Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 9:12 AM
This is great news for Pennsylvania drivers. Young drivers need the best preparation they can get, and this new law should help accomplish that. India Anderson, 17, of Chartiers follows instructions from Kiva Huffman during her driver's exam at the PennDOT licensing center in Bridgeville. Julie Enright said she spent at least 80 hours behind the wheel during the past six months as she learned to drive. That well exceeds the 65 hours required under a teen driving law that takes effect today. Before today, teens had to have 50 hours of practice on the road. Now, in addition, state law requires 10 hours of driving time clocked at night, and...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 5:09 AM
I love that a Hyundai service technician (not a marketing rep) came up with this video. The slow motion burnout is the best part. Check it out! Hyundai celebrated demolishing its U.S. headquarters in Fountain Valley by producing this video with race and stunt driver Rhys Millen and his Genesis Coupe drift car pulling off a heist in the abandoned buildings. The automaker is spending $150 million building a new North American headquarters on the site of its current offices in Fountain Valley. The project will take at least a year to build and generate about 1,500 construction jobs, Hyundai said. It will double the space of the current headquarters...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 7:17 AM
Each month, the Westmoreland County Food Bank helps more than 7,000 disadvantaged families by providing food to meal programs, soup kitchens, food pantries, emergency shelters and child care programs. This year, however, federal funding was cut by $92,000, which put the food bank in a tough spot. At Hyundai of Greensburg, we support the food bank’s cause, and we were happy to be able to help! A combined donation of $22,100 from two Greensburg car dealerships means thousands of meals for area families in need. "There's going to be a lot of people this Christmas who won't have to know the anguish of hunger," said Jennifer Miller, development...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 5:02 AM
Want to make your own amazing vanity plate? Check out the article below, then use the vanity plate dictionary to put one together! You see a vanity plate on the car ahead of you. Perhaps it's on a Ford Mustang, a Volkswagen New Beetle or a Mini Cooper— cars that just beg for vanity plates. You read it over and over, wracking your brain to decipher its meaning, wondering if you're missing a good joke. It helps if you know "the code." Like the abbreviations and symbols used in e-mail and instant messaging ("BTW," "LOL," "TTYL"), there is a shorthand for vanity plates (also known as "personalized license plates" or "custom plates"). Fortunately,...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 7:07 AM
Looking to buy a luxury car? Read this first. If you're thinking about dropping big bucks on a luxury car — perhaps a Mercedes S-Class or Lexus LS — it might be worth your while to stop at a Hyundai dealer first. Hyundai, the Korean brand known for cheap economy cars 10 years ago, is building some absolutely brilliant vehicles lately, including one that competes with Mercedes and Lexus in the full-blown luxury market. It's called the Equus, and it's quite literally one of the best cars in the world. Consider: • It's the smoothest luxury car I've ever driven. It feels more supple than the S-Class and even slightly softer than the famously...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 11:26 AM
Looking forward to seeing the Hyundai Super Bowl ad this year! The workers in the shots aren’t paid actors – they’re actual Hyundai employees. The content of the commercial is confidential, but judging from a comment made by the Hyundai president that this year’s ads will be “more fun”, as well as the picture below (does it look to anyone else like they’re singing??), I’m guessing that this will be better than your average commercial! Robby Persinger is a safety specialist at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama. Normally, he spends his time at work evaluating equipment and work processes for the automaker. But Saturday, he was a star of...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 8:00 AM
Hyundai is the Official Vehicle Partner of the Grammys! Hyundai has inked a three-year partnership with the Recording Academy to become its “Official Vehicle Partner.” The multi-year partnership gives Hyundai the role of exclusive vehicle partner of the Grammys as well as original music projects. The partnership focuses on the Hyundai 2012 Veloster, a three-door coupe that the automaker is marketing to 20 and 30-something multi-taskers. Hyundai actually began the collaboration last month with Re:Generation, a program centered on a documentary about a disparate group of DJ's who get together with legendary talents in different music genres...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 7:53 AM
