Company: Hyundai Motor Company

The mean amount of time U.S. workers spend commuting is 23.8 minutes, or almost four hours a week, so their cars had better be comfortable, reliable and nimble. Kelley Blue Book has provided CNBC.com with its list of 10 cars that are the best for commuting.

South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor bucked a sluggish industry trend in Europe and China and boosted sales in a recovering U.S. market to push up quarterly net profit by almost a third to $2.15 billion, its highest since changing accounting methods a year ago.

Hyundai Motor is sending a select group its dealers to experience first-hand what makes premium service brands tick — and applying that to Hyundai cars.

As the last major auto exhibition of the season, the New York International Auto Show often provides manufacturers with one last chance to debut models that weren’t ready earlier in the year. This year’s event is no different.

South Korean automaker Hyundai and its affiliate Kia in January posted huge gains in the stagnant German car market, Europe's largest, official data showed on Thursday.

A Super Bowl advertisement is the most expensive ad in television, and with the game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots expected to be the most-watched event of the year, there’s no doubt consumers will be paying attention. It’s a unique opportunity for advertisers, since Super Bowl ads have virtually become in-game content for fans watching at home.

South Korea's Hyundai Motor plans to aggressively raise auto sales in Europe this year even as growth falters globally, saying the difficult market situation there offers an opportunity to increase market share.

For the annual Car of the Year winner, named at the Detroit Auto Show, the bragging rights don't guarantee a sales boost,  reports the AP.

Hyundai Motor's Elantra won car of the year honors at the Detroit auto show on Monday, a marketing boost for the car with the fastest sales growth in the Korean automaker's line-up.

Is the U.S. auto industry back in the driver's seat? Many executives of the biggest car makers seem to think so. Here is a roundup of the comments some of them made to CNBC Monday from the Detroit Auto Show.

The labor union of Hyundai Motor has threatened to suspend all engine output in the company's biggest production base from Tuesday, saying an employee set himself on fire to protest the company's alleged "suppression" of unionized workers.

Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s two biggest companies by market value, issued a rallying call to staff on Monday and warned of tougher business conditions for 2012 amid the global economic slowdown. The Financial Times reports.

Hyundai and affiliate Kia aim to boost global vehicle sales by 6 percent this year to a combined 7 million vehicles, which would mark a slowdown for a duo that has enjoyed double-digit sales rises in recent years.

Ford Motor Company has begun its search for a new CEO, as former chief executive Alan Mulally is expected to retire within two years. Rumored replacements are internal candidates Mark Fields, Jim Farley and Joe Hinrichs.