American drivers...

Offenbach, February 14, 2020 – Hyundai Motor At the 19th edition of the AUTOBEST awards, Hyundai Motor Group’s Chief Design Officer Luc Donckerwolke was presented with the DESIGNBEST award. He becomes the newest member of AUTOBEST’s ‘DESIGNBEST Hall of Fame’ dedicated to the most successful designers in the automotive industry.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 14, 2020 – Hyundai Motor America has been named one of the Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, the fourth consecutive year it earned a top rating. Hyundai received a score of 100% on the foundation's 2020 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), a benchmarking tool on corporate...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 13, 2020 – Hyundai earned the Consumer Guide® Automotive Best Buy awards in three distinct and highly competitive categories for 2020. The Hyundai Palisade was recognized for midsize crossover, Kona for subcompact crossover for the second year in a row and Accent for subcompact car for the third year in a row.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 13, 2020 – The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) announced that Hyundai tied for the most combined TOP SAFETY PICK+ and TOP SAFETY PICK-rated vehicles in the automotive industry today. Hyundai has nine award-winning vehicles.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 11, 2020 – Today, the Hyundai Palisade was named the winner of the coveted “Best of 2020” award from the third-party automotive experts at Cars.com. Every year, Cars.com tests dozens of new vehicles and considers their respective quality, innovation and value to determine an overall winner.

CHICAGO, Ill., February 6, 2020 – The 2020 Hyundai Elantra, Santa Fe and Venue are all recipients of the 2020 Kelley Blue Book 5-Year Cost to Own Award for the compact car, mid-size 2-row crossover and subcompact crossover segments, respectively. The awards were presented at the 2020 Chicago Auto Show.

SEOUL, February 6, 2020 – Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Mong-Koo Chung will be inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame, the industry’s top honor, in the class of 2020.

CHICAGO, Ill. Feb. 6, 2020 – Today, the Hyundai Palisade and Hyundai Sonata have both been awarded 2020 MotorWeek Drivers’ Choice Awards in their respective categories. The Hyundai Sonata was the winner of the Best Family Sedan and the Hyundai Palisade shared honors in the Best Large Utility category with the Kia Telluride. MotorWeek has...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 4, 2020 – Hyundai’s all-new 2020 Sonata was named Redesign of the Year by ALG. The all-new Sonata, with its four-door coupe look with spacious interior and advanced technologies, was recognized by ALG for having the strongest redesign based on overall degree of change and execution.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 4, 2020 – The 2020 Hyundai Accent earned the Best Value in America award from Vincentric, the automotive research firm specializing in automotive cost of ownership. This is the second win for the Accent in the subcompact segment.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 31, 2020 – Hyundai’s 2020 Sonata and 2020 Palisade have each earned 2019 GOOD DESIGN® Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The prestigious award honors the worlds of industrial, product and graphic design for...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 27, 2020 – The all-new 2020 Hyundai Sonata has been awarded the 2020 Best Auto Tech Award by Kelley Blue Book – a recognition designed to help car shoppers identify the models with the best use of in-car technology at a good price. The award honors the vehicles with the most advanced infotainment, convenience...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 24, 2020 – Hyundai’s 2020 Santa Fe has been named the “Best 2-Row SUV for the Money” by U.S. News & World Report for its outstanding value. The winners of the 2020 Best Car for the Money Awards are identified by the U.S. News & World Report staff as striking the best value balance between the performance,...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 21, 2020 – Today, Cars.com awarded the 2020 Hyundai Veloster N with the 2020 Most Fun-to-Drive Car of the Year award, an accolade given annually to a model that’s defined by how fun it is to drive, on the racetrack or off. The Veloster N was up against an array of fun-to-drive contenders, including the 2020...

DETROIT, Jan. 16, 2020 – For a second consecutive year in a row, Hyundai earns two out of the ten coveted spots in the 2020 Wards 10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems competition. Featured in Hyundai’s all-new Sonata sedan, the new Smartstream 1.6L Turgocharged - GDi engine and a repeat for the 2020 Kona Electric powertrain are named to...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 15, 2020 – The 2020 Hyundai Palisade has earned the 2019 CarBuzz Family Fun Award from CarBuzz.com. The Family Fun Award is aimed at vehicles that can accommodate families of all sizes while still being fun-to-drive. To qualify for the award, vehicles must have an MSRP of under $40,000. Hyundai’s all-new...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 18, 2019 – Hyundai’s 2020 Sonata and 2020 Palisade earned Best Car Buy Awards from Driving Today for the categories of Best Family Car and Best Family SUV. Best Car Buy Awards go to the best vehicles in 9 different categories following months of in-depth research and testing by the experts at DrivingToday.com,...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 9, 2019 – The 2020 Hyundai Palisade has been named the winner of the Three-row SUV Challenge by Cars.com.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 25, 2019 – Michael O’Brien, the vice president of Product, Corporate and Digital planning for Hyundai Motor America, was named a 2019 Automotive News All-Star in the product development category. This esteemed award is an annual selection of outstanding individuals who are leaders in the highly competitive...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 22, 2019 – The 2020 Hyundai Sonata and Palisade models were named among the top-three finalists for the prestigious 2020 North American Car of the Year and Utility of the Year awards. This is the second consecutive year that a Hyundai model has been nominated to the finalist round, with the 2019 Hyundai Kona and...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 21, 2019 – Hyundai’s 2020 Kona, 2020 Kona Electric and 2020 Santa Fe earned Best Buy Awards from the experts at Kelley Blue Book for the categories of Best Subcompact SUV, Best Electric Car and Best Midsize SUV – 2-Row. Best Buy Awards go to the best vehicles in 17 categories following weeks of expert...

