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Originally Posted by Efthreeoh
I'm the old dude around here. I remember quite well when Hyundai, which is Kia's parent company, came to the USA with cars in 1986 or so with the Excel, it gained a reputation of being a total POS. Hyundai ("rhymes with Sunday" was the commercials...) soon had to come up with the first 100,000-mile warranty to get US car customers to even pay attention. 30 years later their sub-brand is competing with BMW as far as architecture and making a driver's car. Progress.
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Not old enough, I remember when they debuted with the *Pony*. My uncle was one of the brave ones and first customers.