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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 27, 2025 – Hyundai continues to raise the bar in electric vehicle innovation and customer satisfaction, as today, the IONIQ 6 sedan has been recognized as the highest-ranked mass-market battery electric vehicle in the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Ownership Study.

SEOUL, Feb. 20, 2025 – Hyundai Motor Company President and CEO José Muñoz held a town hall meeting with employees at the company’s Namyang R&D Center, his first such meeting since assuming the role of Hyundai Motor CEO.

CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2025 – The fifth-generation Hyundai Santa Fe has been named Best Car of 2025 and the Hyundai Palisade has been named Best Family Car of 2025 by the automotive experts at Cars.com.

CHICAGO, Feb. 7, 2025 – Hyundai’s Santa Fe Hybrid and Kona SUV have been recognized in the  2025 PARENTS Best Family Cars Awards.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2025 – Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 N electric SUV has been named MotorWeek’s 2025 Drivers’ Choice award for Best Performance Car at a ceremony during the Chicago Auto Show.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2025 – Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ 5 N[1] has been named Favorite Vehicle of 2025 by the Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) at the Chicago Auto Show’s opening breakfast.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Feb. 4, 2025 – The Hyundai IONIQ 5 and Kona have been honored with a pair of 2025 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards.

WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 30, 2025 – Four Hyundai vehicles were selected in U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 Best Cars for the Money awards.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 29, 2025 – Hyundai today received nine Editors’ Choice Awards from the automotive experts at Car and Driver, demonstrating excellence across its entire vehicle lineup.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 16, 2025 – The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz XRT has been named Pickup of the Year in the Latin Flavor: Cars of the Year 2025 awards.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 14, 2025 – Hyundai Motor America announced that Claudia Márquez has been appointed chief operating officer of Hyundai Motor America.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 6, 2025 – Hyundai’s all-electric IONIQ 5 N SUV has been named Motor Authority’s Best Car to Buy 2025.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Jan. 6, 2025 – Hyundai’s Santa Fe Hybrid SUV has been awarded The Car Connection’s Best Car to Buy 2025.

SEOUL, Dec. 20, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung has been re-elected as the 14th president of the Korea Archery Association (KAA).

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 19, 2024 – Hyundai’s high-performance IONIQ 5 N electric SUV has been awarded the CarBuzz Best EV for 2025.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 18, 2024 – Hyundai’s high-performance IONIQ 5 N electric SUV has been awarded The Drive’s Best EV of 2024 award, marking a back-to-back repeat win for the Hyundai brand that won the same award in 2023 with the IONIQ 6.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 17, 2024 – Hyundai Motor America has been recognized as Money’s Best Automaker Brand for the Money 2025.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 10, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Company has appointed Randy Parker as the chief executive officer of Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America effective Jan. 1, 2025.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 10, 2024 – Back-to-back wins in the ultra-competitive automotive technology space tend to be few and far between. However, that’s exactly what Hyundai’s MyHyundai with Bluelink app has just accomplished.

SEOUL, Dec. 10, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today announced key executive appointments for the year 2024.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Dec. 3, 2024 – Three-peats are an exceedingly rare achievement. However, that’s exactly what Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 has achieved, having today been awarded a coveted spot on Car and Driver’s 10Best Trucks and SUVs for 2025 list.

Leatherhead, 27 November 2024 – The All-New Hyundai SANTA FE has picked up a second major award in as many weeks, named SUV of the Year at the TopGear.com Awards.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 22, 2024 – The 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz XRT has been named the Compact Truck of Texas at the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) annual Truck Rodeo held Sept. 26-27, 2024.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2024 – The Hyundai Santa Fe has been named Family Vehicle of the Year by the 2025 Hispanic Motor Press Awards. The fifteenth-annual awards program recognizes the best vehicles for Hispanic consumers based on advancements in technology, safety, infotainment, styling, driving satisfaction, value, and more.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 21, 2024 – Hyundai has been awarded the 2025 Best SUV Brand by U.S. News & World Report.

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21, 2024 – Today, Hyundai’s all-new Santa Fe vehicle has been named a finalist for the coveted 2025 North American Utility of the Year™ Award at AutoMobility LA 2024.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 21, 2024 – Hyundai’s high-performance IONIQ 5 N electric SUV today was awarded Road & Track’s 2024 Performance EV of the Year in the “Under $100,000” category.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 19, 2024 – Hyundai Santa Fe has been recognized as the highest-ranked Midsize/Large vehicle in the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Multimedia Quality and Satisfaction Study.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 19, 2024 – Today, Hyundai Motor America announced that the 2025 Hyundai Kona Electric has earned a J.D. Power 2025 Best-in-Class Residual Value Award in the program’s newly introduced Mainstream EV SUV segment.

SEOUL, Nov. 14, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Company (HMC) today announced the appointment of José Muñoz as the company’s President and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2025.

SEOUL, Nov. 14, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) today announced key executive appointments for the year 2024 as part of its aims to solidify sustainable growth and better prepare for uncertainties in the global business environment.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 13, 2024 – In their recently revealed 2024 TIME100 Climate list, TIME recognized José Muñoz, president and global COO, Hyundai Motor Company, president and CEO, Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America, as one of the 100 most innovative leaders driving business climate action.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 13, 2024 – Hyundai’s first three-row, all-electric SUV, the IONIQ 9, has been recognized as among America’s Most Anticipated New Vehicles 2025 by Newsweek, further strengthening the brand’s position as an innovation and market leader.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 – Hyundai Motor America is proud to be Certified™ by Great Place To Work®, for the second year in a row. The prestigious award is based entirely on current employees' experience working at Hyundai and its luxury brand, Genesis.

SEOUL, Oct. 30, 2024 – President and global chief operating officer, Hyundai Motor Company, and president and CEO of Hyundai and Genesis Motor North America, José Muñoz was named a Visionary Leader in the Reuters Events 2024 Automotive D.R.I.V.E. Honours.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 28, 2024 – Randy Parker, CEO of Hyundai Motor America, has been recognized by Automotive News as a 2024 Champion of Diversity.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 22, 2024 – Hyundai’s award-winning IONIQ electric vehicles have each been awarded 2025 Top Picks by Cars.com as part of their updated EV Buying Guide.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 19, 2024 – Hyundai’s thrilling, high-performance all-electric IONIQ 5 N SUV swept three highly competitive categories of the 2024 Drive Revolution competition.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 18, 2024 – Hyundai is proud to announce that the 2024 Hyundai Sonata HEV Limited has won the Hybrid Electric Vehicle (HEV) category at the Southern Automotive Media Association's (SAMA) inaugural Charged Up Miami event, held on August 28, 2024.

SEOUL, Sept. 12, 2024 – Hyundai Motor Company won multiple prestigious accolades at the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) 2024, including ‘Gold’ for IONIQ 5 N, ‘Bronze’ for SANTA FE, and the ‘Curator’s Choice Award’ and ‘Gold’ for Hyundai Heritage: Retrace Collection Book ‘PONY’.