pgr@mtgzy.UUCP (p.g.russo) (03/07/86)
I'd like to learn more about this Korean built car. Can anyone: 1. Point me toward any issues of magazines that reviewed it 2. Give me any personal experiences 3. Know of dealers selling the car in the Jersey shore area; TV ads give an 800 number - does anyone have that? 4. Have any ideas about servicing - if I had to go out of the area to buy it, could my mechanic (who services most imports) handle routine maintenance? 5. Do you think parts, etc would be difficult to obtain? Thanks, Pat Russo
phil@amdcad.UUCP (Phil Ngai) (03/08/86)
How about: 0-60 in 16 seconds? (My Civic does 0-60 in 9 seconds.) I saw one and went for a test drive. They are acceptable transportation. If you want what is essentially an eight year old Japanese car for a little bit less than what Japanese cars currently cost, you should check it out. -- "We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will become the present, and respect the past, knowing that once it was all that was humanly possible." Phil Ngai +1 408 749 5720 UUCP: {ucbvax,decwrl,ihnp4,allegra}!amdcad!phil ARPA: amdcad!phil@decwrl.dec.com
hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) (03/11/86)
In article <1642@mtgzy.UUCP> pgr@mtgzy.UUCP writes: >I'd like to learn more about this Korean built car. Can >anyone: > > 1. Point me toward any issues of magazines that reviewed it > >Pat Russo Try the March '86 Motor Trend (3 page review) or the March '86 Money magazine (comparison between Hyundai Excel, Yugo GV, and Chevy Sprint). Basic facts and opinions squeezed from both articles: Uses same engine/powertrain as base Dodge Colt, down to the MCA/Jet system. Champion plugs, Goodyear tires. Includes full-size spare. Dead steering feel, although "no worse than a Tercel". Learned to build cars "through partnerships with Ford and Mitsubishi in the late 1960s and early 1970s". Money's article compares the Excel at different option levels with the Honda Civic DX and the Toyota Corolla LE. Although they don't find the interior fit and finish quite as good as that of Japanese makes, they note apparently flawless exterior workmanship, and as one moves up through the option levels, the price disparity in favor of the Hyundai grows greater. Motor Trend claims .36 CD drag for the Excel; Money claims 13.5 0-60 for the Excel GL. -dave -- David Hsu Communication & Signal Processing Lab, EE Department <disclaimer> University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 hsu@eneevax.umd.edu {seismo,allegra}!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu ARPA n. [acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency.] An agency of the U.S. Department of Defense established in 1968 to test its defenses against misuse and piracy in the large-scale distributed processing environment. -Stan Kelly-Bootle, "The Devil's DP Dictionary"