Tests and Features

The Kona is immensely critical to Hyundai ’s success, accounting for nearly a quarter of the Korean brand’s total sales in Canada. It also led the small-SUV segment with some 24,500 units sold in 2022, approximately 30 percent of which were Kona Electric models. The Subaru Crosstrek , Kia Seltos …

The gateway to the SUV/CUV world is called Hyundai Venue , a Korean little number that slightly undercuts its top rival, the Nissan Kicks . It’s also the automaker’s least expensive model, having taken the torch from the venerable Accent with the goal of attracting young drivers and first-time buyers.

Slowly but surely, the first units of the all-new Hyundai IONIQ 6 are hitting the road in Canada, a few weeks after it won the prestigious World Car of the Year award (not to mention the World Design of the Year award and World Electric Vehicle of the Year award).

Modern Hyundai vehicles are light-years ahead of the original Pony, both in terms of design and build quality, but the Korean automaker is not one to turn its back on such a historically significant car—its first production model—especially with the latter about to turn 50. This week at a special …