Korean cars, I just don't understand why they can't actually improve the torque especially for Sonata? The car is real good, very comfortable just that engine tends to erm when going up hill

Yeah, I heard about the Kia Optima and I personally have seen some of the shots posted at some other auto forums. The design is really awesome. Koreans are improving their quality of cars every year. They've been coming out with some great designs over these few generations. However, the only sad thing is the lack of power coming out from the engine. Wish the Koreans can do something about it.

I have to admit that Sonata no doubt is a great car. However, if they can really improve on the engine side (and fuel consumption too), it would be a great combo and would present a threat towards the Japanese auto makers.

And to guys there that has been criticizing Sonata over the same point over and over again, no offense, but I think Sonata is just not the car for you then. I've driven it, owned it for the past 8 years without any much technical problems.

This post has been edited by Icehart: Jul 5 2010, 09:05 PM

I stop servicing my Sonata ever since the car hit 30,000km mileage at KahBintang's service centers. Obviously if you're good enough you can see that their services are not very competent and they cannot solve any small problems. I relied heavily on my own trusted mechanic since then to resolve any technical issues related to Sonata. It has not given me any big headache now and I meet the service schedule strictly.

Your friend might be having bad experience with Sonata, but that doesn't mean you should generalize the idea on the quality issues of Sonata overall on these few newer generations. New generations are introduced to solve problems related to previous generations, feedback and improve, and that's how cars should be improved. Every brand of car has their own problem, my friend has one with Toyota, another with Honda's security system, but that doesn't give us the right to generalize that Honda and Toyota made bad cars, should we?

If you're experiencing bad services, then you should check with other car brands. It'll be no use for you to influence us who has been having good experiences with the car. Everyone's perception, expectation is different. You have to learn that.

This post has been edited by Icehart: Jul 6 2010, 10:16 AM

Went for preview this morning and have a test drive on both 2.0 and 2.4 version. The 2.0 version still lack the power and torque but the 2.4 is responsive as it is. Go for 2.4 version if you want to buy Sonata.