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2000
#Chairman Chung Mong-Koo
inaugurated as Chairman of the 2010
World Expo Bidding Committee
#Established a 300,000 units per
annum passenger car plant in China
#The HCD-V concept car unveiled at
the Chicago International Motor Show
#Introduced Korea’s first diesel engine
for passenger car application
#Established Asia’s first cyber car
exhibition center
#Avante XD launched
#Signed contract with International
Fuel Cells to develop fuel cell
technology for an electric vehicle.
#Participated in the California Fuel
Cell Partnership
#Santa Fe SUV launched
#Established strategic alliance with
DaimlerChrysler
#Formed Korea’s first business group
specializing in automobiles
#Developed PowerTech, Korea’s first
heavy duty truck engine
#Partnership with Capstone Turbine
Corp. to develop a hybrid car
#Chairman Chung awarded
Automotive Hall of Fame’s DSC
#Korea’s first fuel cell electric vehicle
developed
#Hyundai and Kia relocated to new
joint HQ in Yangjae-dong, Seoul
2001
#2001 Libero(H-1 Truck) launched
#New EF Sonata(Sonata) luxury
sedan introduced
#Exclusive showroom for Equus
(Centennial) luxury sedan opened
#Domestic sales of Porter (H-100
Truck) 1-T pickup pass 1 million
mark in record pace
#Chairman Chung Mong-Koo awarded
Automotive Hall of Fame’s DSC
#HCD-6 roadster unveiled at the
Chicago Motor Show
#Terracan Luxury SUV rolled out
#Porter(H-100 Truck) 1-T dump truck
launched
#New Grandeur XG(XG) goes into
production in Taiwan
#New AeroTown bus launched
#Production of Hyundai’s proprietary
Beta engine tops 1 million mark
#Prototype of fuel cell powered Santa
Fe unveiled
#Hyundai honored by J.D.Power
Chairman Award
#2001 model year Grandeur XG (XG)
introduced
#Multipurpose sedan Lavita(Matrix)
launched
#$n Yugoslavia, Avante XD(Elantra)
voted as Car of the Year
#Santa Fe leads competitors in
AutoPacific satisfaction survey
#2WD edition of Terracan rolled out
#Grandeur XG(XG) domestic sales
exceed 100,000 units
#New Taxi edition of EF Sonata
launched with exclusive LPG engine
#Starex Taxi edition launched
#‘Letter of Intent on Principal
Correspondent Bank’ signed with
Bank of China
#Grandeur XG LPG model launched
#Cumulative production volume in
India surpasses 200,000
#Daimler-Hyundai Truck Corp.
inaugurated
#Hyundai sales in Canada vault
into the top five
#Diesel edition of Lavita(Matrix)
exported to Europe
#Terracan SUV introduced with
new 2.9-liter common rail diesel
engine
#Tuscani(Coupe) sports coupe
launched Asanro Monument unveiled
in honor of the late Chung Ju-Young,
HMC’s founder
#Monthly sales hit all-time high since
onset of 1997 economic crisis
#HMC issued US$150 million in bonds
#New EF Sonata(Sonata) lauded in
press reviews as superior to
Toyota Camry
#Santa Fe claims first prize in Michelin
Bibendum Challenge
#Seoul National University presented
with a Hyundai endowment for a new
Technology R&D Center aimed at
developing the next generation
automotive technology
#Hyundai-Kia California Design and
Technical Center opened
#US$105 million in CP issued for
Hyundai Motor Finance Company.
#Hyundai launches its first commercial
vehicles in the U.S. market
#In celebration of the 2002 World
Cup, Hyundai rolls out special
commemmorative World Cup
editions of its most popular models.
#Hyundai Motor Group signed a
contract with the Bank of China for a
$500 million global credit line
which will facilitate expansion in the
Chinese market.
#Hyundai was honored with the Korea
Design Management Award
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