Hyundai Tuscani (coupe) / Huyndai Sonata
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I was looking at another post some time back on this Hyundai Coupe, trying to find some useful info on it, but it turns out to be a flaming session for many.
So anyway, I hope that I can get some honest and useful info now.
I'm planning to get one. Was down at Hyundai showroom to test drive it, and realised that it is a car that has nice exterior but sucks big time on the interior.
But, after owning a normal saloon car for years, I just feel like getting a car with nice exterior and don't care about the interior. So, God bless they build this cheapo car.
I'm not really looking for performance car, so I guess it's fine as long as it doesn't give me too much trouble.
Don't care if many says it's a poor-man's porche, cos.. who cares? As long as I'm happy, that's fine.
The only thing I found useful in this forum regarding this car, is that it has a rather lousy FC, of about 10km/L, although the sales agent told me it's only 9km/L.
The agent also told me that it has the same engine as the Hyundai Sonata.
My question here are:
1. Will these Hyundai engines give rise to any serious problem down the years, say 3-4 years?
My sister used to own this Hyundai Matrix, and she told me the engine has problem after the 3rd year already.
So what she said actually cast a bit of shadow on Hyundai's engine...
I used to have a mazda 323 and its engine is still perfect on the 3rd year.
And, since the coupe uses the same engine as the Sonata, I'm assuming here that anyone here who drives the Sonata can give me some comments on the engine/performance?
Whether it really creates a lot pf problems, etc?
2. Anyone here thinks it'll be a problem selling off the coupe eventually? Is so, why is that so? Any comments on this selling part is welcome.
3. Becasue of my profession, I'm getting a 0% downpayment for an OPC. The monthly works out to be $615/mth. Don't ask me why I want to get an OPC. I'm setting aside about $1000/mth for parking and petrol and misc. So i guess the petrol works out to be about $250/mth. My workplace is of ok-ok distance from my place. (when I was driving my mazda 323 of 11km/L, the petrol is about $200/mth.)
So what do you people think?
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Please, only sensible comments here. Thanks in advance!
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FC 10KM is lousy????... most 2L cars does around there...so it is not so bad.. if you take it stock with a good right foot you can do 11KM without any problems.Originally posted by rumie:So anyway, I hope that I can get some honest and useful info now.
I'm planning to get one. Was down at Hyundai showroom to test drive it, and realised that it is a car that has nice exterior but sucks big time on the interior.
But, after owning a normal saloon car for years, I just feel like getting a car with nice exterior and don't care about the interior. So, God bless they build this cheapo car.
I'm not really looking for performance car, so I guess it's fine as long as it doesn't give me too much trouble.
Don't care if many says it's a poor-man's porche, cos.. who cares? As long as I'm happy, that's fine.
The only thing I found useful in this forum regarding this car, is that it has a rather lousy FC, of about 10km/L, although the sales agent told me it's only 9km/L.
The agent also told me that it has the same engine as the Hyundai Sonata.
My question here are:
1. Will these Hyundai engines give rise to any serious problem down the years, say 3-4 years?
My sister used to own this Hyundai Matrix, and she told me the engine has problem after the 3rd year already.
So what she said actually cast a bit of shadow on Hyundai's engine...
I used to have a mazda 323 and its engine is still perfect on the 3rd year.
And, since the coupe uses the same engine as the Sonata, I'm assuming here that anyone here who drives the Sonata can give me some comments on the engine/performance?
Whether it really creates a lot pf problems, etc?
2. Anyone here thinks it'll be a problem selling off the coupe eventually? Is so, why is that so? Any comments on this selling part is welcome.
3. Becasue of my profession, I'm getting a 0% downpayment for an OPC. The monthly works out to be $615/mth. Don't ask me why I want to get an OPC. I'm setting aside about $1000/mth for parking and petrol and misc. So i guess the petrol works out to be about $250/mth. My workplace is of ok-ok distance from my place. (when I was driving my mazda 323 of 11km/L, the petrol is about $200/mth.)
So what do you people think?
As for engine problems... hmmm... will tell you after three years... for those owners which own the tus for one year.. so far so good..
Performance wise is ok lah.. you wont complain unless your last car is a BMW or something close to it....
