The Hyundai Libero was a series of light truck

Light truck

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s made by Hyundai Motors

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group

The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group is South Korea's largest automobile manufacturer, the second largest automaker in Asia after Toyota and the world's fourth largest automaker after Toyota, GM, and Volkswagen as of the end of 2010...

 between 2000 and 2007. They were equipped with a 2.5 litre diesel engine

Diesel engine

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, and came in a multiple body styles, including pickup trucks, flatbed

Flatbed

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s, and van

Van

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The Libero is unusual for a Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

n truck in that it is not a cab-over-engine design, instead placing the engine in front of the passenger compartment, which is similar to the way some American trucks are designed.