Debuting at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show, the Hyundai ix-Metro is an entry-level hybrid CUV created by the Global Design Team in Korea, which explores new design directions taking inpiration from space travel.

The Hyundai HCD-11 Nuvis Concept is a design study of a modern crossover characterized by single large gullwing doors and a hybrid powertrain. The design language uses an interplay of fluid and rigid surface and hints at a possible direction for a future crossover.

The 2020 Hyundai City Family Car is a design study of a compact plug-in hybrid which adopts technologies developed at MIT including an outer shell made of transparent solar panels. The author is CCS graduate Nicolas Stone.

The first teaser image of the Nuvis Concept, a design study created by Hyundai Design Center in Irvine, California. This modern premium utility vehicle will be unveiled at the 2009 New York Auto Show.

Hyundai has revealed the first pictures and information on its Blue-Will Concept, a plug-in hybrid vehicle featuring a parallel powertrain with a 1.6 liter diesel unit and CVT transmission, extensive use of recycled materials, solar panels. It will debut at the Seoul Motor Show.

GM Europe exterior design director Phillip Zak will be the Chief Designer at Hyundai's North American Design Center in Irvine, California. He will succeed Joel Piaskowski who joined Mercedes-Benz in January 2009.

Hyundai has revealed the preview renderings of the ix-onic, a compact SUV designed at the company's European Design Center in Rüsselsheim which combines a dynamic design with a 1.6 liter turbocharged engine.

Hyundai has revealed a preview sketch of the HED-6, an urban MPV concept vehicle that will debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show and will give indications on the brand's future crossover models.

Hyundai has released two preview design sketches of the new Equus flagship sedan, a 5.2 long designed mainly for the local South Korean market.

The first image of the new Hyundai i20, the compact five-door car designed at the European Design Centre in Russelsheim, Germany, that will go on sale in early 2009.