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Every year, J.D. Power and Associates releases their anticipated Vehicle Dependability Study. This year, Hyundai significantly reduced the number of problems found per 100 vehicles and made the ranks of the top-ten most dependable vehicles on the list. Among non-premium nameplates, they came in at Number Three!

To put the significance of this improvement into better perspective, Hyundai had 16 fewer problems compared to last year's rating and jumped one place among all 60-plus vehicles assessed and three positions among non-premium nameplate competitors. They also scored 19 points better than the 2011 industry average. And two specific models…

The 83rd Annual Academy Awards had many spotlights. Three great films "The Social Network", "The Kings Speech" and "Inception" all brought home Oscar's for particular categories. Although movies and celebrities are always the main draw of the Awards, there happened to be one automaker that shined as the main automotive sponsor of the event. That automaker is none other than Hyundai.  The Hyundai model that really stole the spotlight was the Elantra? winner of the ALG Residual Value Awards and iSeeCars' Top Small Sedan 2011 designation.

It should also be noted that this isn't the first time Hyundai…