QUOTE(kluseng @ Jun 8 2017, 11:22 AM)
I'm impressed with how Korean cars keep improving from model to model. The perception that K cars are technologically inferior to Jap cars is no longer valid. In fact they are moving ahead of Japs with turbo charging. Japs still have no confidence to turbocharge their engines. The Honda Civic turbo is just a whimpy effort. It has just about enough power to beat the NA Mazda 3 but only just. Coupled with CVT is a waste of time. Look at the power of the Elantra Sport and the Kia Optima GT. Jap car manufacturers have stagnated just like Jap electronics. They are too conservative.
They are still inferior in the powerplant department. Have you ever own a Korean car? Their FC is really bad for city drive. Highway drive and city drive very big difference.
For me, I would buy a Korean car because it is better equipped. One of the reason why I bought Rio instead of Jazz or City. Since their RV would hurt a bit, I bought mine for 71K versus a 80K+ V/E spec Jazz/City. Savings from less loan interest + discount + free service for 3 years (60K) was enough for me to choose it.
The downside of Kcars would be aftersales services. All the SC said my Sonata ac was like that by design. They also cant find the cause of my mice problem which I solved myself after accidentally found the cause of it. My ac compressor was only replaced after I wrote a feedback to Hyundai Korea who instructed SD to arrange a replacement.
Koreans are competitive, but crony is not. If Koreans managed to setup here properly, then I would not mind to recommend them. I was willing to take the risk because of my wife low mileage (7k in 2 years). For the same price, I would buy something else.
This post has been edited by andrekua2: Jun 8 2017, 11:53 AM