Hyundai Marcia

The Hyundai Marcia was a front-wheel-drive mid-size car from Hyundai Motor Company, built on the Sonata II platform so that many parts were interchangeable with it. Its name is Italian for march. It went on sale on 3 March 1995; Hyundai had planned to call it Cadenza until November 1994, a name later used for the export version of the Kia K7. The original line-up was a 2.0 litre DOHC and a V6 2.5 litre DOHC Gold, reorganised in October 1995 into 2.0 VL and VLS, and an LPG model was also built in very small numbers. The New Marcia of April 1997 added a double-lattice grille and new alloy wheels, but buyers saw it as an expensive two-thirds of a Sonata. It was merged into the Grandeur XG in October 1998, a car first planned as the Marcia XG.