encore888

I'm not surprised at all. Hyundai has steadily improved. Plus the Sonata is all-new, whereas the new Camry is on the horizon.

e-diddy

Hyundai is not playing any games for sure.

Toyota needs to make the next Camry have everyone going

whoster

this is the first time i've been proud of my homeland since Samsung took over the cell phone market by storm.

mmarshall

One reason I didn't post much yesterday....... I was at a local Hyundai dealer yesterday after work with a colleague of mine to help him find and buy a new Accent as a good, cheap commuter car and while we were there I took a good look at several new Sonatas inside and out. They appeared.....and felt......quite well-built in spite of being an all-new car and an all-new plant..........usually a recipe for trouble. The paint was good, the doors all closed with a solid thunk, the switchgear felt nice, the panel gaps vere very thin, and almost everything appeared well-assembled except for the cheap-looking and poorly-attached piece of brushed-aluminum-finish plastic trim that goes across the dash.....this car deserves at least some nice wood-grained trim. The seats felt a little hard for my tastes but I know some people like firm seats.

I didn't take the time to test-drive any Sonatas because, of course, there was more important buisness at hand...finding Paul's new car, test-driving and inspecting IT, and making sure it was prepared properly. I do plan, though, to test-drive at least one or two new Sonatas.

( By the way, it was a successful afternoon. Paul and his wife went home with a brand-new Accent.......automatic and air-conditioned.......for only $11,500....not bad )

mmahamm

Kia and Hyundai are the same company. Increasingly, every Kia is a derivative of a corresponding Hyundai. The Tucson and Sportage are the most recent and most dramatic example of this. Kia will inevitably rise in the reliability rankings. Just a matter of time.

mmarshall

That time is already here. My colleague Paul (see my last post above) and his wife also have a several-year-old Kia Sedona. I drove it yesterday back home from the Hyundai dealership for them when they got their Accent. In spite of it being several years old, it drove just like new...except for warped brake rotors, which most vehicles develop sooner or later.