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new model hyundai
legear
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I guess.
They got the pads that hide the body shapes.
Not something you see everyday.
They got the pads that hide the body shapes.
Not something you see everyday.
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Where a Toyota comes bare bones and you add the options Hyundai come loaded with even the base model.
100,000 mile warranty and made in the US.
Hyundai is giving Toyota fits. Some in the industry blame Toyota quality issues over the last few years on trying to catch up with Hyundai.
Where a Toyota comes bare bones and you add the options Hyundai come loaded with even the base model.
100,000 mile warranty and made in the US.
The 10 year 100,000 mile warranty is what put them on the map. Their highly optioned cars for an economical price allowed the "blue collar" joe to buy a new car with heated leather, power sunroof and navigation when they couldn't afford those frills in a Honda or Toyota. Brilliant strategy on Kia and Hyundai's part.
quote:Originally posted by JasonV
Hyundai is giving Toyota fits. Some in the industry blame Toyota quality issues over the last few years on trying to catch up with Hyundai.
Where a Toyota comes bare bones and you add the options Hyundai come loaded with even the base model.
100,000 mile warranty and made in the US.
The 10 year 100,000 mile warranty is what put them on the map. Their highly optioned cars for an economical price allowed the "blue collar" joe to buy a new car with heated leather, power sunroof and navigation when they couldn't afford those frills in a Honda or Toyota. Brilliant strategy on Kia and Hyundai's part.
Exactly.
A bra and panties too!
[:D]barto[:D]
As a GM retiree since '92 I drive GM cars but have always been a car guy and watch all of them. Years ago Hyundai (and many others) were a joke. Folks Hyundai is no longer a joke.
You in on the "Law Suit"??
Later, my wife bought a Hyundai Tucson and both of us loved it. Except for a bit of motor/road noise, it was a great little mini-SUV. A Santa Fe was on my short list for a new SUV for myself, until I found a used Toyota Highlander at a good price.
Even if you're not in the market for a new car, go test drive one. You'll see.
But it is often just sitting there watching us do our daily drives in the 100 MPG Volt.
Since 2003 until last year I have been driving Mitsubishi Galants as my work cars. I put close to 186,000 miles on my 2003 before I gave it to my youngest son and he's got over 300,000 on it now and the only thing that's ever been done to the car other than regular maintenance was to replace an oxygen sensor and repair a rear wheel brake cylinder and that was at 250,000 miles. I also bought a 2008 Mitsubishi Galant after the 2003 and I put 161,000 miles on it before I also gave it to my son and that car never had anything to go wrong with it either. It still has the original battery in it. I didn't change the front brake pads until it had over 150,000 miles on them and they still had some pad left. I would have bought another Galant this time but they quit making them in 2012. Not sure why they quit making them but I hear they're coming back with a 2015 Galant this summer. If the Hyundai doesn't hold up I'll be back in a Galant next year.
You would hide too if you were a Hyundai. [:D]
They said the same thing when that ugly Honda first showed up. I'm living quite well on the investment I made in them.
Clouder..
As a GM retiree since '92 I drive GM cars but have always been a car guy and watch all of them. Years ago Hyundai (and many others) were a joke. Folks Hyundai is no longer a joke.
Agreed. If you back your product with a 100k mile warranty, than you have reached the big leagues in production quality to support it.
Today you can line up most cars of all makers and they pretty much all look identical....kinda like housing tracs where all houses look alike.[xx(]
In the 60's, you could tell the make from 1/2 mile away. [:)]
That is the truth. Cars don't have character any more.
quote:Originally posted by shilowar
quote:Originally posted by JasonV
Hyundai is giving Toyota fits. Some in the industry blame Toyota quality issues over the last few years on trying to catch up with Hyundai.
Where a Toyota comes bare bones and you add the options Hyundai come loaded with even the base model.
100,000 mile warranty and made in the US.
The 10 year 100,000 mile warranty is what put them on the map. Their highly optioned cars for an economical price allowed the "blue collar" joe to buy a new car with heated leather, power sunroof and navigation when they couldn't afford those frills in a Honda or Toyota. Brilliant strategy on Kia and Hyundai's part.
