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Posted on: Thursday, February 23, 2023 – 10:15 am | Last updated: Thursday, February 23, 2023 – 10:15 AM
Hyundai Motor Group, South Korea’s largest automaker, announced that it has won 23 awards at the annual Auto Journalists’ Choice Awards in the United States, the most the group has ever won.
The American magazine Car and Driver, which specializes in the field of cars, said that 23 cars produced by the group, which are 8 cars for Hyundai Motor, 9 cars for Kia, and 6 cars for the independent luxury car brand Genesis, won the awards.
The 8 winning Hyundai cars included the Kona small sport utility vehicle, the Tucson mid-size sport utility vehicle, the Palisade mid-size sport utility vehicle, the Santa Fe mid-size sport utility vehicle, the Santa Cruz pickup and the Ioniq. 5, the Elantra N, and the Sonata sedan.
Among the 9 Kia winners were the Soul small sport utility vehicle, the Sportage midsize sport utility vehicle, the Sorento midsize sport utility vehicle, the Telluride midsize sport utility vehicle, the EV6 electric vehicle, and the Carnival minivan. The Rio minivan, the Niro hybrid, and the K5.
As for Genesis cars, the GV60, GV70, GV80, G70, G80 and G90 took home the awards.
And the South Korean Yonhap news agency indicated that the Hyundai Motor Group sold 1.47 million cars in the US market during the past year, while these sales increased during last January by 14.7% annually to 107,889 cars.
