Started in the year 1967 by Chung Ju-yung, Hyundai Motor Company is South Korean automotive manufacturer that has managed to gain popularity all over the world. Today the company has its operations spread across more than 193 countries, having 5000+ dealerships and showrooms through which it employs more than 75000 people. In USA, the company has its manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama.
If we talk about Hyundai’s presence in the United States of America, it set its foot in the country in the year 1968. The first model that it sold in the country was Hyundai Excel, which it started selling on February 20 1968. Growing in popularity over the next few decades, the company started its Hyundai Design Center in Fountain Valley, California in the year 1990.