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...matching is the gold standard; it requires comparison between DNA from human remains and that found, say, on a hairbrush or toothbrush belonging to the missing person, or with a close relative's DNA. The family of a woman still missing last week, 27-year-old Rachelle Lieng Siong Chung For Yuen from Mauritius, provided police with her toothbrush. Chris Hadkiss, a manager with Britain's Forensic Science Service, says his laboratory has so far analyzed DNA samples only from the suspected bombers. But he says it's "inevitable" that the lab will get around to studying DNA from victims...
...short run, Chung's obsession with quality can be costly. Last year he delayed the launch of a new Sonata in Korea for two months while engineers cleaned up 50 minor defects. In 2003 he asked senior R&D executive Lee to get rid of an annoying noise that grinding gears were making in the transmissions of Kia Amanti sedans. "I told him that we'd lose two months of sales," Lee recalls. "The chairman said, 'If it's for quality...
...course, quality isn't everything. Chung has also ramped up efforts to ensure that Hyundai is competitive in technology and styling. Hyundai's R&D budget has expanded 110% since 1999, to $1.6 billion this year. Hyundai invested $200 million to open or expand R&D centers in California, Michigan and Germany; a $60 million proving ground in California's Mojave Desert opened in January. And in South Korea, he expanded R&D headquarters, adding a new design center complete with a 3-D cinema for viewing virtual models. Lee says Chung visited his office recently and asked...
With some of its biggest rivals in disarray, Hyundai sees an opportunity to build on its progress overseas. Slammed by rising costs and slumping U.S. sales, General Motors recently shocked investors by reporting a $1.1 billion first-quarter loss, and Ford has downgraded its 2005 profit forecast. Chung is determined to keep the pressure on. He's moving Hyundai's product line into larger, higher-profit vehicles. In October, Hyundai unveiled a small sport-utility vehicle, the Tucson. Later this year the company will launch a new high-end sedan for the U.S. market, the Azera, and early...
After all, Hyundai's road trip is really just beginning. Despite its impressive winning streak, the company is still only the world's seventh largest carmaker, with 3.3 million vehicles sold globally, and that includes sales by its Kia subsidiary. But Chung has grand ambitions. "We will make ourselves an invincible competitor," he says. Hyundai's larger rivals should mark those words whenever they check their rearview mirror for overtaking traffic. --With reporting by Daren Fonda/New York and Frank Sikora/Montgomery