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The Genesis Forest Project, a new effort by Hyundai Automotive to reduce carbon footprints, is exciting and simple at the same time. You see, one of the best ways to reduce the negative impact of releasing CO2 into the air is to plant more trees. Trees are, in essence, “nature’s clean-up crew.”

This is why Hyundai Automotive promises to conserve and reforest 3,000 acres of tropical forest in one of the world’s “richest and most threatened reservoirs of plant and animal life on earth” when you buy a 2009 Hyundai Genesis. By doing this, Hyundai Automotive is helping to offset your carbon footprint for an entire year.

But helping the environment isn’t the only thing this new program does. The new program also provides workshops for local communities to “promote the utilization of non-timber products such as oils, native fruits and honey.” The program also contributes to the building of a research center where scientists will be able to study forest carbon projects, biodiversity and sustainability.

With reasons like these, can you think of any reason not to visit your Pottstown area Hyundai dealer when it comes time to purchase your next car? You’ll be helping the environment by merely investing in a car that you’re going to enjoy for several years to come.

With more and more drivers cutting financial corners these days, one of the growing concerns on the road is uninsured drivers. Your PA dealers want to bring your attention to a study conducted by the Insurance Research Council that estimates that the number of uninsured drivers continues to rise as the unemployment rises in the nation. In fact, by the year 2010, the researchers expect about 16 percent of the driving population will be driving without insurance.

“If the unemployment rate goes up by 1 percent,” said David Corum of the Pennsylvania-based group, “we would anticipate that the percentage of people who are uninsured would go up by three-fourths of 1 percent.”

The researchers from the group also looked at 20 years of data that showed the same phenomenon. However, consumer advocates are hopeful that we can stop the trend since we know it is happening. California, for instance, has a pilot program that offers low-cost auto insurance for low-income drivers. A family of four, for instance, that earns less than $53,000 each year can get a basic insurance policy for less than $400 a year.

With the increasing number of uninsured drivers on the roads, it’s a good idea to carry full coverage on your new or certified car from your Pottstown area Honda dealer. That way you have a better chance of being financially compensated if you have an accident with an uninsured or underinsured driver. It’s just extra protection for yourself and your family.

Although it’s the end of January, your Allentown auto dealers recognize there are still a couple months left of winter driving. As a result, we’d like to offer some driving tips to help you make it through until the spring months. Use these tips from your Allentown auto dealers for a safe ending to the winter driving season.

1. Increase the distance. There’s no reason to follow a car too closely in the warm months and it’s even dumber to do it in the winter months. You never know when you’re going to hit a patch of ice and be unable to stop.

2. Slow down. Icy roads are unforgiving. They don’t let you stop easily especially when you’re going fast. Keep your speedometer on the lower end of the scale to keep more control over your vehicle.

3. Stay calm. One of the worst things you can do on icy roads is get nervous and tense. You have to stay “in tune” with your car’s movements so you can properly adjust when needed.

Use these tips and some common sense if you want to make it through the winter months safely. Also, you can visit your Doylestown area Honda dealer for a new car with the latest safety features to help you stay safe on the wintery roads, too.

You may not have heard much from the Smashing Pumpkins lately, but the 1990s alternative rock band is going to feature a new song in this year’s Hyundai Automotive Super Bowl ad.

The new song, entitled “FOL,” is likely going to catch the attention of thousands of viewers who were fans of the band and have awaited their comeback for several years. Joel Ewanick, the VP of marketing for Hyundai Motor America, had this to say about the spot: “The combination of Hyundai’s exciting new Genesis Coupe matched with the music performed by Smashing Pumpkins offers the perfect ‘kick-off’ to Super Bowl advertising.”

In addition to the Smashing Pumpkins, Hyundai has also enlisted the help of classical musician Yo Yo Ma to gain attention for the new Genesis. “From rock to classical, our Genesis Coupe ads demonstrate the two personalities of the car,” Ewanick went on to say.

Hyundai Automotive has purchased five advertising slots for Sunday’s game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The automaker hired Goodby, Silverstein and Partners, a San Francisco-based ad agency, to create the ads. Viewers can also create their own versions of the advertisements by visiting EditYourOwn.com during and after the game.

After viewing the ads, you’ll probably have the urge to visit your Doylestown area Hyundai dealer the next day to check out the Genesis Coupe for yourself. Regardless of who wins the game, you can have your own personal victory when you purchase one of these new luxury vehicles.

Cars communicating with other cars and the road may sound like futuristic technology, but your Allentown auto dealers want to discuss it because it isn’t as far away as you may think.

The Michigan International Speedway has offered its track to automakers so they can test new communication technology that would “allow cars to talk to the road and each other so they become incapable of crashing into one another,” according to this article in the Detroit News. The new technology would prevent about 44,000 traffic-related deaths each year. If auto collisions were prevented, it would also eliminate traffic congestion and create safer roadways all around. Others are happy that the new technology would create about 40,000 jobs in Michigan and once again make the struggling state the centerpiece of the auto industry.

The new initiative, dubbed “Connected Vehicles,” promotes that technology that would install “on-board devices allowing them to know the location of all vehicles in their proximity, and to detect such things as a red light at the next intersection, creating a network of vehicles that refuse to crash,” explained Greg Krueger, the program manager for MDOT’s Intelligent Transportation System office in Lansing.

