My brother owns a Sorento.  Spare part scarce and need to wait long time for delivery. Official service center yah.

Did you own one? Comeon this is not Kopitiam, if you have any first hand info do share.

Duckies try to get info  directly from owners for Sportage.

As far as in general, Korean model, there is no issue in spare parts, and the pricing is comparable with Japanese counterparts.

I used to own a Optima, had no issues in terms on reliability or parts. Currently I own a Sorento, its been great.

My brother owns a Sorento.  Spare part scarce and need to wait long time for delivery. Official service center yah.

Contradictory opinions here 

it totally depends on which service center you go to and the personnel in charge with you

there's good ones and bad ones

i think its based on personal perception & how well u can maintain ur car.. if u care for ur car well, even a 20 year old Kancil can still run like day 1..

also, ask urself whether u are sensitive to brand or having any good/bad perception on certain brands.. there are people who view Korean kimchis as low keras as opposed to Japanese brands as they perceive good quality build from the Japanese, probably due to their surrounding influences

nevermind i think you should choose japanese car...because in your mind japanese is the best already...why bother choosing other makes like korean or german? less korean car on the road for better uniqueness...  

if always service with service centre, korean and japanese cost is identical
but if service outside, japanese for sure cheaper than korean

this is because korean has parts from two sources: korea(original, most expensive) and OEM(local-built original, normal price)
while japanese has parts from three sources: japan(original, most expensive), OEM(local-built original, normal price) and fake part(cheapest)
so japanese car is always cheaper to maintain outside because all people will choose the fake part(cheapest)

btw, this only apply on toyota, honda and nissan...others japanese makes like mazda or subaru is the same as korean

no problem 

Don't really mind on the resale value as I mostly buy it to drive, not to sell.

What I want to know is on the service, whether it's good or shitty like Peugeot and VW? Car maintenance and repairing cost?

Ya... i used to think that...

Until I wanted to sell my korean... RM4000.... similar class (and price when buying new) Japanese still can sell 25k...

Why u wanna sell ur car ya?

House no more parking space.

Unless u drive yoru car for 20 yrs, then buy any car u like.

LOL!!!

For my case should be drive until car rosak. That's why I don't really mind on the resale value.

Korean cars....LEL...... service bad....second hand value none... enjoy your lemon

I’ve the 2013 Sportage. The least problematic car at home. The most is my Peugeot 3008. Worth buying as used car not new due to lousy resale value.

Peugeot, Ford and VW is no no for me