i was expecting more features and goodies thrown in with more competitive pricing, like KIA/Naza does, but i guess SD isn't that serious in bringing up the hyundai brand.

hopefully if Naza does bring in the KIA optima, it will do this platform more justice in our market.

old altis 1.8G here rates 0.15 cents/km (very mixed driving). if the 0.16 cents you gave is the 1.6 Forte in general, probably the FC isn't as excellent as some reviewers make it to be. but of coz, reviews are never to be taken literally.

that said, i do appreciate the SA for being honest when i told them this. but forte is a heavier car than altis, so the 2.0 should return better FC if driven in my condition.

p/s: who's gonna loan me his 2.0 forte so i can test it for a week?

can we conclude that:

- This is a Hyundai Sonata thread > according to you, you are not sure if this Sonata (or any other korean makes of the similar generation) is good or not, but you are not willing to find out because you condemn the aftersales service here. (keep in mind that all this while, you are the only keep repeating the quality issue of previous gen koreans. noone ever disputed that since we all know it too. but somehow you manage to escape everyone's attention on how yourself never agree or bother to find out if the quality has improved)

- 2ndly, for the same reason of condemnation above, you believe that this Sonata should be priced at what Naza did with Forte, pricing it at Altis / Civic range while competing with Camry / Accord (since Forte was priced at City / Vios, but was good enough to park next to Altis / Civic)

- 3rdly, you mentioned that korean makes do not sell well here, even tho everyone else is seeing the contrary, Forte number is clearly increasing on the road.

So, what is yr point really? you simply don't want to give the new gen of korean makes a chance. end of your opinion.

why the trouble of finding tonnes of info from arnd the net to justify your 'opinion'? (note: it is still remaining as, your opinion...not a fact yet. these are new cars man)

anyhow, did kimchi broke your heart so bad? lol.

you are like the japanese soldier hired to shoot down any potential korean car convert, hahaha. Go sushi!

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i never was trying to be constructive (at least not towards a samurai). i don't plan to buy a korean make at this time, but at the same time i don't have the kind of perception you have of korean makes until the point of bashing them.

and i am driving the best selling toyota platform for years now, so you don't have to retell everyone here again and again how good they are. we know. but what other see is, korean make isn't so bad anymore, at least picking up on pace on alot of issues.

local distributor is our local problem, not a KIA/hyundai related problem.

you, don't seem to accept that.

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thats the word, 'biased hater'. naice.

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Added on July 5, 2010, 6:16 pmoh, yea. i think so too. there is already another thread for the upcoming optima with some photos snapped in korea in the open air. that's probably the choice to look for in terms of price, features & looks on this hyundai/kia shared platform, if Naza manage to bring in the full spec as with what it did with the Forte.

the Sonata as seen in the showroom looks great, but tbh, it's abit too CLS-ish for my liking. probably very pleasing for those that preferred Benz styling but myself i am more leaning towards Beemer styling. elegance vs aggressive? the new optima looks like a crossbreed bmw/lexus.

so far no telling what are the full specs of the optima to compare with the sonata, but i do think SD could have done more for the 2.0 hi-spec. the way i look at the pricing, SD isn't full hearted in establishing the brand which is a shame considering the potentials.

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if there was a GDI version it would have been better, . but thats already asking too much, since most buyers here won't know how to appreciate it.

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