Interesting stuff from Hyundai

[nth256]

They seem to be swinging for the fences with their new E-GMP platform.

[davesaddiction]

Hyundai/Kia's upmarket products are positioning themselves well - where Lexus was in the 90s.

[CarsOfFortLangley]

@davesaddiction And where Acura was....oh.

[davesaddiction]

@carsoffortlangley

[weeps]

[krustywantout]

@nth256 18 minutes for 500km at 800V. 800V! Supercharger is at 480V for reference.

[ST80MND]

I find it a little amusing that just 15 short years ago, Hyundai and Kia were total crap cans. But now they are the ones making by far and wide the making the biggest strides in terms of design, engineering and quality. They were never marques known for quality, just economical. But with products like the Genesis, Teluride, Stinger, and anything 'N'line, well I'm sure I am not the only one to start coveting some of them.
I'm not even ashamed or embarrassed to say I wouldn't kick them out of the garage.

[nth256]

@davesaddiction I remember when Hyundai's reliability was a joke. They have really turned shit around, not only in reliability, but in affordability as well.

[nth256]

@krustywantout And they best part is the Hyundai will still be able to charge off the 400v infrastructure that's already there, albeit more slowly.

[nth256]

@st80mnd Absolutely! I'm not a huge fan of some of their aesthetic design decisions, but they're trying new things, which is awesome.

[ranwhenparked]

@st80mnd I saw a new G90 in a parking lot a week or two ago, really stunning in a way BMW and Mercedes increasingly aren't

[davesaddiction]

@nth256 Mrs. addiction is loving her Telluride so far. Great family/road trip car for our family. Hopefully it goes to 200k without much drama.

[Jawzx2]

@nth256 said in Interesting stuff from Hyundai:

@davesaddiction I remember when Hyundai's reliability was a joke. They have really turned shit around, not only in reliability, but in affordability as well.

around here at least, you can clearly see when it changed/they got their shit really together: Vermonters have always been frugal/poor and Hyundai got an early foot in the door with our populous. Starting with the 3rd generation Elantra older Hyundais started remaining on the road. Not necessarily Hyundais made after 2000, but new models released after the third generation Elantra. There are a surprising number of third generation Elantras still on the road around here, not only do they just keep running, but they seem surprisingly resilient against rust. Lots of first gen Tuscons still out there as well. We have a pile of first gen Elantra Tourings --including my old one, which I see from time to time and is recognizable by the dent in the hatch-- (FD i30 SW to the rest of the world) around here and aside from the dated style you'd never know they are 10+ year old cars. NO RUST! Our Kona is a great little cuv/tall-awd-hatchback and has been 100% trouble free for 50K miles so far.

[nth256]

@davesaddiction Hyundai being what they are now, I have no doubts 200k will come and go.

How's it been so far? I don't know where it came from, but i have an unreasonable apprehension about large FWD-based vehicles having transmission problems. Mid-2000s Hondas seemed to cement this in my head, but others that stand out to me are the Ford Flex/Freestyle/Taurus X and GMC Acadia, iirc.

[nth256]

@jawzx2 Making a car that is rust resistant and selling it in the rust belt is a baller move. Definitely good for reputation. US automakers seem to think that the rust just ensures people will need a new car sooner than expected.

[davesaddiction]

@nth256 A gem so far. ~20k in 10 months. It's a V6 8-speed - great for eating up miles.

[RallyDarkstrike]

I'm impressed...500km in total and 18mins for 80% charge is not bad at all...now if only I can still get a smaller car with that and not have to get some large crossover.....I want my small EV with decent range damnit!