Hyundai Motor Company was formed through the 1998 merging of South Korea's largest car company, Hyundai Motor Company, and the nation's second largest car company, Kia Motors. It is the second largest automaker in Asia after Toyota and one of the top five automakers in the world as of 2008.
Hyundai operates the world’s largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility, which is capable of producing 1.6 million units annually.
Hyundai entered the United States market in 1986 with a single model, the Hyundai Excel.
After initial reports of extremely low quality vehicles, Hyundai began to invest heavily in the quality, design, manufacturing, and long-term research of its vehicles. It added a 10-year or 100,000-mile powertrain warranty to its vehicles sold in the United States. By 2004, sales had dramatically increased, and the reputation of Hyundai cars improved. In 2004, Hyundai tied with Honda for initial brand quality in a study from J.D. Power and Associates, for having 102 problems per 100 vehicles. This made Hyundai second in the industry, only behind Toyota, for initial vehicle quality. The company continued this tradition by placing third overall in J.D. Power’s 2006 Initial Quality Survey, behind only Porsche and Lexus.
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