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Hyundai Motor Company was in 1967 and releasing its first model, the Cortina in cooperation with Ford Motor Company in 1968. Hyundai released the Korean car in 1975 with styling by Giorgio Giugiaro of ItalDesign and with powertrain technology provided by Mitsubishi Motors. 

In 1984, Hyundai exported the Pony to Canada, but not to the United States, because the Pony didn't pass emissions standards there. Canadian sales greatly exceeded expectations, and it was at one point the top-selling car on the Canadian market and hitting their first millionth car in 1985. In 1991, the company succeeded in developing its first proprietary gasoline engine, the four-cylinder Alpha, and also its own transmission, thus paving the way for technological independence.

Hyundai has invested in manufacturing plants in North America, India, the Czech Republic, Russia, China and Turkey as well as research and development centres in Europe, Asia, North America and the Pacific Rim. In 2004, Hyundai Motor Company had $57.2 billion in sales in South Korea making it the country's second largest corporation. 

Worldwide sales in 2005 reached 2,533,695 units, an 11 percent increase over the previous year. In 2011, Hyundai sold 4.05 million cars worldwide and the Hyundai Motor Group was the world's fourth largest automaker behind GM, Volkswagen and Toyota. Hyundai vehicles are sold in 193 countries through some 5,000 dealerships offering models like the Accent, Elantra, i10, i20, i30, i40, Santa Fe, Sonata, Starex, Tucson and Veloster.