Numbers have come in for Canada's best selling cars and light trucks for the first third of 2013. Clinching the number one spot is the Hyundai Elantra, who's sales are up 3.9% from the same period a year ago, overtaking the Honda Civic. The Civic's sales when compared to a year ago have dropped significantly, they're down 17.6%, despite being built in Ontario. One factor may be that Canadians like hatchbacks. The Elantra offers a hatchback model but the Civic is only available in sedan and coupe versions. If Honda decides to bring back the Civic hatch, Canadians might be more interested.

Hyundai and Kia are issuing a recall that affects few vehicles, but since it involves a fire hazard, it has our full attention. A total of 360 Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento SUVs are affected; 54 of the Hyundai SUVs are in Canada.

Hyundai has revealed the engines that will make the next-generation 2024 Kona go. The next edition of the small SUV will keep essentially the same engines, namely a 2.0L naturally aspirated 4-cylinder and a 1.6L turbocharged 4-cylinder, though with some increases in power.

Hyundai put on the Canadian premiere presentations of the Ioniq 6 sedan and Seven Concept SUV at the 2023 Montreal Auto Show. The 6 is coming to dealers soon, as in this spring, while the Sven remains a concept, and it will be some time before it debuts – most likely as the Hyundai Ioniq 7.