Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eneevax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!amdcad!amd!pesnta!hplabs!qantel!lll-lcc!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Hundai Info Requested Message-ID: <561@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 10-Mar-86 22:04:09 EST Article-I.D.: eneevax.561 Posted: Mon Mar 10 22:04:09 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 14-Mar-86 04:03:50 EST References: <1642@mtgzy.UUCP> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (Dave Hsu) Organization: Imperial Widget Research Center, Kingdom of Maryland Lines: 38 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 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"