That is according to the US's most watched quality survey which is the JD Power's Initial Quality Survey. Two thumbs up to Hyundai for beating the likes of Toyota and Honda. It placed #4 overall and top 3 are all luxury brands such as Lexus (still #1, kailan ba hindi? ) and Porsche.
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., June 22 /PRNewswire/ --J.D. Power and Associates announced today that Hyundai is the highest ranked non-premium nameplate in the 2009 Initial Quality Study(SM) (IQS) and is ranked fourth among all nameplates. Hyundai owners had fewer problems with their vehicles than any other non-premium car or truck brand.
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Look at where so-called Japanese brands are superior to Korean brands are in quality? Even Kia toped the two Japanese carmakers Mitsubishi and Mazda who way down there. Only Honda and Toyota seem in reasonable rankings.
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Good for Hyundai. But I think these are units sold in the West. How about those in Asian regions?
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Well a lot of the models come out from the Ulsan Plant in Korea! The same plant exports to the US and Europe and also exports to ASEAN countries like us so quality should be comparable. The only Hyundai models made in the USA is Santa Fe and Sonata, the rest are exported from Ulsan, Korea. Dito naman sa Pilipinas all our Hyundai models except i10 are from Ulsan, Korea. The only difference is our models are normally stripped off of features unlike sa US where 6 airbags are standard across the range!
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Well a lot of the models come out from the Ulsan Plant in Korea! The same plant exports to the US and Europe and also exports to ASEAN countries like us so quality should be comparable. The only Hyundai models made in the USA is Santa Fe and Sonata, the rest are exported from Ulsan, Korea. Dito naman sa Pilipinas all our Hyundai models except i10 are from Ulsan, Korea. The only difference is our models are normally stripped off of features unlike sa US where 6 airbags are standard across the range!
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The initial quality survey bodes well for the construction of the vehicle (in other words, how well the factory assembly was carried out), but doesn't tell you much about long-term reliability... a semi-meaningless award... but a good win for Hyundai, nonetheless.
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Does that mean it's ok now to buy the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe? I've been drooling over it for quite a while
Yeah go ahead! Its luxury brother the Genesis Sedan actually won North American Car of the Year earlier this year.
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In my opinion, Toyota is very confident with their so called superior production process that they defy the odds of universally recognized rule of Quality vs Quantity. They didn't give much credit to personal skills and craftsmanship of the technician. Quantity can be improved but you must know your limit so that it will not affect your Quality. They believe that the optimum perfection of their production process can make farmer into assembly tech in an instant as long that you can read and write.
BTW im a man with dirty hands holding the spanner in Pratt and Whitney Canada/overhaul Plant5. My company idolized so much the Toyota process that they send me and others to ITO University to study the toyota production operating system, I dis agree most of what Ive learned coz its all about Quantity, Ill give you some new words i learn from ITO Univ. "on time delivery, turn around time, tack time, touch time, manhours and etc." See its all about quantity. Now that we migrated the toyota running production line in our overhaul shop, the number of engine return to claim warranty increased.
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John Krafcik (CEO of Hyundai Motors America) interview on Bloomberg, talks about their recent JD Powers ranking and Hyundai's plans for the US.
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The Genesis Coupe is probably no more risky a purchase than any other midsized car. The 2.0T is based on the world-engine architecture shared with Mitsubishi and Chrysler, so parts-availability is not such an issue... though availability of suspension and body parts, of course, will be limited to the casa and a few outside sources (of course, this is the same for most mid-sized cars... since volumes are so low).
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More accolades for Hyundai. Galing talaga, its priced like a 3 series and a C class but its fighting in the 5 series and E class category.
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Hyundai beat both BMW and Jaguar in the midsize premium sedan segment in this year's J. D. Power and Associates' (JDPA) study on performance, execution and layout.
The Hyundai Genesis bested the the BMW 5-Series and the Jaguar XF on its first year of inclusion in JDPA's study, which takes to consideration 90 car attributes and judged by 80,900 purchasers and lessees of 2009 model vehicles.
JDPA said the Genesis performed well particularly in tests on the exterior, interior, and engine and transmission. It said Korean car's top three attributes are its roominess, excellent stereo surround sound and the clarity of its rear seat entertainment video display.
Hyundai attributes the comfort it delivers to the 12-way power adjustable driver's seat with touch controls for cooling and heating the cushions. Heating adjustments are also available in the rear seats.
As for in-car entertainment, Hyundai said the Genesis passengers can indulge in music that comes from the Lexicon 7.1 surround-sound audio system with 17 speakers and an 11-channel amp. The same system is found only in the Rolls-Royce Phantom.
The Genesis sedan with the 3.8-liter V6 engine is available in the Philippines at P3.038 million. It comes in Phantom Black, Hyper Metallic, White Frost, Lunar Beige and Velvet Red body colors.
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Hyundai Motor Co. said second-quarter net profit rose 48 percent to a record high as robust sales in China and India helped it ride out the global auto slump.
Hyundai Motor, which along with affiliate Kia Motors Corp. forms the world's fifth-biggest automotive group, said in a regulatory filing Thursday it earned 811.85 billion won ($650 million) in the three months ended June 30. It posted net profit of 546.9 billion won a year earlier.
Company spokesman Ki Jin-ho said the profit was the biggest ever for a single quarter.
Total sales revenue during the three-month period, however, fell 11 percent to 8.08 trillion won from 9.11 trillion won.
Still, the result snapped four straight quarters of decline in net profit at Hyundai, which has been expanding aggressively overseas while gaining a global reputation for quality. Earlier this month, the company introduced its first hybrid electric vehicle, the Elantra LPI Hybrid.
Hyundai, like other automakers, has been hit by falling demand amid the global economic downturn. The Ulsan, South Korea-based company, however, has used the opportunity to introduce new models and gain market share.
Hyundai said it grabbed 5 percent global market share for the first time despite what it said was a 15 percent decline in demand for autos worldwide during the first half of 2009.
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) and Porsche.
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