Hyundai Motor Company

**Hyundai Motor Company**  (Hangul : 현대 자동차 주식회사; Hanj : 現代自動車株式會社; , _Hyŏndae_, ) is a Korean car company. It is based in Seoul, South Korea. Along with Kia, it makes up the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. The group is the world's fourth-largest maker of cars as of 2009.  As of 2011, it is the world's fastest growing automaker for two years in a row. In 2008, Hyundai (without Kia) ranked as the eighth-largest automaker. In 2010, Hyundai sold over 3.6 million vehicles worldwide. In 2015 Hyundai announced it would spin off its Genesis car as a separate luxury brand, that will compete with other luxury brands like Buick, Lexus, Acura etc.

### Current models

|colspan="3"|Model|colspan="3"|Current model|rowspan="2" width="32%" cellpadding="32px"|Vehicle description|rowspan="2" width="9%"|Global sales (2022, by units)|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="8"|**Hatchback**|||||||||
||**HB20**|2012|BR2|2019|Brazil and Mexico|B-segment hatchback built for the Brazilian market. Crossover version available as the HB20X.|135,995 (incl. sedan)|||
||**i10**|2007|AC3/AI3|2019|Europe, India, and others|A-segment hatchback mainly oriented for Europe (short wheelbase) and India (Grand i10, long wheelbase).|214,386|||
||**i20**|2008|BC3/BI3|2020|Europe, India, and others|B-segment hatchback mainly oriented for Europe and India.|170,440|||
||**i30**|2007|PD|2016|Europe, Australia, and others|C-segment hatchback mainly oriented for the European market.|76,758 (incl. estate)|||
|colspan="8"|**Sedan/liftback**|||||||||
||**Accent/ Verna**|1994|BN7|2023|Global (except Europe, Australasia and North America)|B-segment/subcompact sedan. Known as the Solaris in CIS countries and Verna in India and China.|127,384 (incl. hatchback)|||
||**Aura / Grand i10 Sedan**|2020|AI3|2020|India, Middle East and South America|A-segment, sub 4-metre sedan mainly built for the Indian market. Successor of the Xcent. Also called the Grand i10 sedan outside India.|67,184|||
||**Elantra / Avante / i30 Sedan**|1990|CN7|2020|Global (except Western Europe and India)|C-segment/compact sedan. Known as the Avante in South Korea and i30 Sedan in Australia.|370,973|||
||**Grandeur/ Azera**|1986|GN7|2022|South Korea and Middle East|Executive sedan oriented for the domestic South Korean market.|71,858|||
||**HB20S**|2012|BR2|2019|Brazil and Mexico|Sedan version of the HB20.|135,995 (incl. hatchback)|||
||**Ioniq 6**|2022|CE|2022|Global|Electric D-segment/mid-size under the Ioniq sub-brand.|14,821|||
||**Sonata**|1985|DN8|2019|Global (except Europe)|D-segment/mid-size sedan.|136,088|||
|colspan="8"|**Station wagon**|||||||||
||**i30**|2007|PD|2016|Europe|Station wagon version of the i30.|76,758 (incl. hatchback)|||
|colspan="8"|**SUV/crossover**|||||||||
||**Alcazar / Grand Creta**|2021|SU2 LWB|2021|India and other emerging markets||Three-row compact crossover SUV oriented for the Indian market based on Hyundai Creta.|38,433||
||**Bayon**|2021|BC3 CUV|2021|Europe|Subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) smaller than Kona based on the i20 for the European market.|45,811|||
||**Casper**|rowspan="2"|2021|AX1|2021|South Korea|Crossover city car oriented for the South Korean light car segment.|48,002||
||**Casper Electric / Inster**|AX1 EV|2024|South Korea, Asia, Europe, Australasia|Battery electric crossover based on the Casper, with longer body.|||||
||**Creta/ Cantus**|rowspan="2"|2014|SU2|2019|Global, emerging market oriented|Subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) larger than Kona oriented for emerging markets. Known as the Cantus in Dominican Republic.|303,077||
||**Creta Electric**|SU2 EV|2025|India|Battery electric crossover based on the Creta.|||||
||**Exter**|2023|AI3 CUV|2023|India|Crossover based on the Grand i10 for the Indian market.|-|||
||**Ioniq 5**|2021|NE|2021|Global|Electric compact crossover SUV under the Ioniq sub-brand.|99,727|||
||**Ioniq 9**|2025|ME|2025|Global|Electric mid-size crossover SUV under the Ioniq sub-brand.|-|||
||**Kona/ Kauai**|2017|SX2|rowspan="2"|2023|rowspan="2"|Global, developed market-oriented|Subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) oriented for developed markets.|232,605|
||**Kona Electric/ Kauai EV**|2018|SX2 EV|Battery electric crossover based on the Kona.|52,368|||||
||**Mufasa**|2023|NU2|2023|China|Two-row compact crossover SUV for the Chinese market. Successor to the ix35.|-|||
||**Nexo**|2018|NH2|2025|South Korea, North America and Europe|Fuel cell compact crossover SUV.|10,527|||
||**Palisade**|2018|LX3|2025|South Korea, North America, Middle East and Australasia|Three-row mid-size crossover SUV for the selected markets.|151,427|||
||**Santa Fe**|2000|MX5|2023|Global|Two or three-row mid-size crossover SUV that slots between Tucson and Palisade.|214,744|||
||**Tucson**|2004|NX4|2020|Global|Two-row compact crossover SUV. Best-selling Hyundai model in 2021.|560,862|||
||**Venue**|2019|QX|2019|Global (except Europe and China)|Subcompact crossover SUV (B-segment) smaller than Kona.|188,701|||
|colspan="8"|**Pickup truck**|||||||||
||**Santa Cruz**|2021|NX4a OB|2021|U.S. and Canada|Compact pickup based on the Tucson.|42,390|||
|colspan="8"|**MPV****/van**|||||||||
||**Custo/ Custin**|2021|KU|2021|China, Taiwan and Vietnam|Minivan for the Chinese and Taiwanese market with three-row seating.|13,678|||
||**Staria**|2021|US4|2021|South Korea, Australasia and others|Front-wheel drive minivan. Available with one-row, three-row and four-row seating.|N/A|||
||**Stargazer**|2022|KS|2022|Southeast Asia and Middle East|Compact MPV with three-row seating.|18,384|||