Get your interior done up, the showroom model car is ugly.. but you can ask for the freebies...or you can slowly do it up...
Coupes are always hard to sell in the first place......
As for question 3.. i dont think i have any answers to that... -
well who knows what problem you will get from a korean car...
but after all, it is a car, just a car, dont expect anything more..
FC could be worst plus korean engine dont really suit singapore climate as they are bulid for winter weather, unlike u mod the cold air intake thingy.
i got no comment on the car, if you want reliability, get another jap car. -
Reasons why u wont be able to sell the car..
1) Hyundai. Im not against it but alot of people get turn off by the brand
2) Coupe. Not everyone like the style.
3) Falling car prices.
4) OPC.
5) Aging design.
With that said, u'll still be able to sell years down the road if u take a big big loss...
=)
Lastly, where did u get the 10km/l figure. My bet is its closer to 8km/l.
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My family bought the tus in june 2002.Till now so far so good no problem with the engine.
As for the performance since u are not looking for a high performance car,it should not be a problem to u.Anyway i believe it will win your 323,unless u have mod your 323 -
dude the Hyundai coupe is a really good car....quality is there and good for crusing arnd town....
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yah agree. girls like it too.
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But girls also think that BMW is more expensive than ferrari...Originally posted by jiayong:yah agree. girls like it too.
hahhahha........ -
personally i think the a tus interior is quite nice,much better than some of my other friends rides interior eg.s15,rx7 trust me,with some other add ons it would look even better.FC wise i think it really depends on indivdual drivers n the mods done to the cars,think its about 9-10km/l.Im not too sure about the sonata engine,but heard it was using a mitsu engine.Went to a few workshops with my tus driver friend,the mechanics said that the tus is using a european engine.
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it is just the mindset of people... you check out the japanese car built compare to the tus... seen a civic getting flatten by a sonata...Originally posted by letstwistagain:well who knows what problem you will get from a korean car...
but after all, it is a car, just a car, dont expect anything more..
FC could be worst plus korean engine dont really suit singapore climate as they are bulid for winter weather, unlike u mod the cold air intake thingy.
i got no comment on the car, if you want reliability, get another jap car.
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it is 10KM for stock... that is fo sure.. unless you have a heavy right foot that is all... but you all go calculate your FC ones har... hmmmOriginally posted by no_speeding:Reasons why u wont be able to sell the car..
1) Hyundai. Im not against it but alot of people get turn off by the brand
2) Coupe. Not everyone like the style.
3) Falling car prices.
4) OPC.
5) Aging design.
With that said, u'll still be able to sell years down the road if u take a big big loss...
=)
Lastly, where did u get the 10km/l figure. My bet is its closer to 8km/l.
any for me it does 430-480KM on 50L....but i am sitting on a 17/45/225... -
not to mention there is a sunroof too...Originally posted by AE86tofu:dude the Hyundai coupe is a really good car....quality is there and good for crusing arnd town....
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i wouldn't mind driving one. It IS a 2 coupe afterall. There are slower coupes out in the market u know...(and they cost much more)
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Originally posted by no_speeding:
Er... how does this affect whether it can be sold or not? Sorry, don't really know much on OPC and it's resale options.
Reasons why u wont be able to sell the car..
1) Hyundai. Im not against it but alot of people get turn off by the brand
2) Coupe. Not everyone like the style.
3) Falling car prices.
[b]4) OPC.
5) Aging design.
With that said, u'll still be able to sell years down the road if u take a big big loss...
=)
Lastly, where did u get the 10km/l figure. My bet is its closer to 8km/l. [/b] -
OPC is very hard to sell.. .that is for sure... some more the resale value is very low too... since it is a weekend car...
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really? hmm... and if i convert it back to a normal car b4 selling off?Originally posted by houndy:OPC is very hard to sell.. .that is for sure... some more the resale value is very low too... since it is a weekend car... -
that one i not sure how to convert it to a normal car though.. whether you must pay whatever thing... so far i have only seen 3 opc tus on the road...Originally posted by rumie:really? hmm... and if i convert it back to a normal car b4 selling off? -
I have driven a korean car before and service my car with a mechanic who done alot of korean cars and his view is that korean cars have a higher chance of breaking down faster than other makes out there. THis is based on his intake of cars for servicing. He says his record is receiving one KIA CARENS to change the gearbox just short of one year.
