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Korea Wants Better Trade Agreement with US, Should Improve Automobile Sales
The South Korean ambassador to the USA, Han Duk-soo, wants to get more free trade between the States and our peninsular pals in Asia, and President Obama is looking to have the finer details worked out by next year.
To do so, the ambassador is pushing for "business leaders" in Michigan - a state where Hyundai/Kia invests $900 million annually - to support an agreement that could assist both countries in moving some more metal (and fruit). In his own words, American car imports into Korea "can and should be increased a lot more".
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Hyundai Tries To Catch Star Dust Coming Off Korean Rapper Psy – Does It Make The Equus Look Cooler?
Unless you have been living in a different planet for the past few months, you have probably heard, seen and perhaps some of you have even secretly tried to do the invisible horse dance featured in the wildly popular music clip "Gangman Style"...
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Toyota Presents Its First Minicar In Japan, The New Daihatsu-based Pixi Space
Toyota has decided to enter Japan's popular minicar, or as it's locally known, "kei" car segment with the new Pixi Space, which is supplied by the firm's Daihatsu subsidiary under a minivehicle OEM agreement reached in September...
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Obama Speaks At New Battery Plant, Tries Out Chevy Volt Driver's Seat
U.S. President Barack Obama had the chance to get behind the wheel -but not on the road- of the new Chevy Volt during a visit today at the Compact Power battery plant in Holland, Michigan. The new plant, which is being built by a U.S. unit of South Korea's...
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2011 Hyundai Accent Or Elantra Spied Completely Undisguised
Here we go again: as was the case with the spy photos we showed you back in February, this single picture of a small Hyundai sedan snagged without any camouflage somewhere in South Korea has us wondering if it's the next generation Accent (marketed...
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2011 Hyundai Sonata Receives Its First Recall Only Two Weeks After U.s. Launch
Hyundai's all-new 2011 Hyundai Sonata just got hit with its first recall (at 2 weeks into US sales, it probably just wants to get one under its belt like the big boys), forcing the little-Korean-that-could to put a "halt sales" order out...
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