“Hyundai/Kia/Genesis has become a world-class automaker.”
We have owned 4 Hyundai vehicles, one of which is our daily driver. It has over 100,000 miles on it. We’d buy another one in a heartbeat. Great cars for the money.
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Someone in our complex has the Genesis version. It is a nice looking vehicle especially when compared to those Toyotas and Lexii with that ugly big-ass grill.
Had a good friend with a 2007 Santa Fe. Good overall. Paint had a few issues but I think silver paint can often have problems with long-term adherence issues. The other thing that I thought was dangerous; the automatic headlights didn’t come on unless it was really really dark. Even took it to the dealer and they said it was correct.
Just a warning to you since you state that you have over 100,000 miles on your vehicle ... Hyundai/Kia/Genesis has a program wherein they will replace your short block for no charge when (not if) the timing goes off and a few pistons decide to mate with the valves.
My son recently had a new engine replaced in his Kia Optima. The service rep said that after 70m - 80m miles the engines seem to have a very high failure rate. Since he already had 90m on the car, he intends to drive it until around 150m and then trade.
There is some discussion about this on the net.