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Korean firm to move away from Russian doll approach towards a "chess piece" philosophy

Hyundai’s future cars will feature unique designs in an attempt to move away from a traditional Russian doll-style model range, the firm’s design chief SangYup Lee told Autocar. 

Speaking at the 2022 Autocar Awards, Lee suggested Hyundai would shift its models to suit different lifestyles, with each of the Korean firm’s owned brands, including premium offshoot Genesis, to cater to specific areas of the market. 

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Vertigo 17 May 2022
This is definitely the right move. Gives each model its own character, and allows the brand to cater for varying tastes. Can't expect everyone to love a design, but if you have a variety of designs, you can cover a wider range of customer tastes.

It's something I particularly loved about Jaguar in the late 2000s. The XK, XJ, XF and S-type all looked radically different, and it benefitted the brand greatly. Today most of Jaguar's cars have roughly the same corporate 'face', and brand appeal is one of their biggest problems.