Nissan Korea is putting the Infiniti Essence concept car that made its Korean debut at the recent Seoul Motor Show in Infiniti showrooms across the country until the end of May. The vehicle is currently on display at Infiniti’s showroom in Gangnam District until the end of the month. The Essence will then be displayed at the Seocho-gu showroom until mid May. The concept car will then be display...

Hyundai Motor Co. introduced a new membership service for Equus and Genesis luxury sedan buyers on Thursday. The new membership service, BLU Honors, is available to those buying 2012 Equus or Genesis sedans, who submit applications. Equus buyers opting for the service can choose from six rounds of golf at selected courses in the two years after the purchase, tickets to eight culture events and ...

AD Motors, a local electric car manufacturer, said it has begun exporting the Change electric car to Japan. The company had signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the issue with Japan’s Autorex on March 31. Under the contract, Autorex will import Change vehicles to Japan, and the Nippon Automobile Fair Certificate Association will be responsible for marketing the vehicle and for establi...

Korean carmakers have come a long way since the days of the Hyundai Pony, the first locally developed automobile to be exported. The days of being widely perceived as makers of cheap but unreliable vehicles are long gone with overseas surveys and consumer research showing vast improvements in their quality rankings. Despite such developments, local carmakers’ design capabilities appeared to be ...

SEOUL, (Yonhap) - South Korea's top carmaker Hyundai Motor Co. and its smaller affiliate Kia Motors Corp. plan to showcase dozens of their latest models at the upcoming auto show in Shanghai, China, industry sources said Sunday. Auto Shanghai 2011 is scheduled to kick off on Tuesday for a 10-day run, bringing together more than 1,500 auto manufacturers and auto parts makers from across the world...

Nissan Korea is offering special financing programs on the Altima+ sedan and the crossover utility vehicle Murano until the end of the month. With the Altima+ 3.5 and the Murano, the company is offering a 36-month interest-free installment program with 35 percent of the price paid up front. For the Murano, the company will also provide a 4 million won ($3,700) fuel voucher to those making the p...

Hanbul Motors, Korea’s official Peugeot importer and distributor, is offering a special financing scheme on the 207GT during April to mark the model’s global sales breaking the 2 million mark. Until the end of the month, those purchasing the vehicle can choose between a 24-month interest-free installment program or a lease financing scheme. Using the zero-interest installment program, 30 percen...

Latest products from Korea’s top auto parts maker turn heads at Seoul Motor Show Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s largest automobile parts manufacturer, is grabbing the limelight at the Seoul Motor Show with its latest products emphasizing environmental and human values as well as technological edge. The event is underway at the KINTEX exhibition center in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on the large...

GM Korea Co., the Korean unit of U.S. automaker General Motors Co., unveiled the new Chevrolet Captiva sports utility vehicle in Korea on Tuesday. The new Captiva is the first Chevrolet SUV to be launched here since GM Korea, formerly GM Daewoo Auto & Technology, decided to replace all its GM Daewoo vehicles with Chevrolet models. The Captiva is the fifth Chevrolet vehicle to be launched here w...

GM Korea, the distributor of Cadillac vehicles in Korea, is offering iPad2 tablet computers with all Cadillac vehicles purchased during the Seoul Motor Show. The show is open until April 10. To mark GM Korea’s participation in the show, the company is offering the iPad2 for customers who sign purchase contracts before the show’s end, and receive their vehicles before the end of the month. The ...

Chrysler Korea is holding the “2011 Refresh Campaign,” which offers free checkup services for Chrysler vehicles registered before Dec. 31, 2007 until the end of the month. Owners of Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles registered before the specified date will be offered a comprehensive checkup by certified technicians at the 21 official Chrysler service centers, the company said. In addition, tho...