The Toyota Camry has been the best selling car in America for 8 straight years. The benchmark for the family sedan is the Camry. This year, there is a new challenger. The 2011 Hyundai Sonata.

How does the 2011 Toyota Camry stack up against a completely redesigned 2011 Hyundai Sonata? The new Hyundai has beautiful and sleek styling that many would confuse with a BMW or Mercedes. The Sonata is the same size as Camry and offers many of the same features. Continue reading 2010 Camry Versus 2011 Sonata

Hyundai seems quite determined to hold on to their title as the most eco-friendly car company. At the Detroit Auto Show, they introduced a new gas-hybrid concept, the Blue Will, which is just a whole bunch of good ideas wrapped in a neat little package. Hyundai calls it a test bed.

What a bed it is. The hybrid car is a plug-in, letting owners recharge batteries on house current. But there is a whole lot more to the Blue Will. The glass roof integrates an array of dye-sensitive solar panels, designed to collect the sun’s energy while parked, recharging the battery and powering a small fan to keep the car cool while you’re in the mall.

The power plant is a combination of an all-aluminum 152-horsepower gasoline direct-inject engine that is attached to a Continuously Variable Transmission and a 100 kW electric motor, the heart of Hyundai’s proprietary parallel hybrid drive architecture. A lithium polymer battery runs the electric motor, a technology Hyundai will be using in its upcoming Elantra hybrid. Hyundai says the Blue Will can reach of distance of 40 miles on the battery alone. With both gasoline engine and electric motor engaged, Hyundai claims a highway rating of 100 miles per gallon or more. Continue reading The Hyundai Blue Will Eco-friendly Gas-Hybrid Concept

At the 2009 Chicago Auto Show, Hyundai not only announced pricing for its Genesis Coupe, but the Korean automaker also revealed a new trimmed down version of its rear-wheel-drive sportscar called “R-Spec”. The latter is based on the 210HP 2.0-liter Turbo version of the Genesis Coupe and it is designed to appeal to enthusiasts who want a low starting price and the ability to tune their car to their own specifications.

When the Genesis Coupe begins to arrive at Hyundai dealerships later in the month, $22,000 will get you into a fairly well-equipped 210-horsepower, 2.0-liter, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine 2.0T model while $25,000 is the asking price for a base, 306-horsepower, 3.8-liter, V6 engine model. Continue reading 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe: R-Spec Model Revealed