The company that should not be over looked.

Hyundai Motor Co. Ltd., South Korea's largest automaker, just opened its first U.S. car assembly plant. Located in Montgomery, Ala., the $1.1 billion facility has been under construction since 2002. The plant is scheduled to produce 300,000 vehicles per year at full capacity. Its first product is the new 2006 Sonata sedan.

Named Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA), the facility employs more than 2,000 people and draws components from sixty-four suppliers throughout North America, the company said in a news release.
The 2 million square foot manufacturing plant occupies 1,744 acres of land and includes a stamping facility, paint shop, vehicle assembly shop, a two-mile test track and an engine shop, where the all-new Hyundai 3.3-liter V-6 engine is produced.
Since 2001, Hyundai says, it has invested more than $200 million in design and testing facilities throughout the U.S. with a $30 million design center in Irvine, Calif., a $60 million proving ground in California City, Calif., and a $117 million technical center in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Hyundai has seen its U.S. sales soar by 364 percent over the last six years, becoming the fourth largest import brand in the process. It sold 418,615 vehicles in the United States last year.
To build its Alabama plant, Hyundai received $252.8 million in tax breaks, worker training, road improvements and other incentives from state and local governments, Reuters reported. Alabama officials have said the jobs that the plant creates will justify the incentives.
Ironically, Chung Se-yung, the founder of Hyundai Motor, died of pneumonia in Seoul, South Korea, the day after his company's first U.S. plant was dedicated. He was 77.




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at this point, I don't care what company is it, and where its owners are from, we need more of things like this!

Amen to both! Good little cars/SUV's. Never had a problem with ours.

hyundai builds a very good car

Not a big fan of their cars but at least they're giving back to our economy, wish we could say the same for the domestics.


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hyundai since 2002/2003 when they made their transition into a new company they have done nothing but awesome things. They will continue rising and rise above currently higher more reliable manufactures as they keep prodcuing great quality cars for great prices with amazing warranties.

ive been singing the hyundai song since i first saw and read about the new tiburon in 2003


way to go






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Hyundai has really kicked it into high gear... They're doing good work, and they've made big strides in the quality dept. I'd release a new Pony just to thumb the nose at the rest of the world, but then again, I've got bigger plans for world domination.




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for the price there good cars, but if you have a little extra cash to spare you can get alot better car for a few grand more


still anyone that brings jobs in our economy is ok in my book

They got everyones attention whrn the '04 Sonata was named the most reliable car made last year beating out the second place Civic.

i wonder if they used US steel , or if they used hyundai steel to make the plat , LOL


to think they started with a crap box , with a junk motor and some had the mitsu 2.0 dohc motor , lol


ive really liked the 03 -up tibbies , also part of the reason i got a set of seats from the GT tiiby for my cav , just gotta make up brackets for them now

eric enjoy the black leather seats in the az heat..

mine suck i went to get into the tib on my lunch break and almost jumped out of my car the seats were so hot.

well atleast its nice to see a thread where people aren't talking crap about them like say in the versus forums.



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This is a good move that will benefit Hyundai as well as our economy. It seems the little car company that couldn't is finally doing it. Despite the stigma formally associated with their cars... I have to say, I never had a problem when I owned my '99 Accent GL. They can be quite reliable and if the other auto brands aren't careful, Hyundai will sneak right up their near the top with the rest of the big dogs in no time.

icee_smooth_cavalier wrote:This is a good move that will benefit Hyundai as well as our economy. It seems the little car company that couldn't is finally doing it. Despite the stigma formally associated with their cars... I have to say, I never had a problem when I owned my '99 Accent GL. They can be quite reliable and if the other auto brands aren't careful, Hyundai will sneak right up their near the top with the rest of the big dogs in no time.

well they are already up there with toyota on build quality.



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hehe. our first new car was a 1986 Hyundai Pony.
I was 11 at the time, and still can't forget the bad
build quality, BUT it was a fun car just the same.
it was great for camping trips and cheap on gas.

... I still remember the extra options on our Pony:
ours had the 70hp engine (over 55hp?), velour/
vinyl seat trim over the 100% vinyl trim, 14" wheel
covers, and a rear wiper. I remember it didn't have
a stereo nor was it wired for speakers. The paint
was extremely poor too. Our 15lbs dog jumped on
the rear hatch one day (he left a few barely visible
marks), and that section was rusted-over a few
months later.







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