Monday, June 1, 2015

Android Auto Latest With Difficulty Over Saying Hyundai’s Name

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How does one pronounce Hyundai's name? Does it rhyme with "Sunday," or with "fungi"? Google's Android Auto on the 2015 Sonata isn't so sure, either.

Though the automaker has tried to have North American consumers rhyme its name with "Sunday" ever since it arrived aboard an Excel decades ago, Automotive News reports the voice used with Android Auto doesn't quite nail it with its pronunciation: "HEE'-yuhn-day." The mispronunciation was found to occur when a driver asked for directions to the nearest Hyundai dealership.

Of course, this isn't the first time the issue has come up: the automaker's 11-year-sponsorship of the Turbine Hall of the Tate Modern in London beginning this year prompted the BBC to ponder the question.

Meanwhile, the automaker poked fun at itself over its name with a Super Bowl advert from 2009, where its luxury competitors raged against Hyundai's latest machine, the Genesis Sedan:

[Photo credit: Falcon Photography/Flickr/CC BY-SA 2.0]

The post Android Auto Latest With Difficulty Over Saying Hyundai's Name appeared first on The Truth About Cars.



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