...Exactly, and now they no longer sell shit cars. I’d agree if you said none are class-leading or are too innovatively designed or engineered, which is definitely both unfortunate and not the best the company could do, but to call all of their cars garbage is just incorrect.

They hardly had the money or know-how to sell anything else. If I remember correctly, this is a company which didn’t even develop its own engines until the ‘90’s. It takes time to figure out how to do this stuff right. I have my own reservations in my respect for Hyundai, but it’s foolish to pretend they’re the same…

Ridiculous is right up my alley.

And can be had with a 420hp V8. Can't wait to buy one for $5k in 10 years.

Thanks for a laugh or seven.

A country as small as South Korea is perfect for electric vehicles...but then again, a country as small as South Korea, one in which statistically everyone lives in very dense cities, is best served by high-speed rail and public transit. At least they already have that, too.

It's so frustrating, too, when I sense that there's a latent passion for cars within the company. Things like the Kia GT and GT4 Stinger, and various HND concept cars suggest that something good could come out of Hyundai/Kia, if only the suits up top would let it.

Well, truth be told, it’s not like they’ve really been offered much choice. Hyundai, Kia, and SsangYong have only ever offered luxury vehicles as sedans, and imported vehicles were always too expensive for most people. Seeing how consistent the trend towards luxury crossovers has been globally, the company’s…

On the contrary; it looks anonymous because they've backed so far away from the edgy thing. Now, everything—and not just at Cadillac, but all the luxury brands—looks German, other than the front and rear fasciae.

Yes, I would say that if Bach’s music was just a pastiche of other contemporary design trends with slight variations in...I don’t know, dynamics, or whatever the musical equivalent of body shape is.

First of all, you probably have too much reverence for something because it's old and it has Someone's name attached to it. Second of all, I didn't mean in terms of actual design, just intent—both are luxury and style machines, at least in the eyes of the designers.

No disagreement there, but not boring =/= bad. The Murano is extremely comfortable, very quiet, fairly practical, and (even if you hate it) stylish. Compare it aesthetically to an Edge or Highlander or Pilot and at least it says something, something other than "I hope I sell as many of these as possible". In my mind,…

Well, his colleague Sang-yup Lee said he thought the design stealing was unacceptable for a brand with a history like Lincoln's, but Hyundai obviously doesn't have that history, so I suppose it's okay for them?

While the codpiece is...excessive, I appreciate the equal opportunity objectification. Men can be sex objects too, and are for probably ~50% of the world's population, and although the relevance of this particular picture to the topic at hand isn't great, I and my fellow men and women thank you for your service.

I would agree with this, except I think you meant to say “Russian front plate + Ford Mondeo...”. Pretty sure that’s an X-Type, which is never been driven by anyone of any concern to anyone else, because if they were, why would they be driving an X-Type?

You know, they had me, Ink Spots and all, until the musical cheese came in. Do we really need music to dramatize a nuclear holocaust? I'd say subtlety is a lost art, but it's more like a foreign word for the gaming industry, these days.

Even Ferrari V8s don’t all sound the same. Listen to a F430 (marvelous), then go listen to a 458 (blender).

I'm unclear as to how that aftermarket exhaust is supposed to be better than the stock one; it sounds like they just stuffed a bunch of cotton balls in the exhaust and turned up the volume, which is kind of the opposite of what at least I, personally, like. Gimme the sounds of individuals mechanical components moving…

The $ofistikation...it makes my eyes hurt.

This is like that old joke, “if only there were two of me”. Except, China has four of you—shit's gettin' done.