A massive robot swings its single arm left, and picks up the entire shell of a Hyundai Sonata, lifting it skyward, twisting it around, and setting down perfectly in place on a jig where more robots angrily attack it with welding guns. Sparks fly as more pieces find their way into the new 2015 Hyundai Sonata.
As you may have read in my review of the all-new 2015 Sonata, my recent time behind the wheel of Hyundai?s newest car also came with a quick spin around the automaker?s Alabama assembly plant. The behind-the-scenes tour weaved its way past massive robots, around long conveyer belts, and over thousands of square feet of floor space all dedicated to building cars.
Scenes like that above happen all over the three-million square-foot facility, around the clock and every day of the week. The Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama plant is responsible for making nearly half of every Elantra and Sonata sedan wandering American roads and every single Sonata Hybrid sold in the States. Each and every day, another 1,000 new Hyundais roll off the assembly line thanks to the work of some 3,000 workers and over 400 robots.
Click past the jump for an inside look into the HMMA Assembly Plant
Building an Empire: Hyundai's Mongomery Assembly Plant originally appeared on topspeed.com on Wednesday, 2 July 2014 19:00 EST.
Tim Parnell Johnnie Parsons Riccardo Patrese Al Pease Roger Penske
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