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That was my first thought, too. Wait five years, then do the numbers change?

Yeah, the long term reliability figures are quite different: Problems for 3 year old vehicles

[ThePythonicCow]

That was my first thought, too. Wait five years, then do the numbers change?

Yeah, the long term reliability figures are quite different: Problems for 3 year old vehicles

Unfortunately, there is a difference between saying that the car Hyundai sold 3 years ago is showing problems now, and saying that the car Hyundai is selling now will have problems in 3 years.

My impression is that Hyundai has sharply improved their reliability over the last few years. It will take a couple more years for the long term stats to show this, if so.

Full disclosure: I've got 30,000 miles and 2 years on my Hyundai Elantra - I hope I am right. So far so good. Flawless.

[Mears]

Daewoo?????? I thought that was something you ate!

[AGreatPer]

Wow, is the KIA really that bad? Glad I read this. I was about to buy one.