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Old 11-18-2011, 12:35 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65 View Post
It's selling well for their initial targets, I believe. Compared to the industry? Genesis is nothing.

Pretty soon Hyundai is going to have to learn that you can't be a mainstream automaker and try to build luxury cars. There's a reason all the major automakers have luxury arms. The market fixates on your volume product (in Hyundai's case, the Elantra/Sonata), and expects that to be your typical pricepoint. When you start asking for $30k+ for a near luxury sedan when everyone expects you to sell $20k mainstream sedans, you'll have a lot of customers laughing their way to another dealer.
That's not what their financials and sales figures say. Hyundai/Kia is looking very good from a business perspective.
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