I remember when the days of self-driving cars were pure fantasy. But with this technology, I may just see that happen before I even retire! Your Lansdale area Hyundai dealer will likely have this type of technology soon after it is available in new models. How exciting would that be?

Dealers of Allentown cars want to bring your attention to some new legislation that could affect your driving habits immensely. The National Safety Council is trying to get a nationwide ban on using a cell phone behind the wheel of a car by urging state governors and lawmakers to pass laws against it.

According to Janet Froetscher, the president and CEO of the NSC, cell phones put drivers at a greater risk of having an accident. “Studies show that driving while talking on a cell phone is extremely dangerous and puts drivers at a four times greater risk of a crash,” she explained. She compared cell phone users to drunk drivers by saying, “When our friends have been drinking, we take the car keys away. It’s time to take the cell phone away.”

Although cell phone use behind the wheel only contributes to about six percent of crashes, that equals more than 630,000 accidents and more than 2,500 traffic-related deaths each year. Cell phone-related crashes also account fro a cost of about $43 billion each year for the nation and insurance companies.

We’ll write more about this as developments arise. Just remember that your Lansdale area Honda dealer cares about your safety and encourages you to stay off your cell phone when you are driving. Whether you agree with the coming legislation or not, there is no disagreeing with the fact that staying off your cell phone while driving is safer than being distracted by it.

This year, Hyundai Automotive is celebrating the 10th anniversary of being involved with the fight against pediatric cancer. The involvement has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade because it merely started out as a local initiative to raise funds for the Jimmy Fund in 1998. Since then, however, it has become a “nationwide program supported by all of Hyundai’s nearly 800 dealers.”

The actual Hyundai Hope on Wheels program, however, did not begin until 2004. It became an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization recently and has donated more than $10 million to causes that are dedicated to helping kids fight cancer. The organization’s Medical Advisory Board has some of the leading cancer advocates on it, including Dr. David Poplack, Dr. Dan Wechsler and Dr. Leonard Sender.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the Hyundai Hope on Wheels is going to expand into helping the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s pediatric cancer research projects. Hyundai dealers nationwide will be involved in this initiative as well. Visit your Doylestown area Hyundai dealer today to see what you can do to help this important cause. While you’re there, you may even find a new or used car to take home with you, too.

Annual safety inspections are required for your car in Pennsylvania. If you’re new to the process, your PA dealers would like to offer some facts about the inspections to reduce any worry or apprehension you may have.

• The safety sticker generally coincides with the expiration of the car’s registration.
• Safety inspections cover many aspects of the vehicle, including brakes, steering, suspension, lights, and much, much more.
• Some counties require vehicles to undergo a Visual Anti-Tampering inspection which is designed to ensure the components that limit emissions are intact and performing correctly.
• The inspection process for trucks is similar to the process for passenger cars.

These are just a few things you should know about the Pennsylvania annual safety inspections. At first, you may think it’s a pain in the neck to get a check every year to make sure your car is safe for driving on the roads. However, it’s a good thing because it ensures that most cars on the road are safe and it may even cut down on the number of accidents resulting from faulty brakes or other features. Visit your Doylestown area Honda dealer for more information or to get a new or certified used car that meets the state’s safety regulations and then some!

It’s not every day that a small car company rises to the ranks of success that Hyundai Automotive has achieved in just a few short years. But according to one article, “Hyundai has come from relatively humble beginnings in a short space of time to quickly establish itself as one of the main players.” And from the looks of it, there is no end in sight to the future plans of Hyundai Automotive.

Hyundai Automotive has several secrets that has helped it achieve such success. One of the most important achievements is the automaker’s resistance to the “temptation to run before it can walk.” Even though Hyundai achieved some success early, those within the company did not try to hurry the process along.

Hyundai is also working on competing in a changing auto industry as it makes major changes to its lineup. There are several hybrid models now available and the i10 is a fuel-efficient compact car that Hyundai Automotive is working on as well.

It’s obvious that Hyundai knows how to succeed. Customer service is also one of the company’s strong points. That’s why you shouldn’t hesitate to visit your Doylestown area Hyundai dealer today and see what’s in store for you!

You might be wondering why your Allentown auto dealers would bring up Edgar Allan Poe. It is an odd topic for a car dealer to discuss, but we bring it up because we are based near Philadelphia and recent findings show that the City of Brotherly Love is the official home of the writer extraordinaire.

Before this new claim, people in Boston claimed their city was the official home of Poe because that’s where he was born on January 19, 1809. For awhile, Baltimore residents argued their city should be the official home because that is the town in which he is buried. But a public debate that occurred earlier this week on Poe’s 200th birthday concluded that Philadelphia is a major contender for his official hometown.

The debate was called “Poe Down” and was organized by three people – Paul Lewis, Jeff Jerome and Ed Pettit. Lewis is an English professor at Boston College, Jerome is the curator of the Edgar Allan Poe House in Baltimore and Pettit is a writer that wrote an article in 2007 that argued Poe’s remains should be moved to Philadelphia. “Philadelphia was the crucible of Poe’s imaginative genius,” he said.

Wherever his official home may be, you can take an exciting tour of the places he lived with a new or used car from your Doylestown area Honda dealer. It’s a great way to enjoy a drive through the history of this great nation.