Hyundai Motor and Kia Win Most 'U.S. Customer Value Awards' for 3 Consecutive Years

7 Awards Out of 11 Categories

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia have become the brands with the most awards for three consecutive years in the 'Best Customer Value Awards' selected by the U.S. news weekly magazine.

On the 19th, Hyundai and Kia announced that they received the most awards by being named in 7 out of 11 categories by vehicle type in the '2024 Best Cars for the Money Awards' announced by the U.S. news weekly magazine U.S. News & World Report.

Last year, Hyundai and Kia won in 7 out of 12 categories in the same awards, and in 2022, they won in 6 out of 11 categories. With this, Hyundai and Kia have earned the honor of being the top award-winning brands for three consecutive years up to this year.

The Best Customer Value Awards are given to vehicles that are comprehensively excellent, evaluating not only quality and marketability but also new and used car prices and maintenance costs.

Avante Hybrid

U.S. News & World Report, a news weekly magazine that started in 1948, evaluates the quality and marketability of each vehicle by considering factors such as driving performance, ride comfort, safety, interior, technology and convenience features, connectivity, fuel efficiency, and cargo space analyzed by automotive specialized media. In addition, it comprehensively compares and evaluates the economic value of vehicles, including total costs for vehicle maintenance over five years such as repair costs, fuel costs, insurance fees, and used car prices.

Hyundai's Avante Hybrid (hybrid passenger car), Ioniq 5 (electric sport utility vehicle (SUV)), and Tucson (compact SUV) were named in the Best Customer Value Awards. Kia's Telluride (large SUV), Sportage Hybrid (hybrid SUV), Sportage Plug-in Hybrid (plug-in hybrid SUV), and Soul (small SUV) were selected as the best cars in their respective categories.

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