Hyundai Car Reviews & Listings

Established in South Korea in 1967 as part of the then-20-year-old Hyundai Engineering and Construction Company, the Hyundai Motor Company unveiled its first car, the Cortina, in its native South Korea a year later. Although another 19 years passed before Hyundai pulled into the U.S. auto market with its Excel, an economical subcompact car with front-wheel drive, its long overdue arrival did not go unnoticed. After Hyundai set a new sales record for a first-year import by putting 168,882 Excels on the streets, Fortune magazine named the economy car one of 10 Best Products of 1986. The following year saw the introduction of the Hyundai Sonata, which came to symbolize the growing force in the automotive industry and is still in production today.