Company profile
- Industry
- Automotive manufacturing
- Founded
- 1967
- Headquarters
- Seoul, South Korea
- Ownership
- Publicly traded
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Decisions on record
2 verified Decision Cases on Hyundai, and the casebook each one belongs to.
| Fork date | Decision type | What Hyundai chose | Where it stood | The story | Casebook |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | The Turnaround | Post the warranty bond | Hyundai Motor Group tied for the highest ranking among corporations for the second consecutive year; Hyundai brand placed third overall (2025) | Read the story → | The Turnaround Casebook → |
| 2022 | The Reversal | Build dedicated US EV plant | roughly 46,917 dedicated Ioniq EVs sold in the US, with Ioniq 5 up 48% (2023) | Read the story → | The Reversal Casebook → |
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The analyses
The Reversal · Decision Forks
Hyundai's EV "Surprise" Was Visible on a Balance Sheet Years Earlier
In 2023 Hyundai passed Ford and GM into second place in US EV sales and swept the World Car Awards two years running. The press called it a surprise. The capital had been committed years before — $7.6 billion of it, in a single Georgia plant.
7 min
The Turnaround · Crisis & Reinvention
Hyundai's 10-Year Warranty Was the Signal; the Engine Took Two Decades to Build
In 1986 Hyundai set an import sales record, then became a punchline. The famous warranty - 10 years, 100,000 miles - gets the credit for the comeback. It was a signal, not the engine. The engine took two decades and ran in the shadow of a chairman headed for prison.
8 min
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