Hyundai Overstated MPG On Over 1 Million Cars

Hugh Pickens writes "Reuters reports that Hyundai and its affiliate Kia Motors conceded that they overstated the fuel economy on more than 1 million recently sold vehicles, and agreed to compensate owners for the additional fuel costs after the EPA found the errors in 13 Kia and Hyundai models from the 2011 to 2013 model years. The findings were a blow to the two carmakers, which have centered their marketing campaigns on superior fuel economy. The mileage on most labels will be reduced by 1 to 2 miles per gallon, with the largest adjustment being a 6-mpg highway reduction for one version of the Kia Soul, the EPA said. Hyundai previously touted the fact that many of its models get 40 miles per gallon on the highway. Now three Hyundai models, the Elantra, Accent and Veloster, as well as the Kia Rio fall short of that mark, as will the Hyundai Sonata and Kia Optima hybrids."

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Re:A Modus Operandi from American manufacturers

[Lumpy]

Grand cherokee, 240,000 miles and still runs like new. Last jeep went over 350,000 miles before and accident claimed it's life. if your car will not go over 200,000 miles without major problems.... it's crap. And that means ANY GM vehicle is utter crap.

NOTE: I do not trust any of the newer Jeeps to go that far. the current Grand cherokee is not a jeep but a dressed up on road only SUV. Quality of the current line up of jeeps is suspect to many. Except the Rubicon that one has already proved it's self to be a real jeep.

Honda recently has lost it's stellar reputation. Many of the cars eating up rear tires because of crap suspension parts, engine mounts coming apart, and electrical issues.

Toyota... well they are not really toyota anymore..

Suzuki still makes killer engines and drivetrains, they just cant figure out how to keep the rest of it from rusting away.