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Originally Posted by pylon
The first stop I make is always Hyundai. The progress they have made in even the last decade with quality is dumbfounding. I secretly root for them to dethrone Toyota and Honda, and mark my words, it is going to happen. Many inside the industry think it already has, and believe Hyundai is delivering a superior product. They are making some cars that were Lexus calibre 5 years ago, at half the cost.
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Uh, just no. Hyundai may be building cars that are impressive on the showroom floor and to the untrained eye. But they make nothing like Lexus does as far as the total package. Refinement, build quality, reliability, longevity. It's not there, and won't be anytime soon, if ever.
I realize you have an unhealthy hatred towards Toyota, but they wrote the book on modern manufacturing (well, really they were just about the only company to read the book and embrace it) and even given their challenges the last decade they are still one of the best in just about every metric there is. Lexus is a at another level altogether, and have consistently lead the industry since they became a brand.
For all the bluster about the likes of Ford and Hyundai, both rate about the industry average for quality and reliability. If you keep a car for 4-5 years, it doesn't matter so much. But keep a car for a decade or more, and you truly find out how good it is.