In 1966, Chung Ju-Yung established the Hyundai Motor Company as a manufacturing business to sit alongside Hyundai's core construction company. The motor company had grown out of a modest array of repair shops into a national chain of service centers - and was about to embrace assembly for the first time. The Hyundai Pony became its first independently designed and manufactured model. Unveiled at the 55th Turin International Motor Fair in 1974, it was exported in 1976, and by 1984, Hyundai had produced over 500,000 models. In 1992, the company had also created its first proprietary engine: Alpha.

Yesterday, Korea. Today, the world. From their humble beginnings as a local construction company, to their current standing as a global giant, Hyundai has taken the motoring world by storm.

Their global design centers are at the heart of these advances. Populated by talented, freethinking individuals, each team brings innovative insight and ideas to every Hyundai design.