I am a firm believer of you get what you pay for. While I think some korean cars look very nice and yet come cheaper than cars in their own category, I have to agree in terms of maintenance and performance, it may not be as good.
In buying cars, you cant buy a perfect car. Buy a car that suits your needs most. Cars, whether Korean, Japanese or Euro fulfills different needs. There is no arguement on whether this car is better or not because different cars meet different needs.
I change from a Korean Car to a Honda recently because I cannot stand the way it is drinking up petrol. I pay at almost $200 more per month now but I save almost $200 per month on petrol too. Furthermore, in my first year of owning the KIA, I spend close to $1000 for maintenance and changing of parts believe it or not but with my Honda, everything still working fine.
Thus my belief is that work on your priorities in buying a car and see which car fits your needs most. I always believe that there's a car for everyone. -
Man... I was browsing through the threads when I came across this.
For a split second I thought this thread was named
Hyundai Tsunami
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mmm .. saw Tuscani and initially tot is some European car ... later then found out it is Korean Car and it is a Hyundai car.
I would really applaud what Hyundai did and the recent models are outstanding in term of design even tot interior they still have a lot to catch up with European counterpart who is the trendsetter now.
Just a two cents worth of though ... many cite poor quality of engine and such for Hyundai .... during days of older elantra, sonata ... i guess the technology advancement for korean is still way or far behind that of Jap, European or American. But from what I see and observe, they had heavily invested R&D and building design center in America and Europe. The most recent engine development I guess could develop in Europe and with European having the strict emission and safety standard .. I guess in no time Hyundai could catch up with their Jap counterpart and give a run for their $$$.
Many also forgotten that inital made in jap car (20 years ago) also had numerous quality problem and many a time you could see jap car breaks down. In past few years .. you could even check the top 5 car manufacturer defects/recalls. Dont be surprise that u can see Toyota being the top 5, plus Benz. I happened to read that column and surprise me that Hyundai is below some well-know car manufacturer who should have higher quality.
Another thing to note will be Toyota, the inital batch of Soluna ....problematic too. Isnt Jap brand car more reliable? Guess it boils down to where it manufacture and the standard of QA in the country. Generally, I found that Altis, the made in Thailand car, the build quality and the assembly quality is no longer as good as the one manufacture and assemble in Japan. See the wiring and u will know what I mean ...
Altis is Singapore no yet 3 years .. vvti if I am not too wrong also not in market for too long ....
Given time .. I believe Hyundai could be another car manufacturer that produce good quality cars ... check out the new Sonata - cool.
As for KIA ... u cant compare them to Hyundai. It is like you comparing Suzuki to Toyota. Financially, both are in two different world.... -
eh.....more jap cars break down cuz got more jap cars?????? i think shld take in percentage and is it based on new cars, less than 10 yr cars or all cars........
And if u ask mi i will rather choose the celica for a budget coupe some more 1.8L nia -
its not even a poor man's porsche ....embarassingly to say.Originally posted by rumie:Don't care if many says it's a poor-man's porche, cos.. who cares? As long as I'm happy, that's fine.
So what do you people think?
its a korean trash with no power.
i would rather u save abit more for a more reliable coupe like the Celica or the convertible MR-S.
sorie if i am blunt. -
So you spend extra thousands, say $20K, from korea to japan car in order to save the $200 per month petrol and $1,000 for maintenance ?Originally posted by gasband:I change from a Korean Car to a Honda recently because I cannot stand the way it is drinking up petrol. I pay at almost $200 more per month now but I save almost $200 per month on petrol too. Furthermore, in my first year of owning the KIA, I spend close to $1000 for maintenance and changing of parts believe it or not but with my Honda, everything still working fine.
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hmmm.. realiable...Originally posted by Friendstar:its not even a poor man's porsche ....embarassingly to say.
its a korean trash with no power.
i would rather u save abit more for a more reliable coupe like the Celica or the convertible MR-S.
sorie if i am blunt.