Today, Hyundai showed off its latest engine, the Theta II, a 2.4-liter, direct-injection four-cylinder with variable valve timing destined for the 2011 Hyundai Sonata. Impressively, they also showed ...

Direct injection technology is becoming rather widespread these days, from Buick to BMW to Porsche, and now, Hyundai. In addition to boosting performance and efficiency, there's talk that Hyundai's ...

Cost and complexity are discouraging Hyundai from applying direct injection to small engines. Direct injection reduces fuel consumption and emissions and in some applications boosts engine performance ...

All future Hyundai products are likely to get direct injection technology, boosting both fuel economy and performance and allowing for smaller and lighter displacement engines to take the place of ...

Hyundai Motor Co. on Tuesday unveiled its first direct-injection gasoline engine, saying it delivers more power with a 10 percent improvement in fuel economy. The 2.4-liter engine, called the Theta II ...

Known as the Theta II GDI, the 2.4-litre 4-cylinder unit is the product of 46 months of research and development and expenses of more than 170 billion won (AUD$160 million). The ideology for the new ...

Hyundai, the auto giant from South Korea has always been an ace when it comes to innovating engine technology especially for the diesel engines. Years back, Hyundai launched the Accent CRDI with the 1 ...

Hyundai‘s new Accent was the star of the companies exhibit at this year’s Beijing Auto Show, but the debut of two new engines and a new automatic transmission will have broader implications for the ...

“That is totally driving you crazy, isn’t it?” asked my friend Dan, as we headed up a series of Berthoud Pass-styled curves in the Hyundai Tucson. In the back, an unsecured 12-pack box of microbrew ...

Hyundai introduced the refreshed 2014 Tucson crossover on Wednesday. It will be the first model to get the company's 2.0-liter Nu direct-injection engine; the other option is the 2.4-liter Theta II.

HYUNDAI'S UPCOMING 2012 coupe, a replacement for the front-wheel-drive Tiburon being developed to sit beneath the Genesis Coupe in the company's line-up, will look "70-80 percent" like the popular ...

Both of the 2014 Hyundai Tucson engines have been upgraded with direct fuel injection, replacing multiport fuel injection on the old model. The base Tucson GLS's 2.0-liter inline-four engine now ...