Archive for the ‘South Korea’ Category

We've been spying the 2011 Lexus LF-A, off and on, for over a year. We've seen it testing all over Europe. It's even contested the 24 Hours of Nurburgring in race car form--twice. But today the car was revealed during a brief test drive in Miami just before its official unveiling, due this week at the 2009 Tokyo Motor Show. [Jalopnik]

Fresh from our first drive review of the 2010 Porsche 911 Turbo, we now have new live photos of the car from Lisbon, Portugal. The car's easily identifiable side-inlet vents, flared fenders, 'Turbo' badging and classic 911 looks are only enhanced by the scenery of Lisbon's coast. [Motor Authority]

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The affordable large car segment is starting to get just a little overcrowded, and in a time where customers all around the world are downsizing to smaller midsize models, performance, fuel-economy and overall value is now more important than ever. South Korea’s entrants in this field have been winning plenty of accolades lately, especially newcomers like the Hyundai Genesis, and Kia is working on another large car that by the looks of things will only continue this trend.

The replacement for the Amanti sedan is just around the corner and a concept version has already been shown back at April’s 2009 Seoul Auto Show. Today, we...

As our own Viknesh Vijayenthiran mentioned on Friday, Hyundai has announced that it will launch a mass-market electric vehicle in the second half of 2010. The vehicle will be a modified version of the existing Hyundai i10 minicar and will appear first in the company's home country of South Korea. A prototype is expected to debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next week.

The Hyundai i10 EV will be powered by a 16 kWh lithium-ion battery (courtesy of LG) feeding a 49 kWh/65 hp electric motor. The hatchback's range should clock in at a respectable 100 miles, and its top speed will be around 80 mph.

Perhaps the most interesting fact about the ...