Comments on: Hyundai posts 2007 profit

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:26:18 +0000

Jamison’s rant:
1. Toyota sold 9.25million cars worldwide for 2007
2. Kia/Hyundai (same owners) sold 6.9million cars for 2007
3. Dont be a spoonbender mate as you are biased with the Tosser club

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:22:40 +0000

….lot further back then the recent JD Powers survey results = like they only interviewed a paltry 300 Ford owners in the past 36 months when Ford Australia conduct there survey of some 4,000 for the last 12months. So its not a complete or accurate industry snapshot in reality!

By: Naughtyius Maximus

Naughtyius Maximus — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:18:41 +0000

TOYOTA TOSSERS will flog this one and make excuses that its a one off and other BS. Cars all have problems, but Toyota is not at the head of the pack as people believe and it is a lotg further back then the recent Toyota engine troubles on Yaris…you dont say! Like it is common knowledge in the streets here that irrespective of how statistics are cooked up and not completely across the board with every car owner, that even Toyota has its share of dramas yet hide it well! Its a shame that there is no complete way to measure car reliability and feedback on customer satifaction!

By: Chris from UK

Chris from UK — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:01:33 +0000

Yes, the Yaris does sell well here in the UK also but (there’s always a but) I was going to buy one for my wife until I talked to the service guys and discovered they had 8 in for cylinder head problems – aparently it is a known fault with the engine.

By: ash

ash — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:03:11 +0000

last week I spent 3 days researching small cars from toyota, hyundai, kia, mazada, nissan and holden to purchase for my partner. after having a test drive and info on all the above small cars, I found yaris to have the better build quality, lower service cost, cheaper to insure and repair and easy maintence plus the interior is well thought out. also reliability cant be questioned. All the other manufacturers still have a long way to go before they can come up to the current toyota standards and by the time they do, toyota will move far ahead. As for fast cars, move to Lexus people.. toyota quality plus euro styling….

By: Duck

Duck — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 04:34:46 +0000

Whats the accent going to be?

i20

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 03:57:49 +0000

Jamison,

I don’t drive a Hyundai, so whoever’s guilty, please own up.
In fact Hyundai isn’t in my consideration set for the same reason that Toyota isn’t. ie. boring to drive. But that obviously doesn’t matter to the majority of the car (appliance) buying public.

By: jamison

jamison — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:27:14 +0000

okay… congrats to Hyundai.

But SEEING some extremely biased posts here.. is just.. well.. shocking..

I know the internet is a good source of information and free speech.. but this is ridiculous..

I might as well proclaim myself the greatest man on earth… why?… because of free speech… and the net.

Someone proclaiming Hyundai, the next Toyota….
Making statements like Sonata > Camry.. etc..

Okay, this is getting out of hand.. obviously some people here drive Hyundais…

Toyota can stop producing/manufacturing cars for the next 10 years… and they’ll still be significantly ahead of Hyundai…. significantly.

Toyota the next GM??

How???

because Toyota has expanded? and has become No.1?

[1] Toyota’s manufacturing process is much more efficient than GM. And often emulated, TPS… look it up.

[2] Quality wise… its not even a debate.. Toyota has slipped.. but thats expected. When your on top.. you can only go down.
And the sudden growth is a factor… I want to explain it but its confidential matters. But some other educated people out there with knowledge of business administration/management can understand how this is a common phenomenon when a company expands quicker than it can manage… knowing Toyota… they are working on them right now.

[3] Again congratulations to Hyundai, I got to see their Genesis vehicle recently and looking nice.

By: dlr1

dlr1 — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:27:01 +0000

Perhaps if their warranty costs were a bit less then they might make a little more than $252.00 profit per vehicle.

By: realcars

realcars — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:36:25 +0000

Good to see Hyundai mixing it up. Ultimately the consumer is the winner. May prompt Toyota to plough some of it’s ill gotten gains back into developing some more inspirational models. Nobody else seems to have the focus to take on Toyota.

By: realcars

realcars — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:24:23 +0000

Yep. Even the badge is similiar. The Koreans are copying the Japs and they will succeed. Longest warranty, constant quality messages in advertising, Hyundai is out toyotaing toyota.

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:28:58 +0000

forgot about the tiburon, i think that will become a genesis model aswell, certainly in the US anyway where the genesis brand is originally intended, australia may not get the genesis brand straight away in which case we would still get the new tiburon as a hyundai for the time being, same as how the integra is sold as a honda in australia even though the integra is actually a model designed for honda’s premium brand acura

By: Richo

Richo — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:26:32 +0000

Myke – i think your right mate, i think the eventual goal is:

i10 = Getz
i20 = Tuscon
i30 = elantra
i40 = Sonata
i50 = Santa Fe
iMax = Trajet
iLoad = commercial van

I dont think they will run another granduer now that they are going to push the new genesis brand, the granduer replacement will probably become the entry model for the genesis brand

If thats what hyundai are doing i think its a good move, portrays the brand in a slightly different light and allows them to call all of their new upcoming models “all new” as opposed to replacements

By: TP

TP — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:41:22 +0000

How many years before they overtake Toyota hahahahaha…. just from an Aussie point of view, still dont see many Hyundais around!!! One thing having a good product, they still have branding problems though.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:39:31 +0000

Nuff said??????

you forgot the biggest spinner for hyundai and thats value for money!!!!

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:54:59 +0000

You’ve only got to look at how much tastier-looking (and better to drive) the Sonata is compared to the Camry. And the i30 to the Corolla. And the Santa Fe diesel to the RAV4 (hang on, the RAV4 doesn’t even have a diesel). ‘Nuff said.

By: BoB

BoB — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:17:24 +0000

Here comes Toyota! I mean Hyundai. Not many people here like Toyota yet we all love Hyundais.. Ahhh…

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:10:30 +0000

Hyundai.
Future Driven.

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:13:21 +0000

Toyota is the new GM, Hyundai is the new Toyota.

By: Myke

Myke — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:50:12 +0000

I think evenutally Hyundai’s plan is to have the i20 (Getz), i40 (Sonata) and i50 (Grandeur)