Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Hyundai Pony isn’t held in much regard by the west, but in South Korea it’s celebrated as the beginning of Hyundai’s ascendancy as a global car manufacturer. It may have rusted to nothing in some of the more extreme places it was exported to, but from the outset it was designed to be a hardy car that could survive the roughest roads. And Hyundai didn’t try to do this on their own, it assembled top talent from around the world, and purchased quality machinery from established players. Why did Hyundai think it could take on the world making its own mass-produced car, after just 6 years’ experience assembling other people’s cars? And did they pull it off?
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Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Engineering_%26_Construction
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hyundai_vehicles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Turnbull_(businessman)
aronline.co.uk/archive/archive-driving-ahead
aronline.co.uk/archive/archive-treble-pay-lure-for-key-uk-car-men-in-s-korea
aronline.co.uk/people/george-turnbull/george-turnbull
aronline.co.uk/people/obituary-sir-george-turnbull
aronline.co.uk/people/archive-george-turnbull-resigns
https://www.italdesign.it/project/pony/
http://tago.kr/story/hyundai.htm
https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2005052119273571427
hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/553
https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3188056
blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=domarnag_official&logNo=220460781344
https://jodesign.kr/189
aronline.co.uk/people/george-turnbull/george-turnbull-and-hyundai-video
https://www.italdesign.it/project/excel-pony-hatchback/
hotcars.com/largest-car-manufacturers
threadinmotion.com/blog/top-10-biggest-car-manufacturers-by-revenue
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EB%8C%80%EC%9E%90%EB%8F%99%EC%B0%A8
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EB%8C%80_%ED%8F%AC%EB%8B%88
nepalautotrader.com/blog/hyundai-has-been-in-the-front-line-of-car-design
#bigcar
The Hyundai Pony isn’t held in much regard by the west, but in South Korea it’s celebrated as the beginning of Hyundai’s ascendancy as a global car manufacturer. It may have rusted to nothing in some of the more extreme places it was exported to, but from the outset it was designed to be a hardy car that could survive the roughest roads. And Hyundai didn’t try to do this on their own, it assembled top talent from around the world, and purchased quality machinery from established players. Why did Hyundai think it could take on the world making its own mass-produced car, after just 6 years’ experience assembling other people’s cars? And did they pull it off?
Optional Extra video: youtu.be/XvhSdxgvue4
Music: "Know Myself" - Patrick Patrikios from the YouTube audio library.
If you'd like to support what I do, and get early access to advert-free videos and exclusive channel updates, please consider supporting the channel from just $1 or 80p a month: patreon.com/bigcar
Support me using PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/bigcartv
Big Car merch: teespring.com/stores/bigcartv
Twitter: twitter.com/bigcartv
My second channel - Little Car: youtube.com/littlecar
Sources:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Engineering_%26_Construction
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hyundai_vehicles
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Turnbull_(businessman)
aronline.co.uk/archive/archive-driving-ahead
aronline.co.uk/archive/archive-treble-pay-lure-for-key-uk-car-men-in-s-korea
aronline.co.uk/people/george-turnbull/george-turnbull
aronline.co.uk/people/obituary-sir-george-turnbull
aronline.co.uk/people/archive-george-turnbull-resigns
https://www.italdesign.it/project/pony/
http://tago.kr/story/hyundai.htm
https://news.mt.co.kr/mtview.php?no=2005052119273571427
hyundainews.com/en-us/releases/553
https://news.kbs.co.kr/news/view.do?ncd=3188056
blog.naver.com/PostView.nhn?blogId=domarnag_official&logNo=220460781344
https://jodesign.kr/189
aronline.co.uk/people/george-turnbull/george-turnbull-and-hyundai-video
https://www.italdesign.it/project/excel-pony-hatchback/
hotcars.com/largest-car-manufacturers
threadinmotion.com/blog/top-10-biggest-car-manufacturers-by-revenue
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EB%8C%80%EC%9E%90%EB%8F%99%EC%B0%A8
ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%98%84%EB%8C%80_%ED%8F%AC%EB%8B%88
nepalautotrader.com/blog/hyundai-has-been-in-the-front-line-of-car-design
#bigcar
