About Hyundai Motor Company

• Hyundai Motor Company is determined to create a new automobile culture by enhancing the image of Korean-made cars to the people of the world.

• Hyundai is the fifth-largest automobile importer in the United States.

• 346,235 Hyundai cars and sport utility vehicles were sold in the United States in 2001, accounting for a 42% increase in sales over 2000 – the largest increase in the automotive industry.

• In 2001, Hyundai Automotive Group (which includes both Hyundai Motor America and Kia Motors in the United States) saw sales of 569,956 units, an increase of 29% over 2000 – again, the largest increase in the automotive industry.

• Hyundai Motor Company reported a 75% rise in net profit for 2001 to $879 million – the best result in the company's 35 year history.

• Worldwide, Hyundai Motor Company sold 1.58 million units in 2001, a 4.7% increase mostly attributed to brisk sales of high-end passenger cars and sport utility vehicles.

• Hyundai, along with its subsidiary and cooperative firms, employs an estimated 350,000 people worldwide.

• Hyundai Motor Company operates the world's largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility in Ulsan, on Korea's southeast coast.

• Hyundai's 2002 model lineup in the United States features the restyled and refined Sonata, as well as the Accent, the Elantra GLS sedan, the Elantra GT five-door hatchback, the Santa Fe sport utility vehicle, the luxurious XG350 sedan and the all-new Tiburon. The lineup of quality vehicles will continue to enhance Hyundai's image as an automaker whose reputation stands on quality, trust and value.