[Dazzler]

Most car brands in Australia understand the unique demands that our diverse and isolated roads place on globally-developed products.

Hyundai’s point of difference compared to a number of rivals comes from its supportive parent in Korea. As we have written about extensively, Hyundai Australia (HMCA) has its very own team of engineers and testers tasked with bespoke localised tunes to make sure they’re very different from their home-market cousins.

This means Hyundai products in Australia are better suited to conditions faced here, not Germany or Japan as with some rivals. But what does the process actually entail? It’s a question put to us recently by CarAdvice reader Rob.


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[xiziz]

That was an interesting read, thanks!

[cruiserfied]

That was right around the same time i was there last.

[Surferdude]

Should show that VW Australia guy this........................... But I'll bet he's seen it. 

[Dazzler]

 

[beerman]

VW has their own special place, called the transmission rebuild area 

[Dazzler]

VW has their own special place, called the transmission rebuild area 

Brilliant!

[AlanHo]

If it really is the case that the Australian road conditions are as varied as any in the World - they obvioulsy include tarmac as smooth as any in Europe, potholes that dwarf the best we can offer in the UK, road cambers and undulations that beat even the Swiss mountain passes, washboard and cobbled surfaces that are as bad as any you find in France - I could go on, but you get the drift.

So why don't Hyundai just get you guys to sort out the suspension and use the chosen components and settings on vehicles sold everywhere else?

[Surferdude]

Because we're special.

[The Gonz]

And the rest of the world is, well, the rest.

[Surferdude]

Back in the early 80s,  Goodyear ran all its long distance truck tyre testing in Morocco,  with teams from the Luxembourg research centre.
For some reason a group of engineers found themselves in NW Australia and within a year, all their testing was being carried out here.