irishcar.com HYUNDAI ARCHIVES
ATOZ

Chic sporty Hyundai Amica (00) - Gerry Boud

ACCENT

New Hyundai puts the Accent on improvement (Mar 00) - Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan

Hyundai Accent value for money (00) - Gerry Boud

ELANTRA

Attention to detail in Hyundai Elantra (Jan 01)

I've never before come across a car with the instruction in the handbook: 'if locked in trunk, it can be opened from the inside by pulling the red lever', writes Trish Whelan. The mind boggles! How does one get locked in the trunk anyway, except by kidnappers? But it is, I suppose, an example of the attention to detail which is the hallmark of the new Hyundai Elantra. full story

SONATA

TRAJET

Hyundai score with the new Trajet MPV (00) - Gerry Boud

Trajet all about value (Aug 04)
The Hyundai Trajet is never going to win awards for looks, writes Donal Byrne, but Korean cars still have a distance to go before they finally catch up with their European counterparts.

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COUPE

Hyundai Coupe comes with feel-good factor (May 00) - Brian Byrne & Trish Whelan

Hyundai Coupe a real stunner (00) - Gerry Boud

Hyundai's new coupe has lines to lust for (Feb 02)
If Hyundai’s previous Coupe sold well because it was (relatively) cheap and very cheerful, and very distinctive in an overblown sexy styling, its successor is apparently doing at least equally as well for quite different reasons, writes Brian Byrne. Curves are gone and edges are in. It’s a car that instead of wanting to hug it, you feel it as a chariot to carve you through traffic. Full Story.

TERRACAN

Terracan - King of the Earth
Forget the royal pretensions. Recent arrival, Terracan is no Range Rover, writes John Reilly. And Land Cruiser or Trooper won’t see it as an out-and-out off-road title contender. But the price and the superb packaging suggest that Land Rover’s Discovery, Jeep’s Cherokee, Daewoo’s Musso and Nissan’s Terrano are all seriously ‘ring-fenced’ as Terracan targets.

SANTA FE

Santa Fe promises good value and refinement (November 00) - John Reilly

Santa Fe grabs attention (Apr 01) - Gerry Boud

Taking the long commercial road with Santa Fe
The commercial version of the Santa Fe is a typical Irish CDV situation, a conversion from the plush of the 4WD SUV which has been doing very well indeed in Ireland since its introduction. The commercial is probably going to do equally well, if not even better. Full Story.

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