Stopping Hyundai's success? Not likely Posted by Bill Griffith - Article Courtesy of:  Boston.com The Hyundai phenomenon ranks as one of the most impressive business turnarounds of the past quarter century. The company went from being both a punch line and punching bag to slugging it out for supremacy in the United States market. It’s a symbol of how far the company has come that the compact Elantra sedan was voted North American Car of the Year for 2011, and Hyundai was No. 6 in US car and light truck sales last year. If you combined Hyundai and sibling Kia’s sales last year, they’d have been No. 4 overall behind Ford, Chevrolet, and Toyota, all of whom have pickup trucks as significant parts of their sales portfolios. And there’s more growth in sight. Earlier … [Read more...]