Honda Chief "Hyundai is awesome"

[JOD]

Originally Posted By: tonycarguy
One area Hyundai still has catching up to do is resale value. Honda beats its doors off here. You can get a one-year old Sonata for $11-12k (that was $18k new). Vicious depreciation



that's only a bad thing if you're buying new! It smells of opportunity to me. Vicious depreciation factored in heavily to my last car purchase.

 

[Popinski]

Originally Posted By: tonycarguy
Accord/Camry are too generic, and the Sonata has soul/character? LOL. The Sonata is a rebadged Accord basically. They copied what Honda did. From a distance I can't tell a 09 Sonata from a 06 Accord.


How about the new Accord? It looks like a mash of many models sold in the US. Some editor even complained about it in Automobile or Car and Driver magazine.

 

[wirelessF]

I like the new Hyundais, but the old logo has to go. Looking at the logo reminds me of their crummy cars of the 90's.

 

[BrianWC]

Originally Posted By: Popinski
Originally Posted By: tonycarguy
Accord/Camry are too generic, and the Sonata has soul/character? LOL. The Sonata is a rebadged Accord basically. They copied what Honda did. From a distance I can't tell a 09 Sonata from a 06 Accord.


How about the new Accord? It looks like a mash of many models sold in the US. Some editor even complained about it in Automobile or Car and Driver magazine.


Honda has some affinity for the rear of GM cars when it comes to the Accord. The last Accord looked like the Buick Skylark from the rear. Then in the mid-model refresh, it switched to Grand Am. Now, I think it looks very 2nd Gen Saturn SL. But it's a very comfy interior. I actually like the front, too.

 

[Popinski]

Originally Posted By: BrianWC
Originally Posted By: Popinski
Originally Posted By: tonycarguy
Accord/Camry are too generic, and the Sonata has soul/character? LOL. The Sonata is a rebadged Accord basically. They copied what Honda did. From a distance I can't tell a 09 Sonata from a 06 Accord.


How about the new Accord? It looks like a mash of many models sold in the US. Some editor even complained about it in Automobile or Car and Driver magazine.


Honda has some affinity for the rear of GM cars when it comes to the Accord. The last Accord looked like the Buick Skylark from the rear. Then in the mid-model refresh, it switched to Grand Am. Now, I think it looks very 2nd Gen Saturn SL. But it's a very comfy interior. I actually like the front, too.


Yeah, my main point is that people don't like picking on the bully. Big car companies, especially the Japanese, people don't even pick on them for borrowing design cues. The Japanese have been copying design cues from the Europeans and Americans ever since.

 

[mred]

I see all the kicks at TOY here but I have an `02 I bought at 95,000 kilomters (about 55,000 miles)The only thing I do to it is change the Mobil 1 twice a year rotate the tires and front end alignment once a year.
I will admit 6 months after I bought the car the A/C system lost the refrigerant.

The cost to repair was about $800.00 Canadian I had to rep[lace a doble tube that was leaking and there was ABSOLUTELY no after market one to get so I had to go and pay the TOY extortion.

It now has 150,000 + on the odometer and runs like a charm.

However I must say that I use Lucas fuel additive at evry fill-up and it works ~!! like a charm

 

[StevieC]

mred,

to BITOG!

 

[FADEC]

Originally Posted By: StevieC
And they are employing Americans... They just built a MEGA sized plant in Alabama!

Here is the car I want... 2010 Sonata!

Man...Not bad looking at all!!!

 

[Liquid_Turbo]

The second picture is of the 2011 Sonata, not the 2010.

The front of the 2011 Sonata looks like this:

Nice interior!

 

[StevieC]

They must have posted it wrong on the website as I google picture searched it.

My bad...