Hyundai Veloster

AlphaSnacks

Well the quality of the plastics is not going to change. The car squeaked and creaked because it had a few thousand miles on it. Unless they padded the edges of all the plastics, I doubt the final car will be much better. But we shall see.

dad

Hyundai, is doing excellent. Their sales have increased extremely well. The warranty they offer is 60 months, compared to 36 months that others offer.
Creaked, squeaked, rattle, it's a car, not a couch!

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AlphaSnacks

Other cars in its price range do not exhibit such build quality. This is a $20K car.

shadoquad

I'd say it's all wrapped up in that warranty. Their build quality seems a bit substandard. Their cars are pretty but not very fun to drive imo. But when you look at the prospect of 10 years or 100,000 miles, that's the best warranty in the business. The car becomes less of a risk at that point. It's like they're saying, "Maybe our cars are shoddily built, but we'll fix it for possibly the life of your loan."

Plus, it seems the Koreans are willing to build cars for less than the Japanese.

daisuke149

id say your wrong. the Honda Accord my family had was the worst car we've owned in the last 20 years.

Our 2006 Hyundai Sonata at 90k miles so far purchsaed brand new. for 7k less than a similar Camry, has been to the dealership a grand total of 0 times.

Not saying other Sonata's dont have problems. but Honda's and Toyota's do have problems too.

And it wasnt the warranty that made us buy it. it wwas the fact that it was cheaper, roomier, had a bigger trunk, more power, better mileage, looked better and the fact that the only thing the Toyota Sales person could say was "well its a Toyota, what more do you need to know"

Also my 2003 Tiburon v6 had never broken down, except for when my own mechanical mistake... blew the motor Do not install a supercharger, timing belt, new suspension, headers, exhaust in 7 hours. Your gonna miss something : /

shadoquad

I didn't say that Honda and Toyota were better, I meant the entire market in general. But you've owned several Hyundais, so I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt on that.

However, when I test drove the GenCoupe, it really did not inspire confidence in me. I wasn't impressed. And I really wanted to like that car. It felt cheap and shoddy. Of course, that's just in a 20 minute test drive.