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Korean cars are really selling first!

movilogo
movilogo Posts: 3,198 Forumite
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edited 4 March 2010 at 3:43PM in Motoring
As per Society of Motor manufactuers February 2010 update, Kia and Hyundai are fastest growing car markers.

You can get report from here. See the Car_02_10.xls file after unzipping the file.
See % change column on the spreadsheet.
http://www.smmt.co.uk/articles/article.cfm?articleid=21359

Glad that people finally learnt to be practical rather than badge snobs. :T
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  • chieffy72
    chieffy72 Posts: 104 Forumite
    They've both benefitted enormously from the scrappage scheme as they are dirt cheap and most people with scrappers are just gonna be happy driving anything new. In general you get what you pay for though,will be interesting to see how many of these cars are still gonna be on the road in ten years time.
  • veggyboy
    veggyboy Posts: 135 Forumite
    chieffy72, I drive a 9 year ols kia majentis, it has 65k on the clock and still drives like a dream. and has never failed an MOT yet
    I used to be me !! what happened :confused:
  • Crabman
    Crabman Posts: 9,943 Forumite
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    The new Ceed is a very well designed car with a quality feel - if I was in the "brand spanking new" market I'd seriously be considering one of those!
  • Rolandtheroadie
    Rolandtheroadie Posts: 5,102 Forumite
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    veggyboy wrote: »
    chieffy72, I drive a 9 year ols kia majentis, it has 65k on the clock and still drives like a dream. and has never failed an MOT yet

    You've just bought it, how do you know it's never failed an MOT?
  • rev_henry
    rev_henry Posts: 4,965 Forumite
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    And good luck to Hyundai and Kia. I drive an 11 year old Accent which is fantastic. Its just a shame its taken this long to convince people that the Koreans can make decent cars. Seems to me they offer near Japanese quality at Chinese prices - best of both worlds.
  • iolanthe07
    iolanthe07 Posts: 5,493 Forumite
    I looked at a Rio yesterday but was disappointed at the plasticky and cheap looking interior. It seemed good value, though.
    I used to think that good grammar is important, but now I know that good wine is importanter.
  • Inactive
    Inactive Posts: 14,509 Forumite
    Crabman wrote: »
    The new Ceed is a very well designed car with a quality feel - if I was in the "brand spanking new" market I'd seriously be considering one of those!

    Agreed, so would I, it is very well put together, anybody with any doubts, go and try one.

    Great value for money.;)
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    iolanthe07 wrote: »
    I looked at a Rio yesterday but was disappointed at the plasticky and cheap looking interior. It seemed good value, though.

    LOL.........have to keep the Bentley a bit longer then!
  • steady__eddie
    steady__eddie Posts: 1,455 Forumite
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    Some years ago I reckoned that the best deal that could be obtained on a new car was to go for one from a manufacturer that was trying to enter the British market. I had a Seat Toledo tdi which I was quite impressed with. I dropped that for an Octavia when Skoda came under the VAG umbrella and since then I have had 2 Fabias. I reckon that Skoda have now peaked on the value for money front and quality is dropping (condensation and creaking suspension probs). I like what I've been hearing about Kia (especially the 7 year warranty) but dealerships are a bit thin on the ground and aren't they a bit iffy on the servicing front even though as I understand it, you can now legally have a vehicle serviced by any bona fide garage without it affecting the warranty ?
  • sdavi3680
    sdavi3680 Posts: 219 Forumite
    I'm expecting delivery of my new Kia Cee'd in a week or so. I was certainly convinced when test driving it. Was originally going to get the new Polo.
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