Category: Grandeur

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Hyundai Meltdown

Of course Hyundai – the car company – is not in meltdown. But back in December I wondered should I be thrilled when I found that a part of my Hyundai Grandeur had melted and was having a very adverse effect on the acceleration.
It’s been so bad that our normally very responsive car has [...]

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Holden and Ford Suck – It’s Official!

Holden and Ford have long been Australian icons and they have a very vocal following among motoring enthusiasts … but out in the real world they just plain suck … and it’s official … almost.
It seems that a comsumer website here in Australia – ProductReview.com.au asked owners to rate their vehicles in a number of [...]

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Should I be Thrilled …

… that my 2000 Hyundai Grandeur has developed a fault that no one has heard of before?
by Stuart Livesey
For the latest on this story see Hyundai Meltdown
Our 2000 Hyundai Grandeur has been running a little sluggish lately and She who must be obeyed and who only knows two speeds (flat out and stop) decreed that [...]

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Hyundai Moves Up to Sixth

Hyundai outsold Mitsubishi and moved up another place to claim sixth spot in the Australian car market in April with 3965 vehicles sold and a 5.8 percent share of the market, up 1.1 percent over April 2005.
Year-to-date, Hyundai has overtaken Honda and also moved up a place to sixth with 16,073 sales, accounting for 5.3 [...]

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Hyundai Grandeur 2006 Part 2

At last I have actually seen one up close and personal and my wife and I sat in one at the Brisbane Motor Show while an eager young salesman practiced his sales pitch on us.
And our impression was … for $42,990 we will quite happily stick with our 2000 model..
My wife’s impression of the driver’s [...]

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Hyundai Grandeur 2006

Despite what we were told by a salesman at our local Hyundai dealer several weeks ago the new Grandeur is here and it is being advertised by the local dealer. So what do we have and is it really going to be worth the money.
Sadly if you go to the Hyundai website you’re not going [...]

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What Sucked in 2005

Motoring journalists do not have an easy job. You might think that there would better job than driving around in new cars all the time. But it must be so difficult to remain objective about each individual car when you do that all the time.
I mean how can you remain objective about a Kia Sorento [...]