OK so i have been seeing more and more car companies offering 50k and 100k warrenties. Does anyone know how these compare to Hyundai's? Which really is America's Best Warrenty? Also on one of the commericals i thought they said that they do not have a deductable, hyundai dosent have one do they?

As a side question will hyundai be making a hybrid soon?

It is bumper to bumper warrentie, unlike the others. And about the hybrid thing I don't really know about that maby google can help you on that!

The Warranty
Hyundai started it (can we say trendsetter here) and others have followed suit. The other automobile companies started offering longer warranties than they usually do about 16 months ago when ex CEO Hyundai USA president Finbarr jumped ship from Hyundai to take hold of Mitsubishi. Mitsubishi was the first automaker to match Hyundais' warranty as well as to make actual commercials about it. Other automakers soon followed suit right afterwards especially after articles in Automotive News and other auto mags started to appear stating that the longer warranty does indeed work not only for Hyundai selling more vehicles but also for the consumer in having to shell out less money for warranty work.

The deductible
Hyundai does not have a deductible in the warranty, only thing is that the original bumper to bumper warranty only applies to the original owner and not second hand (used) cars, unless its immediate family. I cannot say if the Hyundai one is better since I have not made a direct comparison with the others (might do it one bored afternoon) and see which one is indeed better. But for the price, value and warranty combo nothing beats a Hyundai / Kia.

The Hybrids
As for hybrids, Hyundai has stated this October 1st, that it plans on spending an additional $260.6 million in the coming years to build 300,000 hybrids units. It along with Kia has so far spent $87 million to develop gasoline-electric vehicles. The company took 16 months to develop the compact Hyundai Click (gas-electric) at a cost of $9 million. It plans on selling 50 of them to the Korean government.

Hyundai/Kia set up a research center back in July 2003 to develop advanced hybrid vehicles. The planned production and sales of these gasoline-electric hybrids for the public is set for the end of 2006, but I am sure that will be only for Korea, then Europe and the US entry would probably much later.

Other info
While not considered a hybrid, the Hyundai Getz in Europe currently utilizes the Valero SA stop-start system. Its a combined starter-alternator that makes the vehicle into a fuel-saving machine. The stop-start system cuts off the engine when the brakes is applied. It restarts the engine when the driver takes their foot off the brakes. Since cars in city urban centers spend about one-third of their time standing still at a stop light or in traffic, a start-stop system can save 6 to 12 percent of fuel.

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Thanks for the info. I read some survey today that ratded hyundai as being number 2 for customer satisification (behind lexas) based on how owners valued their car for the price. I found this link on yahoo news

Thanks for the update, I some how missed that one as the one on CNN about it.

Cool

Go Hyundai. :smile:

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In continuation of the Hybrid question, please see the the latest notice by Hyundai in this thread (http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=2333559#post2333559).

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