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First drive: 2020 Hyundai Palisade in South Korea

First drive: 2020 Hyundai Palisade in South Korea

by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. July 16, 2019.

Hyundai is on a roll. The Korean brand have wet their feet in every mainstream category there is, with a decent amount of success thanks to good design and great value. However, they’ve been conspicuously absent from the large SUV market. Their largest SUV was the decidedly midsize Hyundai Grand Santa Fe. But now they have the all-new 2020 Palisade — a slightly-bigger midsize SUV.

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First drive: 2020 Hyundai Sonata in South Korea

First drive: 2020 Hyundai Sonata in South Korea

by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. July 11, 2019.

The midsize segment has always been a bit of a snooze-fest, but the offerings have become more interesting in recent times. Many brands now have great products with good design, luxury features and entertaining handling. But while some are giving up the niche in favour of crossover SUVs, Hyundai has doubled up with a new Sonata that seems to be pulling design ideas from the premium segment into the affordable mainstream. We were invited to South Korea for a week in which we got to take a spin in the all-new 2020 Sonata.

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First drive: Hyundai Elantra 2012 in South Korea

First drive: Hyundai Elantra 2012 in South Korea

by Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury. June 26, 2011.


“Real” journalists with Western passports fly to foreign destinations every other week, fully paid for by carmakers, with 5-star hotel stays and business-class flights. For that, all they have to do is “review” a car. Of course, third-world jerks like me don’t get foreign invites all that often, especially since I reveal more than just the test-drive itself. The couple of invites that I did get, I couldn’t go mostly due to visa hassles. So when Hyundai’s UAE dealer invited me for a three-day trip to South Korea to test-drive the all-new 2012 Hyundai Elantra, I agreed of course.

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