Exactly.
That's why we bought two of them. The first was a 2003 Santa Fe & the second was a 2005 Elantra. The second one cost me $9999 + usual fees including all the extras except cruise control. They gave me a nice discount for "customer loyalty". So far they are both doing fine & we have no regrets.
I went shopping for a new car a few months ago. Toyota was my first choice but was brushed off by the salesman. (I'll dress better next time.) Went by the Ford dealership. Stopped in the salesman gave me a brochure on the Taurus. Liked what I saw. Next day we both went to the Ford dealership. They also sold Hyundai there and my wife wanted to drive that one. No comparison, the Taurus won hands down, so we bought the Taurus. Some things on the minus side like visibility but all in all we really like it.
Ya, whats up with that? I am looking for aftermarket side mirrors for wifes new GM car, can't see well out of them. Small and aerodynamic over safety?
I guess.
They got the pads that hide the body shapes.
Not something you see everyday.
Black out padded cars/trucks are something I see fairly often. But than again I work near several prototype shops and test tracks.
About a year ago I followed a couple (always running in tandem) 2014 Vette's almost every day for a month. I was heading for work, and they were doing "real world" road testing.
quote:Originally posted by john carr
I went shopping for a new car a few months ago. Toyota was my first choice but was brushed off by the salesman. (I'll dress better next time.) Went by the Ford dealership. Stopped in the salesman gave me a brochure on the Taurus. Liked what I saw. Next day we both went to the Ford dealership. They also sold Hyundai there and my wife wanted to drive that one. No comparison, the Taurus won hands down, so we bought the Taurus. Some things on the minus side like visibility but all in all we really like it.
Ya, whats up with that? I am looking for aftermarket side mirrors for wifes new GM car, can't see well out of them. Small and aerodynamic over safety?
I think one factor is the "smaller windows" top to bottom, that is, not all the problem but contributory. I just went out and measured the window in the front driver door in the Taurus, which measured out at 14 1/2" vertically, and 33 1/2" horizontally. The drivers window in my Ranger XLT has a height of 17 1/2" and 27 1/2" horizontally. I find in driving the Taurus I have to rely almost entirely on the side mirror where in the Ranger I can just turn my head and see what's on my blind side.
I went shopping for a new car a few months ago. Toyota was my first choice but was brushed off by the salesman. (I'll dress better next time.)
I had something like that happen to me back when I was approx. 20 years old when I had really long hair and a beard. I was in the market for a new car and stopped in at an Oldsmobile dealership in Knoxville, TN to look at a new Cutlass. The salesman told me you need to be looking over here at the used cars because the payments on a new '71 Cutlass will run you well over $100 bucks a month. After I called him a few names I reached in my pocket and pull out a wad of money which was more than enough to pay for a Cutlass in Cash. I told him I wouldn't buy a car from you if you had the last car on earth for sale. I left his standing there with his mouth hanging open like an idiot. If you're in sales you don't judge a person by their looks. A lot of people spend their money on other things besides fancy cloths and haircuts.
My wife used to work for car dealerships in East Tennessee and every year there was more than one of the old guys that owned property that had coal mines on them that would come down out of the mountains of KY and TN looking for a new car or truck. They'd be carrying enough cash in that top pocket of their bib overalls to choke a mule. To look at them you'd have thought they couldn't afford to feed themselves let alone buy a car. The salesmen soon learned when one of those guys walked on the lot they were paying cash and they'd break their neck to be the first one out there helping them.
Same original brakes.
Those South Korean car companies have come along way in a short few years. Ten years ago who would have thought Kia and Hyundai would be selling $60,000 cars here in the USA.
Boy that's the truth. I had one of the 1st models imported. Used it to drive to/from and leave for weeks at the terminals of the trucking companies I worked for. It was a bare bones car. Alot like an old VW bug. No frills transportation. But it ran good.
You would hide too if you were a Hyundai. [:D]
you have owned or own one??...why would you hide....curious