Hyundai's First Car Wore a Ford Name — Hyundai Evolution 1968–2044

The first line on the list below reads 1968 Cortina. Cortina is a Ford name. Hyundai's timeline opens with a car it assembled under license from Ford, and the first entry carrying a name Hyundai chose for itself arrives seven years later, in 1975, with the Pony. The list runs from that 1968 Cortina to a 2044 entry called Aeon GT. Along the way: four lines called Sonata, four called Ioniq, and three each called Pony, Accent, Elantra and Tucson. Santa Fe appears twice, in 2000 and again in 2024, twenty-four years apart. Every car in this Hyundai evolution, 1968 to 2044 1968 Cortina · 1975 Pony · 1977 Pony (Facelift) · 1979 Stellar (development) 1982 Pony II · 1983 Stellar · 1985 Excel (Presto) · 1986 Excel 5-Door 1988 Sonata (1st Gen) · 1990 Elantra (1st Gen) · 1991 Scoupe 1993 Accent (1st Gen) · 1995 Accent Hatchback · 1996 Tiburon / Coupe 1997 Galloper (SUV) · 1998 Sonata EF (4th Gen) · 1999 Trajet (first MPV) 2000 Santa Fe (1st Gen) · 2002 Getz · 2003 Terracan · 2004 Tucson (1st Gen) 2005 Sonata NF · 2006 Veracruz · 2007 i10 (1st Gen) · 2008 i30 (1st Gen) 2009 Genesis Coupe · 2010 Sonata YF · 2011 Accent Blue · 2012 Elantra MD 2013 i20 (2nd Gen) · 2014 Genesis (2nd Gen) · 2015 Tucson TL 2016 Ioniq Hybrid · 2017 Kona · 2018 NEXO (Hydrogen SUV) · 2019 Palisade 2020 Elantra CN7 · 2021 Ioniq 5 · 2022 Tucson NX4 · 2023 Ioniq 6 2024 Santa Fe (New Gen) · 2025 Ioniq 7 · 2026 Casper EV 2037 N74 Hyperion · 2044 Aeon GT Not every bracket is a second name. (Presto) is a second name on the 1985 Excel line, (1st Gen) marks a generation, and (SUV) or (first MPV) describe a body type. The 1979 Stellar line is marked in the source as a development-stage entry; the production car is listed separately at 1983. Ioniq changes meaning inside the list. In 2016 it is one car, a hybrid. From 2021 it is a prefix on three separate vehicles - Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6 and Ioniq 7. The last three lines are not production history. The source marks the 2026 Casper EV as expected, and the 2037 and 2044 entries sit past the largest gap in the list - eleven years with nothing between 2026 and 2037. Every name above is hidden in the video itself - the captions on screen show only the year. Every year above is the year that car enters the timeline, not the year it left production. ▶ Next: Kia → https://youtu.be/fwQwqc5f3S0 ▶ Then: Honda → https://youtu.be/q4zGhcjzTWQ #CarEvolution #AutomotiveHistory #Hyundai