### Former models

|rowspan="2"|Model|colspan="2"|Timeline|rowspan="2" width="14%"|Successor|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align: left|**20M**|1969|1973|||
|style="text-align: left"|**Aslan**|2014|2017|||
|style="text-align: left|**Atos/Santro**|1997|2014|i10 Eon||
|style="text-align: left|**Celesta**|2017|2023|||
|style="text-align: left|**Cortina**|1970|1975|||
|style="text-align: left|**Dynasty**|1996|2005|Aslan||
|style="text-align: left|**Entourage**|2007|2009|||
|style="text-align: left|**Eon**|2011|2019|Santro (AH2)||
|style="text-align: left|**Equus/Centennial**|1999|2016|Genesis G90||
|style="text-align: left|**Excel/Presto**|1985|2000|Accent||
|style="text-align: left|**Encino **|2018|2020|||
|style="text-align: left|**Genesis**|2007|2016|Genesis G80||
|style="text-align: left|**Genesis Coupe**|2008|2016|||
|style="text-align: left|**Granada**|1978|1985|Grandeur||
|style="text-align: left"|**Galloper**|1991|2004|Terracan||
|style="text-align: left"|**Grace/H100/Satellite**|1987|1996|Starex||
|style="text-align: left|**Getz/Click**|2002|2011|i20 Accent hatchback||
|style="text-align: left"|**Ioniq**|2016|2022|Elantra Hybrid||
|style="text-align: left"|**i20 Active**|2015|2020|Bayon||
|style="text-align: left"|**i40**|2011|2019|Sonata||
|style="text-align: left"|**ix20**|2010|2019|||
|style="text-align: left"|**ix25**|2014|2021|||
|style="text-align: left"|**ix35 (NU)**|2017|2023|Mufasa||
|style="text-align: left|**ix35 FCEV**|2013|2018|Nexo||
|style="text-align: left|**Lavita/Matrix**|2001|2010|ix20||
|style="text-align: left|**Libero/H-1**|2000|2007|Porter||
|style="text-align: left|**Marcia**|1995|1998|Sonata||
|style="text-align: left|**Maxcruz/Santa Fe XL**|2013|2019|Palisade||
|style="text-align: left|**Mistra**|2013|2023|||
|style="text-align: left|**Pony**|1975|1990|Excel Elantra||
|style="text-align: left|**Reina/Verna**|2017|2021|||
|style="text-align: left|**Santamo**|1996|2003|||
|style="text-align: left|**Santro (AH2)**|2018|2022|||
|style="text-align: left|**Scoupe**|1988|1995|Tiburon||
|style="text-align: left|**Starex**|1997|2021|Staria||
|style="text-align: left|**Stellar**|1983|1992|Sonata Elantra||
|style="text-align: left|**Terracan**|2001|2011|Veracruz||
|style="text-align: left|**Tiburon/Coupe/Tuscani**|1996|2008|Veloster||
|style="text-align: left|**Trajet**|1999|2008|Custo||
|style="text-align: left|**Veloster**|2011|2022|||
|style="text-align: left|**Veracruz/ix55**|2006|2012|Maxcruz||
|style="text-align: left|**Xcent**|2014|2020|Aura||

