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EX-5.1 - HYUNDAI ABS FUNDING LLC | v194775_ex5-1.htm |
EXHIBIT
8.1
August
19, 2010
Hyundai
Auto Receivables Trust 2010-B
Hyundai
ABS Funding Corporation
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Hyundai
Auto Receivables Trust 2010-B
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Registration
Statement on Form S-3
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Registration
No. 333-144832
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Ladies
and Gentlemen:
We hereby
confirm that the statements set forth in the Base Prospectus and the Prospectus
Supplement forming part of the Registration Statement under the headings “Summary—Tax Status” and
“Material Federal Income Tax
Consequences,” to the extent that they constitute matters of law or legal
conclusions relating to the federal tax laws of the United States, and subject
to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and exceptions set forth in the
discussion under the foregoing headings, are the opinion of Mayer Brown
LLP.
In
addition, the opinion expressed above is subject to the following assumptions,
qualifications, limitations and exceptions:
The law
covered by this opinion is limited to the applicable provisions of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Treasury
regulations (including proposed and temporary Treasury Regulations), and
interpretations of the foregoing as expressed in court decisions, administrative
determinations and the legislative history as of the date
hereof. These provisions and interpretations are subject to change,
which may or may not be retroactive in effect, that might result in
modifications of our opinion. We express no opinion as to the laws of
any other jurisdiction and, unless otherwise specified, no opinion regarding the
statutes, administrative decisions, rules, regulations or requirements of any
county, municipality, subdivision or local authority of any
jurisdiction.
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Brown LLP operates in combination with our associated English limited liability
partnership
and Hong
Kong partnership (and its associated entities in Asia) and is associated with
Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership.
Mayer
Brown LLP
Hyundai
Auto Receivables Trust 2010-B
August
19, 2010
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2
We hereby
consent to the filing of this opinion with the Securities and Exchange
Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our
name therein, without admitting that we are “experts” within the meaning of the
Act or the rules or regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, with respect to any part of the Registration Statement, including
this exhibit.
JBO/ATG/DFP
Very
truly yours,
/s/
Mayer Brown LLP
Mayer
Brown LLP
Opinion
re Tax Matters (Exhibit 8.1)