Daily Torque – Automotive News

Time passes so quickly that we are at week #16 of our automotive news quicklinks. We hope that you like our news as we ourselves find it fun reading these news:-

[News] Blow before you can start your car – These are enforced for those with previous alcohol driving conviction in New York State.
[Hero] 3 Teen lift [...]

Hyundai Tucson or the Hyundai ix35 advertisements in the United States. They had a series of advertisements trying to convey their tagline of “Designed exclusively for humans.”

Saw this nice looking compact SUV showcasing itself in Mid Valley over the weekend. With its sunroof and moonroof observed from the top floors, I was amazed that a car in this range would include that in Malaysia. The price was pretty reasonable in Malaysia with the 2.0 high specs price at RM136,888 (OTR price [...]

Hyundai has just release their 2011 Hyundai Elantra at Busan International Motor Show. It is named Hyundai Avante in Korea and also Malaysia, but worldwide it is known as Elantra. This compact car is just looking sportier with the curve and lines.
This 2011 Hyundai Elantra / Hyundai Avante will be powered by a new 1.6-litre [...]

India has overtook Japan as it beats them in sales of super-compact cars. Nearly half of all cars sold in India like Maruti Suzuki Swift and Hyundai Santro falls into this basic category. As the world second highest population countries it is about time that India get some limelight from the car industry. Also because [...]

RIDES together with LUX Design had created a one-off Hyundai Genesis Coupe for the SEMA Motor Show.
Powering this Hyundai is a 2.0-litre four cylinder engine with a Turbonetics GT-K 350 turbocharger and a Spearco front-mounted intercooler. Other performance upgrade include a GReddy Racing Ti-C turbo-back exhaust system, StopTech Brakes and an APEXI coilover suspension kit [...]

This is really one interesting piece of symphony that our Korean friends have created, the 6th generation Hyundai Sonata music !

Recently Hyundai have joined the other automakers in the Hybrid race by offering its own Hybrid model.
Instead of creating a Hybrid model, Hyundai uses the flagship Sonata model.
This Hybrid will emit 99 grams of CO2 / Kilometer which definitely achieves the toughest Tier 4 of the European Emissions Standards. In tier 4 the limit was [...]

This is the cheapest 308 horsepower real wheel drive car in the United States and will be starting at around $25,000 in United States for this V6 308 horsepower car.
There will also be a 2.0 model for this Genesis Coupe at around $22,000. But getting back to the V6 model, it will be equip with [...]

I think Hybrid cars are really serious business nowadays.. Take a look Hyundai’s Blue-Will, oh man it looks really really futuristic !
Whats more shocking about this Hybrid is the materials that they used to build this car !