### Current models

|colspan="3"|Model|Current model|rowspan="2" width="14%"|Main markets|rowspan="2" width="35%" cellpadding="32px"|Vehicle description|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|colspan="6"|**Van**||||||
||**H350/Solati**|2014|2014|Asia, Europe and others|Large van.||
||**Staria**|2021|2021|Asia, Europe, Australasia and others|Front-wheel drive van. Available with one-row, three-row and four-row seating.||
|colspan="6"|**Light pickup truck**||||||
||**Porter/H-100**|1977|2004|Asia|A small commercial truck. EV version comes standard (Korea only).||
||**ST1**|2024|2024|South Korea and Europe (initially as the Iveco eMoove)|||
|colspan="6"|**Heavy truck**||||||
||**Mighty**|1977|2015||||
||**Pavise**|2019|2019||||
||**Xcient**|2013|2013||||
|colspan="6"|**Buses**||||||
||**Aero City**|1991|2017||||
||**County**|1998|1998||||
||**Green City **|2010|2017||||
||**Elec City**|2017|2017||Electric, Hydrogen Bus made by Hyundai. Also Double-Decker version are available.||
||**Universe**|2006|2006||||

### Former models

|rowspan="2"|Model|colspan="2"|Timeline|rowspan="2" width="14%"|Successor|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|style="text-align: left|**4.5 to 5-ton truck**|1994|1997|Super Truck Medium||
|style="text-align: left|**8ton~25tonTruck**|1977|2010|Super Truck||
|style="text-align: left|**Aero**|1985|2006|Universe||
|style="text-align: left|**Aero Town**|1994|December 1994|Green City||
|style="text-align: left|**Aero Space**|1985|2006|||
|style="text-align: left|**Chorus**|1988|1998|County||
|style="text-align: left|**DQ-7**|1973|1981|Chorus Aero Town||
|style="text-align: left|**FB**|1979|1988|||
|style="text-align: left|**Mega Truck**|2004|2021|Pavise||
|style="text-align: left|**New Power Truck**|2004|2021|Xcient Trago Pavise||
|style="text-align: left|**RB**|1978|1991|Aero City Aero||
|style="text-align: left|**Super Truck**|1997|2004|New Power Truck||
|style="text-align: left|**Starex**|1997|2023|Staria||
|style="text-align: left|**Super Truck Medium**|1999|2004|Mega Truck||
|style="text-align: left|**Trago**|1997|2013|Xcient||

## Infobox (company)

- **company name**: Hyundai Motor Company
<small>_Hyeondae Jadongcha Jushik-hwesa_
현대 자동차 주식회사</small>
- **company logo**: Hyundai Motor Company logo.svg
- **company type**: Public
- **traded as**: ,
- **foundation**: December 29, 1967
- **founder**: Chung Ju-yung
- **location city**: Seoul
- **location country**: South Korea
- **key people**: Mong-Koo Chung (Chairman & CEO)
Eui-Sun Chung (Vice-Chairman)
Won-Hee Lee (President)
- **area served**: Worldwide
- **industry**: Automotive industry, Automotive
- **products**: Automobiles, commercial vehicles, internal combustion engine, engines
- **production**: 2,943,529 units (_2011_)
- **revenue**: United States dollar, US$ 97.40 billion (2011)
- **net income**: US$ 4.70 billion (2011)
- **assets**: US$ 104.06 billion (2011)
- **num employees**: 80,000 (2011)
- **parent**: Hyundai Motor Group