Detroit \u2014 Already sore from a record 8.5 million recall campaign to fix accelerator pedal issues, Toyota got more bad news Monday after Consumer Reports called the 2010 Lexus GX 460 \u201cunsafe\u201d \u2014 the first time the influential organization has issued such a warning since 2001. Toyota instantly told dealers to stop selling the vehicle.<\/p>\n
Detroit automakers might have celebrated another blow to its Asian competitor\u2019s once unblemished quality reputation, but they are still smarting from the Forbes report last week that the seven \u201cworst-made cars on the road\u201d are all domestics (four of them produced by Government Motors).<\/p>\n
Rack it up as a missed opportunity for American automakers \u2014 an opportunity that Korea\u2019s Hyundai has not missed. <\/p>\n
Hyundai (and its sister nameplate, Kia) is the only manufacturer that actually gained sales in the Great Recession. Today its Made-in-America labor costs undercut the Japanese, its sticker prices are segment leaders, and publications like Edmunds.com and Car & Driver rank the new Sonata best in class in the formidable mid-size category that includes such vaunted makes as the Honda Accord, Ford Fusion, Toyota Camry, and Subaru Legacy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2011 Hyundai Sonata is the new benchmark among mainstream large sedans,\u201d writes Edmunds. Who would have thought just a decade ago? Where Detroit coulda-woulda-shoulda taken advantage of Toyota\u2019s hiccup \u2014 if it had moved earlier on quality and labor-costs problems \u2014 Hyundai has actually done it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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