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Old 10-29-2011, 03:29 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cfguy2000 View Post
The Korean's have to offer such long warranties, otherwise no one would buy their cars. Honda has a very short warranty and still sells tons of cars.
That thinking was correct about 10 years ago. Recently, one could argue that the major Korean manufacturers have surpassed their Japanese counterparts in terms of power, efficiency, and overall value. Basically, people are still buying Japanese cars over others out of habit, not for any justifiable reason. It's similar to the way many Americans would only buy "domestic" vehicles, despite the foreign counterparts' obvious superiority. Funny enough, things seem to be coming full circle.

The trick is, when shopping for vehicles, one needs to assess each vehicle's overall specifications and values objectively. Otherwise, you'll get caught in the trap of popular thinking, and possibly get stuck with a car that has high public opinion but is of relatively little actual value in comparison to its counterparts.
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