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EVOLUTION :
MAKING THE BEST ENGINE IN THE WORLD
A DREAM ENGINE FOR PREMIUM PERFORMANCE
The engine is the heart of a car and having a great engine is essential for making a
great car. It has been just over two decades since Hyundai Motor introduced its first
in-house developed engine, and already it is a leading engine maker.
Until recently, the industry had focused on the creation of powerful engines.
However, Hyundai Motor reassessed this fundamental goal, shifting away from the
old goals of achieving ‘more power’ and ‘faster acceleration’.
Built for multiple goals from good performance to environmental benefits.
Hyundai Motor’s R&D effort has been focusing its R&D effort on creating engines
which can achieve high efficiency during everyday use. The shift in development
goals is due to the slower average operation speed due to traffic congestion and
slower speed limits imposed due to safety concerns. Growing customer demand for
high fuel efficiency cars is yet another reason.
Since good performance characteristics are still important, Hyundai Motor is
trying to strike the perfect balance between power and efficiency with special
consideration to the environmental. We are committed to working towards better
performance, higher efficiency and cleaner emissions.
DEMONSTRATING HYUNDAI MOTOR’S
STRENGTH IN POWERTRAIN
TECHNOLOGY
After winning multiple ‘Ward’s 10 Best
Engines’ awards for its engines, Hyundai
Motor has now demonstrated its strength
in alternative powertrain technology with
its fuel cell making it into the ‘2015 10 Best
Engines Winners’ by US Ward’s Auto.
It was the first time a fuel cell had made it
onto the list.
Thanks to its leading engine design and
manufacturing capacity, Hyundai Motor has
made it onto the ‘Ward’s 10 Best Engines’
list five times with Tau engine on the list for
three consecutive years (2008- 2010) and
Gamma engine in 2011.
BASIC TECH 22 / 23
Maximum power output of 1.6 Gamma GDi Engine (One of ‘2011 Ward’s 10 Best Engines’)
Basic Tech 01
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY Annual Report 2014
POWERTRAIN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
1991 Alpha engine and transmission : Hyundai Motor’s first in-house powertrain
1995 Beta engine and transmission
1.6L, 1.8L, 2.0L medium engine
1997 Epsilon engine and transmission
1998 High performance/high tech V6 Delta engine
1999 GDi V8 Omega engine
2004 Theta engine with top environmental performance
2005 Lambda engine
2006 Gamma and S engine
2007 Diesel F, G and H engine
2008 Tau engine : ‘Ward’s 10 best engines’
2009 R-engine & 6-speed transmission
First Korean engine to achieve EURO-5 emission compliancy
2010 Nu engine
2011 Tau GDi engine & rear wheel 8-speed automatic transmission
First Korean automatic transmission for rear wheel powertrain
Gamma GDi engine : ‘Ward’s 10 best engines’
2014 Fuel Cell Powertrain,
‘Ward’s 10 best engines’
7-speed DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission)