Hyundai started as a construction company and was founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947. As it stands today, Hyundai Motor Company is South Korea's largest and world's sixth largest automaker. Head-quartered in Seoul, Hyundai started it's operations as an automaker in India in 1998 with the Santro which went on to become one of the largest selling cars in the country. The Korean company continued on the success of Santro by launching the stylish Sonata and the Accent but the Terracan and the Elantra failed to capture the buyer's imagination. Still going strong with the current line-up which also includes Getz Prime, and the successfull Verna, Hyundai will enhance it's existance with a new Elantra sometime next year. Wish them luck!