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Hyundai Shell World Rally Team secures first double finish in style with maiden podium at Rally Mexico

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The Hyundai Shell World Rally Team has celebrated a landmark result in the gruelling Rally Mexico recently with lead driver Thierry Neuville scoring a maiden podium for the team.
 
Aussie Chris Atkinson also secured a points finish in his first competitive outing in the Hyundai i20 WRC, fighting his way back to a commendable seventh place after overcoming technical difficulties early in the rally.

Thierry Neuville with his co-driver Nicolas Gilsoul were on scintillating form over the  weekend after initially struggling with the gravel terrain and high altitude on the first full day. The Belgium put in a string of competitive stage times on Saturday to edge his way into a podium position by the end of the day before continuing his fine form into Sunday’s final stages to consolidate the result and pick up 15 drivers’ points.

The result wasn’t without its moments of drama, as the #7 Hyundai i20 WRC developed a radiator leak at the conclusion of the final stage. Neuville and Gilsoul were able to fix the leak in the road section and make it safely back to the service park enabling the drivers and the team to celebrate their well-earned podium result.

The new Bowater Hyundai showroom begins to be refurbished.

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Nick Marer owner of The Little Pig Building Company inside the old Bowater Honda showroom as work gets underway.


The Bowater Motor Group is wasting no time when it comes to the grand plan of relocating several of it's franchises into freshly refurbished showrooms.

With the move now completed for Bowater Honda from their Rutherford & Hardy Streets showroom up to their newly refurbished showroom in Achilles Ave, work has already begun on shifting Bowater Hyundai.

The next stage of the moves will see Bowater Hyundai move across the road and take up residence in a completely refurbished showroom that will better suit the needs of the rapidly growing Hyundai business, and clear the way for the current Bowater Hyundai building located on Hardy street to be demolished and replaced by a large multi franchise used car yard.

Intrado concept to demonstrate Hyundai Motor’s continuing commitment to innovation

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At the 2014 Geneva Motor Show Hyundai Motor is set to unveil Intrado, an iconic concept car that confirms the company’s ongoing commitment to innovation by previewing future developments for the brand.

Intrado is built around a super-lightweight structure made from a mixture of advanced materials and joined using a revolutionary technique that has the potential to change the way cars are constructed in the future. The car also features a next-generation hydrogen fuel cell drivetrain that is both smaller and lighter than that powering the assembly-line-produced Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell.

Intrado will be the first Hyundai concept car to feature styling inspired by Fluidic Sculpture 2.0, the latest iteration of Hyundai’s design language. The result of close collaboration between Hyundai Motor’s design and engineering teams, Intrado was styled and engineered primarily at Hyundai Motor European R&D centre in Rüsselsheim, Germany – as indicated by its codename, HED-9 (Hyundai Europe Design).

Intrado takes its name from the underside of an aircraft’s wing, which produces lift, enabling flight to take place. The advanced technical aspects of Intrado also take inspiration from aircraft, such as the use of advanced materials, removal of all unnecessary weight, a style born solely of purpose, and a highly efficient powertrain.

Peter Schreyer, President & CDO of Hyundai Motor Group, commented: “Hyundai Intrado envisages a motoring future that encapsulates the efficiency and freedom associated with flying. I believe in the power of mobility to deliver emotional as well as physical connections and this car helps us find again the joy of discovery. Intrado shows that future cars can be both relevant and exciting.”

More information about Intrado will be revealed ahead of the 2014 Geneva Motor Show.

Hyundai Santa Fe wins "4WD of the year" award

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Hyundai’s latest Santa Fe 4WD has won the New Zealand Company Vehicle magazine’s Business 4WD of the Year award, as well as NZ4WD magazine’s Medium SUV of the year.

The Santa Fe, which was launched in March this year, provides a great all round package according to Managing Editor John Oxley.

“The new Santa Fe is a deeply impressive machine,” said Mr. Oxley. “It has all the ingredients to continue selling well,” he said. “It’s well equipped, well built and undeniably handsome.”

Like all the winners of the various different classes of business vehicles, which New Zealand Company Vehicle honours, the Santa Fe offered more new technology to provide better safety systems, reductions in fuel consumption and improved emission levels, as well as a better driving environment, said Mr Oxley.

The magazine’s did not only consider the Santa Fe’s on road performance but also its running costs and usefulness for the tasks it is asked to do, he said.

“Santa Fe has certainly been successful for us,” said Andy Sinclair, the General Manager of Hyundai New Zealand. “It’s found a place with business and fleets as well as private buyers, an indication it is meeting the needs of anybody in the market for a medium 4WD vehicle.”

Bowater Hyundai on Hardy Street in central Nelson has got a great range of Hyundai Santa Fe's in the showroom for you to test drive for yourself and see what all of the fuss is about.

 

 


You can read the New Zealand Company Vehicle magazine’s initial review of the Hyundai Santa Fe by clicking here.

 

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