My wife has a 2010 Santa Fe Limited & I have a 2010 Mercedes E-Class.
Obviously I paid lots more for my car but when I sell it down the road I will also get a lot more.
Hyundai gets some good reviews from media when they do their test drives with new vehicles, but what they are not looking at is that same vehicle after 50,000KM. Our Santa Fe seems loose and cheap with things breaking and falling apart.
They have been fairly minor, but always something, while my Merc has had zero issues and still looks and drive as good as when I bought it. Problem is most of my issues are declared not under my extended or original warranty as they keep saying they only cover adjustment items and not fixing things like broken tracks on my sunroof, seats ripping, under plastic trim on both sides.
I am not sure why people even complain about Hyundai, knowing they are much cheaper than a comparable manufacturer.
The best analogy I use when describing our SUV is it a disposable lighter, it works OK at the beginning and after a while you throw it in the garbage and buy a new one because the re-sale value is also useless.
I suggest you buy Japanese, or even some very good product coming out of N. America, but the Koreans still have a long way to go, to get their vehicles long term quality to every other manufacturers stands.
Obviously I paid lots more for my car but when I sell it down the road I will also get a lot more.
Hyundai gets some good reviews from media when they do their test drives with new vehicles, but what they are not looking at is that same vehicle after 50,000KM. Our Santa Fe seems loose and cheap with things breaking and falling apart.
They have been fairly minor, but always something, while my Merc has had zero issues and still looks and drive as good as when I bought it. Problem is most of my issues are declared not under my extended or original warranty as they keep saying they only cover adjustment items and not fixing things like broken tracks on my sunroof, seats ripping, under plastic trim on both sides.
I am not sure why people even complain about Hyundai, knowing they are much cheaper than a comparable manufacturer.
The best analogy I use when describing our SUV is it a disposable lighter, it works OK at the beginning and after a while you throw it in the garbage and buy a new one because the re-sale value is also useless.
I suggest you buy Japanese, or even some very good product coming out of N. America, but the Koreans still have a long way to go, to get their vehicles long term quality to every other manufacturers stands.