What Is It Going To Take For Hyundai And Kia To Get Some Respect?

At some point, perception will surely catch up with reality when we consider Kia and Hyundai. Or, to put this another way, what do Kia and Hyundai need to do to get more respect? Make better cars?

Well, J.D. Power and Associates’ 2014 Initial Quality Study (IQS) ranked Hyundai fourth over all while Kia finished seventh, one point behind Toyota and Chevrolet and ahead of BMW, Honda, Audi and Mercedes-Benz. The combined ratings of Hyundai and Kia put Hyundai Motor Co. atop the IQS for the first time.

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jtz7 - 8/8/2014 3:18:57 PM

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"What Is It Going To Take For Hyundai And Kia To Get Some Respect?"

You mean get away from copying like the 2009 Suburu hatch, Infinti EX and the Mazda CX-5's greenhouses? Gee I don't know or care. It's just fun having a reason to put other manufacturers on the kitchen table as being "UNORIGINAL"

2008 Hyundai Elantra and 2014 Dodge Dart hint greehouses.

jtz7 - 8/8/2014 3:20:03 PM

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*Waits for Preview and hughjazz to list another 100 more cars.

jtz7 - 8/8/2014 3:22:40 PM

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Hey Preview you like logos huh? Bentley, Mini Cooper and Southwest airlines hint winged logos but only the Genesis' logo would be the copycat since it Korean.

TheSteve - 8/8/2014 3:25:10 PM

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Are you suggesting they don't already have respect? My understanding is that they're already pretty respectable economy and mid-line cars.

MattDarringer - 8/8/2014 5:56:39 PM

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yes please do...this is most entertaining

CarCrazedinCali - 8/9/2014 3:34:57 PM

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how about make a car that's finishes don't wear off in a year, so we can believe the quality (beyond design) has improved

mpls - 8/9/2014 5:12:30 PM

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stop copying the Germans & Japanese

Vorana - 8/9/2014 5:32:17 PM

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They should stop lying about gas mileage..
They should stop buying Euro designers..