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San_Francisbro t1_j857dx4 wrote

Hyundai. My first one was an Accent hatch in the late 2000s. It lived up to the rep of Hyundai being a cheaply made bare bones rental beater. Hard plastics, roll down windows, anemic engine, clunky transmission, cheap paint that dotted and rusted through, etc.

I switched to Ford next circa 2010s and got fed up with constant build quality issues (interior door panel rattling, track rust on the hood, bad moonroof seals causing rusting, window trim falling apart in the first month, door handle snapping, cabin fan squeaking, etc.). So I started shopping around and was surprised to see how Hyundai seemed to come up as a bang for buck option.

I've had my current Hyundai with side impact warning, front collision warning, lane departure, heated seats, backup cam, dash touch monitor console, Android Auto, etc. going on 4 years with no issues outside of engine monitoring software recall/updates, and a loose hatch latch issue they fixed fairly quickly during the pandemic. While they don't have the rep of Toyota, Hyundai has certainly gone a long way in improving their product.

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dcheesi t1_j85pa3m wrote

For a while there Hyundai was famous for their extremely long warranties (100k mi?). Initially, the thinking was that they had to give you such a long warranty because you were gonna need it. Eventually, it got to the point where they could give such a long warranty because you weren't going to need it.

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complywood t1_j86g8ak wrote

Long warranties are a great forcing function on companies to improve the reliability of their product. Same for customer support and usability.

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Z1pl1ne t1_j84yh9c wrote

Literally anything that incorporates technology in its production and has high quantity production like cars, airplanes, skis etc

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Lengthykhan OP t1_j84yyyx wrote

Yeah, I phrased my question wrong. Meant brand, not product. I created a new post with better phrasing.

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enfly t1_j87ko15 wrote

This is a phenomenally great question. :-)

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Lengthykhan OP t1_j84vpcj wrote

Should have said brand, not product. I’m going to try again since I can’t edit title.

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GibusGang t1_j8b698q wrote

basically any product with iterative design.

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GibusGang t1_j8b6us4 wrote

I guess an example i can think of was the benchmade bugout. people complained the first run had handles that were too flexible so they improved the molds to be more rigid.

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crafty_shark t1_j84tyhi wrote

The only thing that comes to mind is Pink Sauce. Now it's being made correctly so it won't kill anyone.

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