SEOUL, Nov. 20, 2019 — Hyundai Motor’s Hydrogen Mobility Solution has won the second-ever International Truck of the Year (IToY) Truck Innovation Award. Hyundai Motor Company and H2 Energy set up its joint venture (JV), Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility, in April 2019. The goal of the cooperation is to expand Europe’s hydrogen mobility ecosystem...

LOS ANGELES, CA., Nov. 20, 2019 – The Hispanic Motor press Awards (HMPA), announced each year during Automobility LA, named the 2020 Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe best new vehicles in their category for Hispanic families. The 10th annual awards, announced today and opening the press schedule, recognized the best new vehicles of 2020 for...

MIAMI, Nov. 12, 2019 – The Hyundai Sonata was named “Sedan of the Show” by the Southern Automotive Media Association (SAMA) at the 49th annual Miami International Auto Show. The award was given at the association’s annual auto show luncheon and awards presentation at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Determined by a panel of judges...

MIAMI, Nov., 11, 2019 – The Hyundai Veloster was named “Fan Favorite” at the 2019 AutoFOCUS Awards held at the 49th annual Miami International Auto Show. The award was announced at the annual auto show awards presentation and networking event held during opening weekend at the Miami Beach Convention Center.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 4, 2019 – Hyundai Veloster N has won the highly selective and prestigious Road & Track Performance Car of the Year honor for 2020. Veloster N, with a base price well under $30,000, emerged the victor in an arena with considerably more expensive world-class challengers, including the Toyota Supra, Lexus RC F Track...

MIAMI, Nov., 1, 2019 – The 2020 Hyundai Palisade, Hyundai Sonata, and Hyundai Motor America have all been selected to receive 2019 Sobre Ruedas Awards. The Sobre Ruedas Awards ceremony was held during the 2019 Miami International Auto Show.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 16, 2019 – AutoPacific® named the Hyundai Kona as a winner of the 2019 Ideal Vehicle Award, earning the highest overall vehicle score in the Compact Crossover SUV Segment. The 2019 Ideal Vehicle Awards (IVA) recognize vehicles that best meet owners’ expectations in terms of size, performance, efficiency,...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 11, 2019 – Recognized for its host of driver convenience and technology features, the all-new Hyundai Palisade lands a spot on the competitive 2019 Wards 10 Best User Experiences list. The honor evaluates the user-friendliness of the driver-assist technologies and the access to information and entertainment...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 6, 2019 – The 2020 Hyundai Palisade has been awarded a 2019 TOP SAFETY PICK+ from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) when equipped with optional LED headlights. Hyundai SUV models that have achieved these honors from the IIHS are the Kona, Tucson (built after March 2019), Santa Fe, Santa Fe XL,...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 5, 2019 – The J.D. Power 2019 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TXI) Study ranked the Hyundai Kona as earning the highest score for overall vehicle technology satisfaction in the study’s small vehicle segment.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 26, 2019 – On the heels of a 48% sales increase, the 2019 Santa Fe Ultimate has been named the winner of the SUV Mid-Size Challenge by Cars.com. The Challenge included 6 of the most popular midsize SUVs pitted against each other in a series of expert testing to determine which model was the best in class.

SEOUL, Aug. 22, 2019 – The All-New 2020 Hyundai Sonata and Le Fil Rouge concept have been recognized as finalists at the 2019 International Design Excellence Awards® (IDEA) by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) for their bold and artful design innovations. IDEA honors design excellence that improves quality of life and pushes...

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 20, 2019 – The 2019 Hyundai Accent and 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe have each been included on the U.S. News & World Report’s “Best New Cars for Teens” list while the 2016 Hyundai Tucson earned a spot on the “Best Used Cars for Teens” list.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 14, 2019 – The Hyundai Accent and the Hyundai Tucson have been named the winners of AutoPacific’s annual Vehicle Satisfaction Research studies, respectively earning first place awards in the Best In Class Economy Car and Best In Class Compact Crossover Sport Utility Vehicle categories.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 9, 2019 – The 2019 Hyundai NEXO hydrogen fuel cell electric SUV has earned a TOP SAFETY PICK+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) for vehicles built after June 2019. The NEXO, which is only available in California, is the first such hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that IIHS has tested.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 19, 2019 – New-vehicle quality across the entire Hyundai lineup resulted in the company being ranked as the second-highest non-premium brand in J.D. Power’s 2019 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) for the second consecutive year.