New i20 as reliable as revamped Hyundai

I remember the not-so-distant past, when Hyundai was an automotive joke. The South Korean outfit endeavoured earnestly, without question, but the results of their labours were awful.

By comparison with the Japanese, Europeans and Americans, the giants of the industry, the South Koreans were making cars that were cheap and popular, but that unfortunately were crap.

Names like the Elantra (later shortened to Lantra), Sonata, Terracan, Accent, Atoz and the Getz slide easily from the tongue as monuments to automobile awfulness. I recall being berated by a late friend of mine, who had been sold a Sonata by a car salesman friend of his. When solicited for an opinion of his purchase, I told him, frankly, that he had bought a dog.