Looking forward to seeing the new models! Hyundai Motor America already can't keep much of anything on its dealer lots for more than a few days, but the surging South Korean automaker is blasting off with a raft of major engine upgrades for its existing models that not only hike the horsepower game but generally deliver better fuel economy, too. Coupe lovers move to the front of the line, as much of the action (at least that we're allowed to talk about so far) centers on the sporty corner of Hyundai's busy showrooms. At a media event here last week to detail the power plant upgrades, Hyundai officials said the company isn't letting up on...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 12:00 PM
Glad to see that Pennsylvania now bans this too. Hopefully this will help keep everyone safer on the roads. Pennsylvania on Wednesday became the 35th state to ban text messaging while driving. Governor Tom Corbett signed legislation into law giving police the authority to charge someone caught texting while driving with a primary offense and a $50 fine. "The urge to keep the conversation going online can cloud judgment, can make it impossible to focus on what (drivers) should be focusing on," said Corbett, who signed the bill into law at an AT&T mobile telephone store in suburban Harrisburg. Corbett said 13,790 crashes in Pennsylvania...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 9:46 AM
We are getting into winter, and if you haven’t already prepared your car, now is the time to do it! Just as you dress yourself in extra layers and winterize your house to protect it from the cold, your car needs extra preparation to make it through the winter as well. But getting ready is only half the battle. Winter driving conditions also mandate driving differently. Snow and ice need to be taken seriously and prepared for. Hopefully, by the time winter's first storm hits, most people are prepared with a closet full of heavy coats and boots. This winter, make sure your car is as prepared as you are. Going the extra mile by getting...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 12:45 PM
How would you feel about driving a car made out of seaweed? It's not as strange as it sounds...
More than a century ago, Henry Ford made a pragmatic — yet arguably visionary — decision by ditching car body panels made of wood for ones made out of sheet metal. The move increased the speed of automobile construction exponentially, and eventually led to the mass-produced car. However, metal wasn’t the only material in Ford’s arsenal of experimentation.
Ford was actually dabbling with more exotic, less factory-friendlyconstruction materials, such as a soy-based plastic exterior that could survive the mighty swing of an ax blade. He ultimately...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 8:15 AM
Does turning on your car’s heater really lower engine temperature? Do you really save fuel by letting your engine idle? Read on for the answers to these questions and more! “Automotive myths have been around since the days of Henry Ford and the Model T. Some have a splinter of truth in them, but most are pure nonsense. The editors of MSNAutos have assembled 10 gems and shot them down like clay pigeons at a professional skeet-shooting exhibition. Myth 1: Red cars get more speeding tickets. Debunked: While they're radiant and retina-shocking, red cars are not more likely to get a speeding ticket, according to the Insurance Information Institute...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 3:22 AM
Hyundai is taking major steps towards cleaner steel production! “Steelmakers are known to be one of the worst polluters in manufacturing, but South Korea's newest plant claims it is designed to go green. Hyundai Steel's Dangjin plant, which sits an hour and a half south of Seoul on the west coast, is the youngest steel plant in the world and has adopted new technologies to ensure it stand out from others. By simply enclosing storage and transport routes for raw material, they are able to prevent dust particles from entering the surrounding areas. The facility, which includes 35 kilometers (21 miles) of conveyor belts fully enclosed and...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 3:30 AM
As if the Veloster weren’t cool enough already! Check out what cartech blog has to say about what Hyundai and ARK have in store for SEMA 2011: “The 2011 SEMA Show--the hottest, largest aftermarket automotive show in the world--is but one short month away and with its approach comes a deluge of hot custom cars and aftermarket accessories that will be vying for our attention from the show floor. The first to catch our attention is this hopped-up Hyundai Veloster customized by ARK Performance. ARK starts with the Veloster's 1.6-liter GDI engine and sporty, but economical, suspension setup but eventually upgrades darn near everything with a...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 4:30 AM
Ever wanted to power your home with speed bumps? It’s not as crazy as it sounds. Read on for more! “There was a time when debates surrounding speed bumps revolved around whether or not a community needed speed bumps to slow down drivers on a certain road. Safety was the key issue. Now, a new key issue is making its way into the discussion -- the question of whether or not speed bumps can actually harvest unused energy from a car. Many energy discussions involving vehicles focus on how to reduce the fuel consumption or overall energy cost of operating that vehicle. Hybrid car technologies seem to focus on either reducing the amount of fuel...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 3:30 AM
