Impossible la bro, how can the price so close to Sonata, anyway C segment car price for H & T is RM110+ k, however Kia Forte 2.0 also in same segment but price is RM 98k, so which standard to follow? I guess lower than both J car and higher than Kia

I will buy if below 100k.. which i think.impossible..

me too 

Judging from the feedback so far, you may have to start filling up the form already 

I can see many in this thread is willing to pay not more than 105-110k for Elantra 1.8. If the price is higher, then no matter how many extra gadget you put inside the car also will not results to a good sales figure. 

bro,stop complaining at ppl rice bowl gotta understand where it comes from

i must say its not easy to fight with the reputation and the fame civic and corolla (altis/camry) is enjoying, they are at 8th generation already. japs car might be cheap, but japs arent stupid. there are stuff that can be copied, and there are stuff that cant be copied

but we as consumer has everything to benefit from, so i welcome their challenges to the jap's throne

and lately, even local car makers are buckling up

sometimes its not just reeducation, its about proving themselves.

we have civics that is as old as 1st generation right here. which is more than 30 years.

its about long term reliability. thats why honda motorcycle is still hot selling, because the 30 years old model is still running on the street, and THAT is advertisement, not some restyling and some hard sell of sweet talkers can do.

looking at the effort japanese had put in, we must respect them, this beyond former audi designer can do.

1. continuous improvement of the car parts and lifetime.
2. investment and involvement in motorsports such as  rally, F1, super GT, which they can learn the knowhow of tuning a car chassis and handling ( thats where UK is excel at, korean i'm not sure)

in short, korean cars need time to prove themselves, but generation x and y are very willing to change, because they do not want to be seen in a car their father's would buy( same fear on iphone now, father using iphone, kids will be more willing to use android)

they need time, more time

haha, i rajin hire people wash car for me.
hmm... 1 week 1 time enough ?

Metal part is easy, wash and it comes off easily, good luck with plastic and fibre parts like bumper, the longer you leave the stain on it, the harder it is to come off later on and you can never get a perfect wash, they'll evetually leave stubborn stain that require some polishing solution.  Polishing the i10 bumpers and plastic parts to a perfect clean shine state took me a good 45 minutes. God knows how long it took my colleague to polish bigger cars

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Oh wait, easiest thing to do with a forum troll is to ignore him than to join him in his lifeless keyboard flinging. Time to go to work and find out the few things some forum members asked.
Nope, no GDi engine for Malaysia spec. Original car doesn't come with bodykit, but will match the look of the car in videos I shown so far.

If you are the kind that 'go for broke' and want to get the most out of every single penny you pay, 1.8 is the way to go cause the difference between 1.6 High Spec and 1.8 Premium is very big in term of accessory trim.
Didn't get any chance to test drive the car yet, only idle start. Steering feeling light is certain because the power steering is electric motor driven, you'll have to get used to not able to 'talk to the road' on cars with motor driven power steering.

The 'light' sensation is mainly due to the fact that MDPS do not have as much feedback as hydraulic or non-power steering car, drives who like to 'talk to the road' will find the steering very weird.

The test unit's steering system has close to zero feedback resistant on idle. You can literally steer it with one finger. Oh my
No paddle shifter, but I think Elantra can be fitted with aftermarket shifters.

Usually if you see accessories found in oversea Elantra but not on the Inokom Elantra, it is almost certain that they can be fitted with these stuff also, there will be unused mounting points and sockets all over the car for accessories we will not be getting.

I would like to see someone take up the challenge and install SPAS on the Elantra
From the information that I obtained, first batch will be CKD, doubt there's any CBU unit.
What colour you want and which spec?

From the customer POV, nothing is ever right.

But looking from HSDM's POV it's a different story. If I am going to stand up for both side I'd be really busy with dilemmas. If you think Hyundai overpriced their car, I can say the profit margin is narrower than many thought it is. Hyundai's car were never cheap, just that the profit margin is lower than most car. Take for example the Sonata and Tucson never had over-trade higher than RM3,000. HSDM simply couldn't give that much.

Many like to compare the Elantra and Forte in term of pricing, that I don't want to comment much, because a certain group of fanboys will start leaping on me. If you've done enough research on this, you'll know why we're more expensive, but yet at the same time still well received.

One of the salesman walk past me and mentioned in Cantonese "This guy only came in a Myvi, waste our time only"... but he though I dun understand...

Incidently I drove my wife's Myvi to the showroom...they wanna treat their potential customers like this, why should I give them my money??

Btw, I got treated really really well when i followed my fren to Glenmarie BMW showroom...somemore I'm looking only.

can u give a summary? not convenient to open it.

Basically the letter states that Hyundai overstated the fuel economy of the Elantra. Many independant car tests & owner reports revealed that the fuel economy is no where close to what Hyundai claims. They now requesting an official enquiry into this and if proven, they asking for Hyundai to be given stiff penalties.

A lot of us are not criticising. We are giving you feedback to your organisation that what we think will help you sell the car.

I always believe that the free market is an efficient market and if SD believe that they can sell the car at their price so be it. In no where in our replies did we expect any charity from SD. It is rather insulting to suggest that potential buyers here are seeking any charity from your organisation in fact it is the other way round.

So if you want to use the internet to promote something be prepared to receive criticism also. I think a lot of members here have posted positive reply to the car and defending the reputation of Korean mades and have been eagerly anticipating this car. Internet is a powerful tool for knowledge sharing and feedback.

It is up to you what you want to do with our feedback.

For those who are curious about pricing and launch date, I'll say anything concrete will only be revealed after Chinese New Year, not immediately, maybe 1-2 weeks after.
It's been a sticking point for long and I think I've answered this before, but kindly explain why you think INOKOM is different from Hyundai?

Actually people are thinking that the car should be cheaper when using Inokom badge instead of Hyundai. Personally i also don't understand why they want to put Inokom badge if they are not going to price it lower. Just like last time Oriental assembled Avante and Sonata are wearing Hyundai badges also. The reason they use Inokom badge is to solve the AP problem or to increase their profit margin? Because last time Hyundai's car will drop 20-30k when they were changed from CBU to CKD. Now the base Sonata is CBU and the price is only 136k. While the Elantra is CKD and if the top spec is priced at 120k it is quite unreasonable to many because the price gap is so narrow...
For comparison Altis 1.8G 123k vs Camry 2.0E 145k, price difference is 22k and both of them are having the same status. If Elantra is 118k vs Sonata 136k, price difference is only 18k yet Elantra is CKD vs CBU of Sonata.

The spec definitely is higher than T or H, but it doesn't means the quality is good. A lot of previous Hyundai customer even i10 struggle with spare part, bad SC...
Although T and H occasionally also have the same problem , but the Hyundai reputation is still worse than T and H. No doubt , Hyundai design technology progress advance this few year but yet no prove the car quality is same as T and H. For me , i prefer pick the new car give me less problem rather than high technology but with fault intermittent. In fact, i'm also one of the people who waiting the new elantra as my Iswara has been used for 13 years. But since the elantra price is same/higher than H, i will chose civic. Just because the market perception for Hyundai quality is still bad, i don't want to take the higher risk to get the problematic car. Also, although Hyundai car now come with high technology, but look like the SC, Spare Part management still unable to fulfill this requirement.

Just call the num and they will give u surprise