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In Australia Hyundai has a 7 year manufacturer warranty - contrasting with typical 3 year.

To me/my circles, that means they know their cars are excellent and are prepared to bet real money on it.

Many of those cars are now coming up on the tail end of their manufacturer warranty, and still command insane resale price for what they are.

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Ordinary Toyotas have a 5-year warranty, plus an additional 2-year warranty for the drivetrain if you perform the semi-annual maintenance.

That's not even mentioning Mitsubishi's 10 year-warranty, Tesla's 8-year warranty, and Kia's 7-year warranty.

Hyundai is good but not that exceptional.

Ref: https://www.whichcar.com.au/car-advice/which-car-manufacture...

I was intending to argue back 'yes but who started that in Australia' - and on a quick look it appears that was Kia.

I know Hyundai and Kia have a crazy amount of engineering overlap, but regardless you are correct.

Either way, us consumers win!

Aren't Kia and Hyundai the same company?

It could work the opposite way: a firm might offer a long warranty to convince customers to purchase less inherently reliable automobiles. Sure it could be expensive six years from now, but in the meantime they're still in business.

Or it means they've decided to take the small extra risk of warranty claims in exchange for more sales at a higher price, because it makes people think like you do.

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