Korean Cars

[tessie]

Badge snobbery for me then. If you want to extract the maximum from your dollar, and thats your aim, buy Korean. Me, I care what I drive.

They've definitely stepped up their game. Noticed it years ago when I sat in a new Tiburon and they've only gone up from there.

I must admit I genuinely love the Optima design and the Koop is solid looking too. I don't doubt that their handling is not on par with a pricier German, but for the sake of cheap parts, great reliability, a long manufacturer's warranty, well equipped and cutting edge designs; it's enough to steer many from badge snobbery.

[Buller_Scott]

On the drive home today, came up behind one of these Kia's,


Throw a Renault, Mazda, Nissan Badge on it and I would be none the wiser.

+1

if some japanese person told me that this is the 2013 toyota harrier (lexus ~~~ whatever suv over here, the smaller one), i'd believe them.

looks much nicer than the FUGLY audi q5 which needs 22 inch wheels to fill those disproportionate gaping wheel arches.

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Badge snobbery for me then. If you want to extract the maximum from your dollar, and thats your aim, buy Korean. Me, I care what I drive.

just being lighthearted, but if that's the case, why are you on a VW forum and not a merc/bmw/porsche/maserati/etc forum?

volkewagin IS the hyundai of germany, after all (although with more mechanical problems, evidently).

[Transporter]

The looks are deceiving, in the nature, very often the prettiest is deadliest. The design and style is the easiest to copy, and it would be really tragic if they didn't learn it by now. Only fools buy the car for looks only. As for the cost of the spares I find Hyundai and Kia very expensive, the timing belt job on Kia Carnival cost over $1200 and if you need Oxy sensors it's around $500 parts only, the brakes cost a fortune too, so I don't know where these statements that the parts are cheaper coming from?

[elephino]

Only fools buy the car for looks only.

So anyone buying an Alfa then...

[tessie]

er, I'm on a VW forum because.....I drive VW's.
VW the Hyundai of Germany? I thought perhaps if anyone it'd be Opel.
The sleek looking designs of many Hyundais/Kias is because of the farming out of the job of design to California & German design firms.
A consequence of the very small world we live in because of tech & communications, makes it easy these days to be up to the minute, the snazzier designs don't make them the engineering equals of the German marques. Oops, I forgot, Oz Best Cars reckons the Hyundai is the best thing year after year in its class. Better not waste money on those pieces of junk the Polo & Golf.

+1

if some japanese person told me that this is the 2013 toyota harrier (lexus ~~~ whatever suv over here, the smaller one), i'd believe them.

looks much nicer than the FUGLY audi q5 which needs 22 inch wheels to fill those disproportionate gaping wheel arches.

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just being lighthearted, but if that's the case, why are you on a VW forum and not a merc/bmw/porsche/maserati/etc forum?

volkewagin IS the hyundai of germany, after all (although with more mechanical problems, evidently).

[sh|tbmxrider]

So anyone buying an Alfa then...

Doesn't want to fall asleep at the wheel of a german snoozemobile?











Sorry, couldn't help myself

[Buller_Scott]

er, I'm on a VW forum because.....I drive VW's.
VW the Hyundai of Germany? I thought perhaps if anyone it'd be Opel.
The sleek looking designs of many Hyundais/Kias is because of the farming out of the job of design to California & German design firms.
A consequence of the very small world we live in because of tech & communications, makes it easy these days to be up to the minute, the snazzier designs don't make them the engineering equals of the German marques. Oops, I forgot, Oz Best Cars reckons the Hyundai is the best thing year after year in its class. Better not waste money on those pieces of junk the Polo & Golf.

i think you missed my point. your statement about penny pinching vs caring what you drive sounded elitist, which is why i made the comment i did - it'd be funny to think that anyone with a modern VW is elitist from any perspective. i love VW's but the simple fact is that they're rather bland to look at, dont really provoke any emotion until you've started modding/building them, they're not expensive CEO style cars, and their reliability of late is VERY questionable.

australia's best cars might be voting the polo & golf "best cars", so i guess they must have taken into account these modern VAG group reliability issues, then? if it says best cars, it must just be fact - just like when CNN reports the news, it must just be fact, too....

[greasykitchen]

i love VW's but the simple fact is that they're rather bland to look at

I politely beg to differ. I think the stand out from the crowd of most cars I see (Toyotas, Mitsibishis etc). Ok they're not Audis, Mercs or BMWs (which can have quite a degree of the 'tosser' look to them - not to mention some of the dirvers ), but I think the average Golf looks a lot nicer than the average car on the road these day and stands out because of it.

[Transporter]

+1

One look under the car at the components, at the details, the sound insulation and you know immediately why the VW car cost more than the average car on the road.

[tessie]

No, no, you did'nt read properly. The HYUNDAI is constantly voted best car. Elitist?? The V- Dub is the peoples car, they just happen to cost more than a piece of crap from Korea, oops, I mean a car from Korea. Germanys costs and wages are pretty damned high as you know.

i think you missed my point. your statement about penny pinching vs caring what you drive sounded elitist, which is why i made the comment i did - it'd be funny to think that anyone with a modern VW is elitist from any perspective. i love VW's but the simple fact is that they're rather bland to look at, dont really provoke any emotion until you've started modding/building them, they're not expensive CEO style cars, and their reliability of late is VERY questionable.

australia's best cars might be voting the polo & golf "best cars", so i guess they must have taken into account these modern VAG group reliability issues, then? if it says best cars, it must just be fact - just like when CNN reports the news, it must just be fact, too....

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No, no, you did'nt read properly. The HYUNDAI is constantly voted best car. Elitist?? The V- Dub is the peoples car, they just happen to cost more than a piece of crap from Korea, oops, I mean a car from Korea. Germanys costs and wages are pretty damned high as you know.

....as for reliability being VERY questionable, our first VW is a 2005 Golf 2.0 FSI Sportline, bought new, now with 92,000km and touch wood, not a thing has gone wrong. So don't get too worried about all the sad stories on the forum concerning VW's, go to other marque forums and read their sob stories.