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Originally Posted by theMAG While I myself am neutral about Hyundai/Korean cars, some points I had heard people talk:
1. In the early 1990s, apparently, people in the US witnessed Hyundai cars catch fires while being driven on highways, without any warnings, among other breakdowns. Hyundai, therefore, was said to have been the recipient of many class-action lawsuits that followed as a result.
Colleagues of mine who mentioned this to me, who were in the US at the time, even after their return to India for many years, dismiss the possibility of buying Hyundai cars here irrespective of their advancement and VFM since the early 90s, owing to this mindblock.
2. Korean work culture, generally, was said to be not on par with Japanese work culture. This is said to have resulted in lower quality of process/deliverables/products compared to their Japanese counterparts.
I am told that this is why Korean cars - which sold brilliantly in their own space, were not comparable to their Japanese counterparts. This is currently a moot point, since their maturity of engineering seems to have gone up significantly; and in India, their offerings are of better quality than their Japanese rivals.
3. While the above points are generic to all markets, the other point is that Maruti = better resale in India, irrespective of how tinny/rattling their cars are. In India, but for this one aspect, Hyundai is on-par in ownership experience with the market leader.
4. Again India specific, given the propensity of Indians to treasure the Honda and Toyota brand names, expensive Hyundais - maybe for no fault of their own, do not sell here. |
Brilliant Post !! Quote:
Originally Posted by madhukar_n Somehow the perception is hyundai does not seem to be a car worth more than 6-7L. |
And so as that perception for many other manufacturers as theMAG has put it above. Why singling out Hyundai only? Atleast Maruti is trying resurrect it with SX4 & DZire & is making progress. Quote:
Originally Posted by greenhorn in my experience, most of the hyundai owners ( santro/i10) i've met are not particularly car people, and dont feel any particular attachment to either the brand or the car. When I ask them why they bought it, the answer is usually " i did not want a maruti" or"my xyz has one" or "i wanted a car which looks kewl(Sic)" or something along those lines. They didn't have any particular requirements except that it needs to have 4 wheels and seats, so they take the satisfaction for granted, and are , consequently, not very vocal about their cars. Heck, i dont find anything in these cars to write home or on tbhp about
Getz and elantra owners are an entirely different breed altogether though | Quote:
Originally Posted by greenhorn I know 3 getz owners and 2 elantra owners. Both the elantra guys are bhpians ( convival and basilmabraham) , and one of the getz owners is Dragsterr. but the other two are not bhpians, and yet pretty vocal - Today I got a ride home from one of them , a senior project manager in my co with whom we were discussing wipers ( it was raining) the anti stick dash, the ride quality and what not, and he started it |
IMO, I do not find any serious perception issue about Hyundai. But thats my opinion, may not match with others Quote:
Originally Posted by chevelle you have conveniently ignored some remarks by members who despise Hyundai |
I wonder what makes you think that? There are always such comments - not only for Hyundai but for all. Honda is also not spared. Check some threads. However, against these there are many positive comments for Hyundai as well. On the other side, for other MFRs there are even nastier comments. Quote:
Originally Posted by chevelle The influence was from ownership reports. i didn't put up my requirements in what car section. so i won't say i was recommended to buy Santro. I am pretty sure if i would have done so, i would have got more people recommending wagon r or palio instead of santro here as i have read some what car question about same question as mine.
I remember reading a couple of ownership reviews here as a guest which helped me decide better. also read magazine's views about santro and asked santro owners in baroda itself. that's how I got to know how good santro was. without this we would have landed up with wagon r. and i thank these resources for guiding to right purchase. |
While I understood & respect your research process, following is what I believe in & what I did a few months ago when I was in market to buy a car:
On on-line forums, the first things I checked were Owners negative feedback on the cars in the segment I wanted to buy the car. Then I checked the same owners positive feedback, weighed their negative against their positive. Then came other positive owners' feedback. Then followed all other feedbacks/ advices etc. Meanwhile, spoke to couple of colleagues who owned these cars in the segment. Again, the first thing I asked about negatives of the car, only thereafter I asked about positives. Lastly, visited a few service stations of shortlisted cars.
I don’t have anything against Hyundai. In fact, I respect it as being able to achieve No. 2 in Sales & Service both. But as per the title, first it sounded like a bias against Hyundai by the market, then it was narrowed down to TBHP, then it got narrowed down to what car section, then it got further narrowed down to cars above i10 price range. I can see it getting further narrowing down to bias against Elantra & Getz which are good cars. But then aren’t there so many other cars which are exceedingly good but not selling well, not being recommended or spoken positively? |