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Why have Hyundai cars never improved in quality since the 1980s?
| Jared Baumeister | 07/20/26 |
| Fucking Fuckface | 07/20/26 |
| Jared Baumeister | 07/20/26 |
| Fucking Fuckface | 07/20/26 |
| Richard Ames | 07/20/26 |
| Fucking Fuckface | 07/20/26 |
| Jared Baumeister | 07/20/26 |
| Richard Ames | 07/20/26 |
| Jared Baumeister | 07/20/26 |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:18 PM Author: Jared Baumeister why does Korean manufacturing quality always plateau at a certain point? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884532&forum_id=2Vannesa#50012750) |
Date: July 20th, 2026 5:36 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Isn't that the opposite of what happened? I had a friend in high school who bought a KIA, and the transmission went out at least four times in in that span of time alone
They're now one of the most reliable brands out there, although it may be possible that the others have just regressed (as I have heard to be true about Toyota) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:42 PM Author: Jared Baumeister I've heard that many times, then three years later they issue yuge recalls. At one point they said Elantras were on par with civics, then a few years later people said Elantras from that era had self-destructing engines. Sonata engines also self-destructed at the same time for the same reason: metal shearing off inside the crankcase. Two separate engine designs failing at the same time for the same reason. Their dual clutch transmissions have also been nightmares.
just this year SWIM just bought a Hyundai EV. I don't know what model but it looked big, not like a compact. He said it was full of glitches that remind you it's all electric, like sometimes the door lock buttons don't register your input, or they're slow to register them. It's not like a normal car where you just push a button and the doors unlock. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Sounds fucking horrendous (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884532&forum_id=2Vannesa#50012830) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:49 PM Author: Richard Ames They are behind the Japanese in terms of build quality and driving enjoyment, but they compete (at least in the SUV segment) by offering way more high-end features as standard and by using high end materials comparable to luxury brands.
Reliability is down more-or-less across every brand because fuel efficiency regs have forced everyone to move to inline-4 turbos and turbocharged engines / hybrids across the board. The days of the naturally aspirated v6 or v8 with no complexity in a normal person's car are just about over. |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:50 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Sadly true about naturally aspirated engines, particularly V8s. I lamented this in my car thread from a few days ago (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884532&forum_id=2Vannesa#50012835) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:52 PM Author: Jared Baumeister Reliability is fucked everywhere now, but in the past you could get very high quality vehicles from Japan and Germany. Hyundai never made rugged and reliable cars, even if it offered good value (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884532&forum_id=2Vannesa#50012840) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 5:54 PM Author: Richard Ames At least with the Japanese you know there is a huge volume sold and tons of parts available, so repairs are significantly cheaper (and still easier) than with German counterparts. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884532&forum_id=2Vannesa#50012844) |
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Date: July 20th, 2026 6:40 PM Author: Jared Baumeister There's also Mazda it you want an old fashioned automatic transmission with a torque converter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5884532&forum_id=2Vannesa#50012964) |