The second generation Hyundai Santa Fe was awarded 2008 Consumer Reports 'top pick' and was among the top 10 vehicles for 2008 unveiled in the magazine's issue. As of 2007, the Santa Fe falls between the little bit smaller compact crossover Tucson and the larger, yet related luxury crossover SUV Veracruz.

The Santa Fe quickly became Hyundai's best seller and contributed to Hyundai's success in the USA. The SUV was so popular that at times, Hyundai had trouble supplying the demand. The Santa Fe was a milestone in the company's restructuring program of the late 1990s because, despite receiving criticism from journalists for its obscure looks, the SUV was a hit with American buyers. It is named after the city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, it was introduced for the 2001 model year as Hyundai's first SUV, released at the same time as the Ford Escape and Pontiac Aztek. It is based on the Hyundai Sonata platform. The Hyundai Santa Fe is a Mid-size crossover produced by the South Korean manufacturer Hyundai since 2000.

In 2008, Hyundai Accent was named the most dependable sub-compact car by J.D. In Russia, where the fourth generation Accent became the best-selling car on the market in 2011, it is sold as the Hyundai Solaris. In Puerto Rico, it has been sold as the Hyundai Brio. Since 2002, the Accent had been the longest-running small family car sold in North America. The Brisa was assembled by Mitsubishi Motors at its plant in Barcelona, Venezuela. In Venezuela, Chrysler marketed them as Dodge Brisa until 2006. In Mexico, the Accent is marketed by Chrysler as the Dodge Attitude, previously Verna by Dodge. For Russian market it is assembled by TagAZ plant in Taganrog. The Accent is produced for the Chinese market by Beijing Hyundai Co., a joint venture with Beijing Automotive Industry Corp. The Accent was replaced in 2000 by the Hyundai Verna in South Korea, although most international markets, including the USA, retained the 'Accent' name. In Australia, the first generation models carried over the Hyundai Excel name used by the Accent's predecessor. judge to reject them, claiming other factors like city policing policies and TikTok videos that teach people how to break in certain Kia and Hyundai models are to blame for the uptick in car theft, according to Reuters. About 17 cities are suing the automakers for similar reasons, though they have pushed for a U.S. Kia, specifically, had to recall 188,912 of its 2021-23 Kia K5 models due to side curtain airbags potentially deploying improperly and causing injury during a crash.Īlong with a spate of car recalls, both Kia and Hyundai are being sued by the city of Chicago for allegedly not having specific security technology within their cars that the city says led to a car theft crisis. In March, they made a similar plea for owners to park outdoors and away from other cars, homes and buildings when they both recalled over 570,000 vehicles released between 2019 and as late as this year for fear they could catch fire, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. In August, both Hyundai and Kia recalled some 92,000 vehicles, including the Hyundai Elantra (2023), Hyundai Kona (2023), Hyundai Palisade (2023-24), Hyundai Sonata (2023), Hyundai Tucson (2023), Kia Seltos (2023-23), Kia Soul (2023) and Kia Sportage (2023), due to oil pumps that could overheat and catch fire. The recall announcement follows several other rounds of recalls by the South Korean auto manufacturers this year-some as early as last month. Bell shared a statement saying select impacted model owners will be instructed to bring their cars to a Kia dealer for a new fuse.

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