Hyundai Motors Company, the Korean auto-unit is one of the most progressive auto-manufacturer globally. It stands ahead in the auto-market race with its impressive product line up and consumer satisfaction. In 1947, Chung-Ju-Yung incorporated Hyundai Civil Engineering Company. After a few months of incorporation, the factory was bombed in the Korean War. Even though, in 1950s the company restablished itself as one of the leading construction companies in Korea.

It was in 1967 when Chung-Ju-Yung got fleet on the automotive industry and established Hyundai Motor Company. In 1968, Hyundai Motors signed a contract for two years with the then leading car manufacturer, Ford Motors to share the assembly technology. In a joint venture with Ford, Hyundai Motors introduced its first car, Cortina in 1968. The company initiated to bring a new car which could be a solely Hyundai technology car, therefore in order to make it happen, Hyundai hired George Turnbell, the former Managing Director of Austin Morris at British Leyland. Turnbell hired five highly learned British car engineers. Finally, in 1975, Hyundai's first solely owned car the "Pony" was launched. Pony was a fresh designed car of its era which had the power trained technology boosted by the Mitsubishi Motors.

In 1986, Hyundai started selling its cars in United States. Its mid sized sedan, Hyundai Excel was designated at number 10 spot in "Fortune Magazine" due to its nominal price tag. With the beginning of 1988, Hyundai Motors started the production with their own technology starting with Hyundai Sonata.

Hyundai Motors introduced itself in India for the first time in 1996 and also established its production facility in Irrungattukotai near Chennai. 1998 was the year, when Hyundai Motors lost its control from the U.S. auto-market due to its poor quality complaints by many customers. At the same time, Chung-Ju-Yung made his son Chung Mong Koo the incharge of Hyundai Motors. The company invested heavily in improvising the quality, manufacturing technique and design of its vehicles and a lot of research work was also done at the same time in order to meet the described objectives. Things brought fruit for Hyundai and it became one of the most entrusted brands in the successive years. In 2004, it ranked 2nd in the initial quality survey conducted by J.D. Power and Associates. Hyundai has also showed its presence by sponsoring in many global events like FIFA World Cup, PGA Tour, NFL's Super Bowls etc.

At present, Hyundai has a good control on the Indian auto-market. After Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai Motors is the second largest car manufacturer in India with a long line up of cars available to attract potential buyers which includes; Hyundai Accent, Hyundai i10, Hyundai i20, Hyundai Santro Xing, Hyundai Verna Transform, Hyundai Sonata Transform, Hyundai Santa Fe and Hyundai Tucson.