Seoul–(Korea Newswire) January 23, 2022 — Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors were awarded the ‘2022 Best Cars for the Money Awards’ by US News & World Report, a prestigious US weekly news magazine, by car type. It was announced on the 23rd that it was honored with the brand that received the most awards by winning 6 categories in dog categories.
The Best Customer Value Award is given to comprehensively excellent vehicles by evaluating not only quality and marketability, but also new and used car prices and maintenance costs.
According to US News & World Report, each vehicle’s quality and marketability were evaluated in consideration of factors such as driving performance, ride comfort, safety, interior design, technology and convenience specifications, connectivity, fuel economy, and loading space analyzed by automobile media. The economic value of a vehicle was calculated by comparing and evaluating the total cost of maintaining the vehicle over five years, including repair costs, fuel costs, and insurance, with the price of currently traded used cars.
Hyundai and Kia were selected as the best cars in all five categories, especially in the SUV category.
Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Telluride won awards in the mid-size (2-Row) SUV and Large (3-Row) SUV categories, respectively, and Hyundai Tucson and Kona took first place in the Compact SUV and Subcompact SUV categories. In the best hybrid/electric SUV category, the Tucson Hybrid was named after competing models.
At the same time, Hyundai Motor won two awards related to electrification, such as the Elantra (Korean name Avante) hybrid winning the best hybrid/electric passenger car award, proving its eco-friendly car competitiveness.
In addition, △small Nissan Versailles, △middle-sized Honda Civic, △midsize Honda Accord, and △semi-large Toyota Avalon won awards in the passenger car category, and Honda Odyssey won the award in the minivan category.
In announcing the results, US News & World Report explained that “the award-winning cars will provide customers with a valuable ownership experience in terms of convenience and economy, as well as functionality and performance.”
“Hyundai Motors and Kia are happy and honored to have been selected as the most award-winning brands,” he said.
Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors are showing outstanding achievements at major automobile awards ceremony in countries around the world, including North America and Europe, which are recently known as advanced automobile markets. Hyundai Motor Company’s Elantra and Ioniq 5 were selected as ‘Car of the Year’ in North America and Germany last year, respectively, and the Genesis GV80 was selected as Canada’s ‘Utility of the Year’. The Kia EV6 won the Car of the Year and Electric SUV of the Year awards at the ‘2022 What Car Awards’, a well-known British automobile award.
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