What happens with Hyundai/Kia get their act together?

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had a holiday in sydney last year and was presented with the kia optima on arrival at the rental joint . was expecting a hyundai i45 , but thought what ever ,,, did not realy want it as it was ,,,i have an adversion to every crappy beat up bogan excel drivers that just swing their door into the side of your car in carparks .

car drove very well , shifted gears ohh so smooth , no slouch when the loud pedal was squeezed .
steered very well , even had a sharp turning circle for a car its size .
was no real crash/bang harshness over unexpected potholes or the like .
it was quiet inside to ,, notr even no real mirror " whistle " with windows down .
and no thumping from having all windows down .
vision from all angles was good , its reverse camera in the mirror was a boon .
all controls in the car had a quality feel ,,other than the paddle shifters ,," felt a bit bendy/brittle " didnt bother using them any way .
boot was enormous ,, swallowed up our bags and luggage with tonnes of room to spare .
if you have hip or back problems , entering the car was not a problem for any door .
heaters and aircon was exceptional , as was its quickness to defog all windows .
the " faux" leather did however feel a bit cheap ,, and have had a family member note that it shows up leather rub easily ,," briefcases etc " .
one thing i did not like , is the " hand/parking " brake ...old fashion holden torrana kick pedal .
worked well ..... but having spine problems/scatica ,,, the angle of the pedal ''' having to pull your knee up so far to start engaging the park brake was just excessive ..
i mentioned to my miss that if it was mine , id cut the pedal and reangle the pedal lower .
other than that , id buy one without a worry ,,, the warranty alone is a good selling point . and in my opinion a better car " sorry " than the bf falcon ,

in saying that ,,, little miss still wanted a second focus ..