DRIVEN; 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N AWD

DRIVEN; 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N AWD

EVs as hyper performance cars.  Yeah.  Right. Well, disbelievers, you can zip it right now, because I can’t name or recall another new current street legal car legitimately available in America that offers this sort of performance for the money.  Sure, there are...
DRIVEN: 2024 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD

DRIVEN: 2024 Hyundai Kona Limited AWD

Please click on any photo to see it full screen in high resolution The compact Hyundai Kona came to market as a 2018 model, in a variety of trim levels with a few powertrain choices.  It practically defined the term “Cute-Ute.”  And it was.  Yet also a...
DRIVEN: 2023 Hyundai Elantra HEV Limited

DRIVEN: 2023 Hyundai Elantra HEV Limited

              I can’t tell you how many so-called experts proclaimed that as soon as pure EVs became more practical and prevalent in the marketplace, the conventional, non-plug-in regenerative hybrid (HEV) would be instantly...
DRIVEN: 2023 Hyundai Elantra Limited

DRIVEN: 2023 Hyundai Elantra Limited

When the fourth gen Hyundai Elantra came online in 2006, it played as a strong competitor to the Ford Focus, and several other compact coupes and sedans; in terms of value, standard equipment, and content levels, I felt it bettered the popular Ford in several key...
DRIVEN – 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

DRIVEN – 2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Limited

Hyundai’s dynamic Sonata and corporate cousin KIA’s K5 (formerly Optima) continue to prove that the mid-sized sedan is still a viable product, and not likely to be summarily wiped off the face of dealer lots by SUVs anytime soon.  The Sonata got a thorough...