Eco-friendly cars, coming right up from Kia and Hyundai! SEOUL--Hyundai Motor Group plans to carry out a role-sharing between Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia Motors in developing eco-friendly cars. Hyundai Motor will take on developing models of “plug-in hybrids,” which utilize rechargeable batteries, and hydrogen-powered “fuel cell vehicles,” group vice chairman Yang Woong-chul said. He said Kia Motors will mainly focus on “electric drive vehicles” which use electric motors or traction motors for propulsion. “Kia is set to launch sales of the TAM, an electric powered vehicle, as early as later this year,” he said. “We have the yearly...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 1:48 PM
Are we approaching an era of self-driving cars? “Fred Flintstone had a car that he had to power with his own feet; by that standard, all of today's cars are pretty easy to use. But cars are becoming even more user-friendly -- so user-friendly, in fact, that they may not even require a user at all. That's because much of the new car technology involves taking over the role of the driver. For instance, no longer does a driver need to mind the blind spots, as certain cars come with detection systems that will alert the operator to obstacles in other lanes. If a driver should start to drowse off and drift into another lane, the steering wheel...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 6:25 AM
Hyundai announces pricing for Blue Link Service. Fresh off of winning two major honors for its innovative Blue Link system at the recent 9th Annual Telematics Update Awards, Hyundai provided an important telematics update of its own by announcing that Blue Link service would be available to its drivers for as little as $79. Blue Link, which is set to debut this summer on the 2012 Hyundai Sonata and roll out through the majority of the Hyundai lineup by 2013, will offer more than 30 different connectivity features and safety services, available in three different packages: Assurance—Designed to offer enhanced peace of mind for Hyundai...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 6:34 AM
Is texting while driving really worse than drunk driving? That’s the question that Christopher Neiger from “How Stuff Works” asked. Read more to find out his conclusion. Texting, or short message service(SMS), is a quick form of communication that allows users to send 160 characters or less to and from their cell phones and smartphones. A study by the Pew Research group in 2009 and 2010 reported that out of the number of Americans who have cell phones, 58 percent of adults and 66 percent of teens use them to text [source:Motavalli]. With these high percentages of Americans using text messaging every year, many are bringing...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 4:51 AM
What cars have the lowest cost of ownership? Read on to find out! There's more to the cost of owning a car than just paying the sticker price; in fact, the car with the lower sticker price might just turn out to be more expensive over the long haul. In other words, you might have the cash to buy a car, but not the income to afford to own it. That's the difference between price and total cost of ownership (TCO). The total cost of ownership (over five years) includes six factors: Depreciation accounts for 46 percent of TCO (the average model depreciates 65 percent). Fuel costs mount up quickly -- especially for...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 10:12 AM
Some really good news coming from Hyundai! With the all-new, Hyundai Elantra off to a red-hot start in this country, the automaker already has announced a new investment of $173 million in its U.S. manufacturing facilities—located in Montgomery, Ala.—to keep up with demand. And notably, this investment also will mean an additional 214 new jobs for the Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama complex, which builds both the Elantra and the Hyundai Sonata. The primary focus of the new investment will be production of the Elantra’s high-tech, high-efficiency I4 engine. This 1.8-liter powerplant is an amazing 73 lbs. lighter than the previous...
Posted by Hyundai of Greensburg on 6:37 AM
A wonderful program beginning in September. Read below for more details: Hyundai Hope on Wheels, a partnership of Hyundai dealers across the U.S. and Hyundai Motor America, today announced a new nationwide initiative to raise funds to fight childhood cancer. Hyundai dealers have pledged to donate a total of $3 million dollars to Hope on Wheels based on vehicles sold during the month of September (National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month). This will be matched by a $3 million contribution from Hyundai Motor America so that through this effort, Hyundai will donate a minimum of $6 million in the month of September to children's...
