Hyundai #1 in quality among non-luxury brands!

[tidus1203]

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.

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.

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/s...d,869021.shtml

Here is the complete list...

http://www.cnbc.com/id/31491023/for/cnbc/

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.

[mey0r]

Good for Hyundai. But I think these are units sold in the West. How about those in Asian regions?

[tidus1203]

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!

[gelahascue]

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!

astig. galing ng Hyundai

[niky]

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.

[daimengrui]

Does that mean it's ok now to buy the new Hyundai Genesis Coupe? I've been drooling over it for quite a while